Cassia moschata (Bronze Shower)

Native from southern Mexico to northern Brazil, this semi-deciduous tree belongs to the pea family and can reach about 65 feet tall. Dense, hanging flower clusters have golden-yellow to orange petals and long, curved stamens. The rounded petals give each flower a bowl-like shape. In Colombia, it grows in secondary forests, savannas and disturbed areas, with records from sea level to about 1,650 feet. It has been introduced to Sri Lanka and is recorded as naturalized in Cuba. Photographed in Panama.