The individual flowers look sloppy, but bunches of them clustered into orbs, are enough to make my heart jump. These blink and you’ll miss ‘em trees dot the bylanes of Bangalore - Tabebuia is an abbreviation of "tacyba bebuya", a Tupi (South American peoples living in scattered areas throughout the Amazon river basin) name meaning "ant wood".
When I look out of my balcony, I can see Tabebuia Rosea and the very rarely sighted Tabebuia Argentea in bloom. Whatever else may happen, spring is on its way.
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