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Today's highlight are these flowers on a big tree I passed walking into downtown Funchal. It must have been flowering for a while, since some of the flowers have turned into "fruit" the size of an olive. I believe these will grow to be about the size of a tennis ball, if I'm remembering correctly.

A pair of flowers with long white stamens and petals that start out white with red specks that turn completely red at the ends.
A pair or pretty flowers

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