Declan Murphy wrote:
> Nick Maclaren wrote:
> > In article <1146473728.642563.220030@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>, "Declan Murphy" <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> writes:
> > |> imnot911@aol.com wrote:
> > |> > I think it's a cherry tree. Maybe a Kanzan variety. It's beautiful.
> > |>
> > |> If it is then I've might have a problem - fast growing tree up to 30/40
> > |> feet in height :-(
> > |>
> > |> The petals seem to be different to what I can find on the web though...
> >
> > I would be extremely surprised if it were a cherry; almost everything
> > about it looks wrong for that.  It would help if you could show close-ups
> > of a single flower (front and back) and a flower cluster, and describe
> > its leaves and flowers.
>
> The photo in the URL listed in the first post was resized. The original
> image (sorry about the 1453KB size) shows some of the flowers from the
> rear and side. There are no leaves as yet.
> http://www.declan.tv/images/what_kind_of_tree_is_this_larger_version.jpg
> It is already dark over here in Japan so I won't be able to take close
> ups until tomorrow morning.
>
> > Key questions about its flowers are the numbers of pistils, stamens,
> > petals and sepals (even roughly).
>
> Of that I understand the words key, questions, flowers, petals and
> roughly :-)
>
> Regards Declan,
> Okazaki, Japan


wait a second pal; did you say Japan?
You might have warned us that you were not in Limerick or Milton Keynes
:-)