Desert Island Question in Reverse

Here's the desert island question sort of in reverse.

If you were stuck on the sterotypical desert island, what plant would you bring home with you, assuming that any tropical plant would be available? (BTW, why is it called a "desert" island when they are always shown as being tropical jungles?)

Some beautiful fern. Or giant elephant ears. I'm sure I could find something.

How big a boat will I be leaving in? I know you said "What plant" but who would know?.....LOL
Dee

One plant only, but it doesn't matter what size.

Definitely Moonflower! Mmmmm that smell!

datura or ipomoea? lots of people here have that :)

Coconut palm or mango tree, gotta sustain

I'd have to say, banana tree, as life can be sustained by bananas alone. (me and dough, thinking about food!).

I think I would pick mango because the bananas that I dearly love give me heartburn. lol

We aren't talking sustinance here guys! lol We are talking about what plant would you bring HOME with you. :)

It's supposed to be deserted island, until it became easier to shorten it to desert....IMHO
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oh. huh. ya learn something new every day...

Oh...missed the point here...

Okay, I'd bring home a bird-of-paradise plant in full bloom!

That's the ticket! :)
I think I'd bring home...a 50' tall EE! lol

Uh oh! It would be a toss up with ecobioangie's 50' EE! Or......would you mine sharing?!

UNLESSSSssss....It's a deserted desert island ;)
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oooooh, what about a dessert island??? hehehehehee :)

Of course I can share! :)

I would dearly love one of those HUGE fern trees. sigh They are soooo pretty.

Welcome to Dessert Island! Where all of your sweet dreams come true!

Oh, my...I need to stay away from that dessert island!

Heheheh !
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*droooooooooooool* *keyboard short* :)

No! No! It's desert! ;-)

oh yippee. I'll take the second tumbleweed from the left then. :(

Sorry you don't want some desert for dessert, but as I said before, I really must stay away from desserts. I may live in L.A., but I certainly don't look like a Baywatch babe. I'm more the size of Shaquille O'Neal. :-(

lol! Well come out here and string up these Christmas lights I'm too short to hang then! :)

I don't have the height of Shaq, just the width. :-(

I guess I'd come off the island with a blooming size Hong Kong Orchid Tree since my latest attempt to get one involved sneaking into the Gorilla habitat at a well known theme park and snipping off a cutting. It sits here on the window ledge thinking about putting down roots (the cutting not the Silverback).

LOL to both!

Mango tree, definitely. When we were in Honduras the mango trees were in full fruit and the air was heavy laden with the fragrance - intoxicating and lovely!

A guy in Swampscott MA had a palm tree (20 ft tall) planted in his front yard one summer. Looked very cool until it snowed and tree died. He might have convinced his neighbors he had too much money. Do you think he convinced them he's not a JERK?

I have a friend who has about 5 Palm Trees planted down at the end of their property by their lake, and in winter, they put Christmas lights and some other kind of lights all around the base to keep the roots warm and beleive it or not, they are still beautiful. They kinda dug a hole around the base and put bigger lights a little underground and it worked. And they live in College Park, Ga. If I had my choice it would be a Palm Tree, or one of those little spikey looking coconut looking plants. Not sure of the name, but they grow like a tee-niny palm with no stalk.

Thanks, Traci

sago?

I wouldn't come home, I'd stay there and be warm.

LOL Carena.

Ae Ae Nana with buds...LOL

hmmmm I think I might join CC in her want although I want my Ae Ae to have TONS and TONS of pups on it.