(and sometimes the beast!)

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28.9.11

"WHAT'S THIS?" WEDNESDAY XIV

I drove past this flowering tree the other day and made a point of returning later to take a photo and check out the flower.  It looked like a flowering peach or similar to me as I  hurtled past at 60km/hour.
Imagine my surprise when I found these.  Absolutely gorgeous and growing straight out of the branch.  But what is it??  
[later edit: after looking at these for a while it occurred to me they look a lot like another What's This? posted here.  I'll have to go on a hunt to see if that pink one is in flower and whether the leaves are the same]
[even later edit:  couldn't find the tree!]