Flowers That Bloom on Tree Trunks --Cauliflory

This was not unfamiliar but I did not know there was a word for it.  Flowers can bloom from the trunks of trees, in this case the red bud.  It was short-lived, the photo is from May but you can still see the resulting fruits dangling from the trunk.

This is apparently more common in tropical plants and the redbud fits in a tropical category .  There may be a microscopic version of a twig under the flower.  It may be related to variations in pollination .   Check the redbuds along Rolandvue for the pods arising on large branches and the trunks.

Newer foraging books still note that the pods are barely edible but probably not worth the trouble, at least not toxic.

Flowers,and later fruit growing from trunk of redbud, cauliflory