What tree is this?

Question

The green leaves look ordinary. Egg shaped but with the end being pointed instead of round. Each leaf is a few inches long, and is shiny, like a lot of other tree leaves are. The distinctive characteristic of this tree is the flowers. The petals seem to have their own little red stems. Each petal is a color between pink and purple. A lot closer to pink than purple. The middle of the flower has a green neck with six points on it. Like a six-pointed star. The petals seem to hang around the flower at random, and aren't very neat. Each petal looks a little shabby. There are lots of petals, in big bunches of flowers, to give the tree a look of green with pink blobs, from a distance.

It's not a crabapple tree, because the leaves aren't serrated, and the flowers don't have five neat petals. The petals on stems are only loosely associated with the flowers, such that you have to look closely to count how many one flower has, in a big bunch of flowers and petals. Half-inch petals.

Answer 1

So, six fused pistils... it won't be anything in the rose family.

How about Pinckneya? It's my best guess...

Answer 2

Maple tree maybe!!! I don't know. Well you got me curious, so I log on my research to find out. Here is the best web to find:
http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/tree/name/commonname.html