This poinciana had a severe lopping (topping) by some high caliber hack many moons ago. Consequently it has a canopy that consists of regrowth (epicormics) and some tight knuckles.
I am doing a total crown restoration prune soon, tedious and extensive, but hey, I'm good at it. However for the exercise I spotted this one in particular and thought it would be a great example to discuss.
For those of you not familiar with the species it is a poor compartmentalizer, decays easily, the tree is mature however can grow another 50% larger if given good TLC.
