One plant from today’s visit to the cactus garden at Stanford: the silk floss tree, Ceiba speciosa (Ciba /síbǝ/), with trunk and branches studded with prickles and with still fresh palmate leaves (with 7 leaflets per leaf on this particular tree). From Wikipedia: The silk floss tree (Ceiba speciosa, formerly Chorisia speciosa), is a species … Continue reading Prickly silk