Joe, sure you can post pictures here.. I agree with Ben about being patient... Have you done anything different since it last flowered? Perhaps you can add more fertilizers along w/your regular citrus food..I've been using Miracle GRo for acidic plants once a month and a citrus food that's applied once every 3 months. I withhold feeding in winter, but that's only because I'm in IL and the days are so dark/cloudy/cold. But since you're in z9 you can fertilize more often. Sounds like you're doing everything right..but be sure the soil dries between waterings. Toni

My Clerodendrum trichotomum is lovely, but I'm beginning to regret its introduction to my garden. I have one that is a single stemmed tree form, as opposed to multistemmed. Right now it is about 16' tall and in full carmine/turquoise flower. Gorgeous. BUT - this tree must drop a thousand seeds and I swear each one germinates. They are in the lawn, between the pavers, all around the ground below it. I've created a weeding nightmare. On top of that, this year the tree has started sending up suckers up to 20' away from the trunk. One day nothing is there - then it seems like the next day the sucker is a foot high. So far, I like the tree enough to put up with it. But the negative side is starting to mount.

They look like female flowers to me. they could be Herm flowers but, even with female flowers, its possible they can prioduce fruit. it depends very much on the variety, and where yo got the seed from. i cant really tell from the pic, but if there is any solid mass at the base of the flower, it is a fruit. you may even need a few more days to be sure. Papaya sex can be a funny thing. if you get a male tree, and chop the top off (or put a nail in the trunk) , most of the time it turns into a herm, or a female. Most of mine are from a store bought fruit caribbean red. and most of what i get are herm flowers i have grown at least a dozen (or 2) to full size and have never even seen a male flower. they all seem to produce fruit. i am pretty sure there are no males in the area either. i just got my first small buds of the year too. this last winter killed most of my adult trees. most of the time, they would just loose leaves and come back strong in the spring. this last winter was brutal on them. these are my trees last summer, before the freeze... good luck its a really kewl plant. and very healthy.

Syn means synonymous. Often the naming of plants is difficult to keep track of: both naming priority based on who names the plant first, as well as taxonomic changes when a genus is lumped or divided can influence the name and result in synonymy. Other factors also, but it's my understanding that these are common reasons.