beautiful orange flowers

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    beautiful orange flowers-help id

    Can you help identify this for a friend...he thought it was either a large bush or small tree.
     

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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Maybe...he said it was raining and dreary, but the flowers were hanging down, not sticking up????
     
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    Well I got a note back...he said that has been his guess, but his flowers were upside down...????
     
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    chimera Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    A leaf pic,location, or more info may help. Some kind of Mahonia or Berberis? Flowers drooping from the weight of the rain ? Flowers do look similar to some of those shown at the link.
     
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    I know..the rest would really be helpfull, but it doesn't appear we are going to get it!! This is a note from him... "Nope, its the only shot I have of it... and it was definitely a large bush or small tree... I suppose it could have been a vine on the tree, but I don't think so. The flowers are about the size of large marbles."
     
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    Guess it's not Mahonia or Berberis then.
     
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    It looks like Senna alata or Cassia alata to me.
     
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    It wouldn't be a barberry family plant anyway, structure of individual flowers completely different.
     
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    saltcedar Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    The cluster does resemble Senna alata though it looks up-side down.

    HTH
    Chris
     
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    Perhaps another type of Senna then? We have these here in Ecuador, with the upside-down configuration even when it's sunny. The most I've been able to get out of locas is that the tree's a Senna...
     

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