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Are these trees related? Albizia julibissins and Delonix Regia.

Only remotely. They appear to be no more related to each other as they are to peas, beans, peanuts, locust trees and so forth.

Classification:
Albizia julibrissin Durazz.
Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.

Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Fabales
Family Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus Albizia Durazz. – albizia
Species Albizia julibrissin Durazz. – silktree


Delonix regia
* Kingdom: Plantae
* Phylum: Magnoliophyta
* Class: Magnoliopsida
* Order: Fabales
* Family: Fabaceae
* Genus: Delonix
* Species: Delonix regia

This message was edited Nov 6, 2011 10:41 AM

Yikes! I have alot to learn! Thanks for your reply.

hey yeye5! delonix regia is royal poinciana, similar to your favorite mimosas but they have completely different flower structure and the flowers are intense red like scarlet. they are more tender than mimosa. not sure how closely theyre related, if so. hope this helps clarify :)

Thanks. I managed to look up each tree and their botanical names. I had always wrongly assumed that they are related. Now I know. I have wanted a royal poinsiana since I saw the tree. I was on a road trip through south florida and it happened to be the time of year for them to bloom. I was astounded by their beauty. My favorite color is yellow and I learned that the bright yellow flowers were on this tree.
I am going to look into the needs of this tree and hope to have one in the spring. I do have a couple of seed pods from the tree. I wonder about trying to plant them...

oh ok the yellow type. i do believe one is hardier than the other (red vs yellow) but i may be wrong.

Do you know which is hardier?
I have 3 pods here--no idea what color flowering tree they came from. What a wonderful surprise it would be if I could get a few seeds to sprout and grow!

I don't know which is hardier, but I don't think any of them will be reliably hardy in zone 9a.

Do you think it would be possible if I constructed a frame around it to cover in the wionters?
I actually have such a frame made of picket fence in a square with uprights that reach as tall as my house. I would want to move the structure to a better location though. This structure housed the ceiba that didn't make it through last winter but that was because I made the mistake of believing iot was large/established enough and did not cover it. If I tried a RP I would make sure to keep it short enough to always fit in the structure.

They aren't going to like temperatures close to or below freezing, so on cold nights you may need some sort of heat source in addition to just covering them. Assuming your Ceiba was C. speciosa, it's supposed to be hardy in zone 9 while Delonix is only hardy to zone 10 so it's going to need more protection than the Ceiba did.

The ceiba was ceiba petandra. I appreciate the feedback and may simply have to take drives down to south florida to enjoy the delonix :)

i found out-- supposedly the yellow delonix (poinciana) is hardier up to central florida while the red one is for south florida. south florida is no colder than 10a. ive never seen the yellow kind - only the red one which surprisingly does grow here if its protected in cold weather and flowers wonderfully. i say give it a shot and be ready to protect it.

If I were to try it I think it should be a small one in a pot. I'd be tickled if I could grow it from seed and that would make it easier to keep in a pot...but I also want to see the crazy bright yellow flowers in bloom! I am going to look into this further!

When you try to start these seeds, be prepared! They are seriously HARD, and I soak them in strong tea for 24 hours (tannic acid helps break the seed coat). Ihave yellow, red, pink & white seeds from Barbados to start this winter. I'm in 8b/9a so they will freeze to the ground, but with mulch will regrow. I love 'em, too.

Thanks for the response. I have been soaking several seeds in water and a few have softened up. I placed 2 of them on damp potting soil but they haven't sprouted. I may be going about this "experiment" at the wrong time of year (?)
Any pointers you can offer would be much appreciated. The tannic acid method is fascinating; I had never heard of that before.
Do you have pictures of the progression of your seeds to saplings? I'd love to see any pictures that you have!