Thanks to Mimi from Hawaii and Yahoo Groups PlantSwap, the mysterious tree has been identified! The lovely red flowers and bark are really unusual but she identified right away from my little badly taken picture.
If you love swapping plants in a great environment, check out the group. You will find resident experts on plants, information galore and a group of for the most part real nice folks. No money exchanges hands here so it is not a vendor forum. It is trades only here.
Check out the forum if you love plants and like interacting with other plant lovers.
The picture enclosed is a Croton. The one below is the Bottle Brush Tree.
Enjoy!
