I know what tropical tree this comes from.
Does anyone else???
I would love to here your guesses.
I know...
Sorry, wrong photo.
My game for today is this picture.
Acacia? That is a totaly wild guess but the first word that came to mind.
Sorry, no.
Dravencat......
You live in Edgewater?????
More ???????
Karen
Does this photo ring a bell?
Didnt think that was it but it was worth a guess, LOL. Seems as tho I should know the name of this tree/plant but cant think past my wrong answer.
What more do you want to know Karen? Do you know someone in this area? I could always take a message.
I live in Edgewater Maryland, my DH is hispanic mother is from Guatemala his father is from Peru.
OMG, That was our past winter here wasnt it?! Is that the South River? When the heck were you around here?
No this was the West River and what you saw made us decide we had to leave it.
I do miss Topside though and the Edgewater Inn.
Did Steamboat Landing ever reopen? We lived on West Chalk Point Road across the river from Hartges.
Do you know Mary and Felix Averill? They live on the water in Shadyside?
LOL, I dont blame you, its just starting to get cool at nights here and Im already thinking I need to move south.
The Edgewater Inn is great, I live basicaly across the street from it, I walk a block and a half to Mayo Rd and there it is.
Dont know about steamboat landing, Ill have to ask around but there are alot of piers around here that didnt get built back up from hurricane Isabel.
I dont know Mary or Felix, Shadyside is about a 20 minute drive from me and I dont get over there very often. I know a Larry Goss who lived in ShadySide but he is moving to Pa.
Sorry Karen didnt mean to totaly change your thread
Chorisia speciosa (== Ceiba speciosa), the floss silk tree.
Regards
Carlos
Not a worry in the world.
It is just nice to have someone to chat with that knew where we lived and went to the same restaurants, grocery, etc.
That is one thing I do miss. Deale especially. I miss Frank Sherman. His marina is across from Happy Harbour and we moved to West River because of him.
I will send you a nice rhizome of either Ginger or Heliconia if you would go down and tell him how much Lee and I miss him. :O(
It could also be a Kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra also called Bombax ceiba. I have both the silk floss tree and the kapok tree.
Calalily,
You have identified it. That is amazing.
Name your favorite tropical and within reason I will send you one.
Kudos again.
Karen
I get a plant?? Wow, that's cool! I love aroids and gingers.........
Karen just giveme an address and consider it done.
Cala thats what I was thinking too, LOL.
What is that white fluffy looking stuff on the ground and the dreary gray clouds in the sky??? Reminds me of why I live in Florida!
LOL, its the same stuff that makes me want to move to Florida
I moved to zone 10 to get away from that stuff and it followed me here!
ROFLMBO
Calily,
I haev a baby giant ee left.
Would you like it?
Karen
I would love one! Is there something from TX that you can't get down there that you would like?
My hubby is into EE's if you have any.
Other than that don't worry about it. Maybe next year.
I am going to send you a baby ee. Don't let it fool you though. Our EE leaves are topping over 40" now.
I won't send it till monday though. I do not want it sitting at the PO over the weekend.
Karen
If it does good in your heat and sun, it should like south Texas! Do you have xanthosoma jeoquinii? I can send you a pup of that. I will have more varieties in spring, now that I've figured out why I was killing my ears(not enough water, no food, poor things starved to death)
Cala I have some babies of several different kinds I could send her one for you or send it to you if you need to start up your collection a little more. I have to go out and read the tags tho because I can never remember the names.
Dravencat, I'm slowly building it back up. This is a terrible area to find ears, so I buy a lot online. The xanthosomas do really well, the colocasias are doing much better now that I'm not starving them and if I'm getting better with the alocasias.
You don't want to know how many gingers I've killed in this learning experience! It's like growing on another planet down here!
ooOOOOoo that reminds me I have a ginger Im gonna need to get care info on. I dont want to kill it especialy because I got it from Jody. My Illustris just bloomed for me recently so I guess Im doing something right, LOL. Im getting ready to pot up a bunch of stuff soon and have babies on most of the EEs so if there is anything your looking for just let me know and they are yours for postage. If I have someone to give the babies to it will get my but in gear to pot up and refresh some soil on some.
Dravencat,
Can I have one?
Karen
What all do you have in the way of EE's, Draven?
SB,
Butt out. I asked first.
LOL
Ok now that I have assessed what I have I realize i have practicaly nothing, LOL. Kept thinking I had alot more varieties but here we go...
Black Runner-4
Illustris-2
Xanth Robustum- 2(prefer trade, will do postage)
Xanth Sagit-1
xanth red stem green leaf-4
Xanth-all green-2
Curly leaf(?) forgot the name and didnt tag it-1 for now
Will have
Black Marble
Maki upright
not sure how long for the maki but I see babies starting.
K, Karen you absolutly can have one!! Let me know what ya want. Just dont forget to Dmail me that info on your friend. heehee wont he be surprised, I think Ill copy this thread or at least some of it so he knows Im not kidding, LOL.
Hi BogweedBuck, dont think Ive talked with you yet but have seen you everywhere ☺
OMG I just saw what you said Karen, ROFLMBO!!
What is X. Robustum? Is it the plant I see down here that is as tall as the houses?
Let me go take a pic, its supposed to get huge but this one is still small but growing more and more. Im getting ready to put that one in a much bigger pot. BRB
Robustom
Sagit- This is one I have in the ground, I have another in a pot but much smaller and in need of repotting also.
Sir Buck knows I was kidding.
Thanks, I will take whatever you care to share.
Karen
"Sir Buckley" .... man, I lovin this!!!!!! :o)
That's a nice leaf! I like it. I have sagit, mine aren't as pretty as your but are getting there! X. sagit is what gets huge down here.
I have these varieties:(some varieties I only have one little piece of, but a few like jeoquinii and saggitifolium, I have pups)
Alocasias:
African Mask(can't think of the name right now)
Black Stem
Borneo Giant
Cuculatta
Mac
Portadora
Plumbea Metallica
Plumbea Nigra(bought as that, but not positive)
Green Shield
Hilo Beauty
Odora
Purple Prince
Polly(I think she's still alive)
Colocasias:
Esculenta plain green
Black Magic
Black Runner(an itty bitty piece, it does not like TX)
Milky Way
Yellow Splash
Violet Stem
Illustris
Black Marble
Rhubarb Stem(has bright neon pink stem, did not come from Ebay or DG member)
Big Dipper
Ruffles
Nancy's Revenge
Xanthosomas
Saggitifolium
Jeoquinii
Violaceum
Mickey Mouse
Variegata
Lime Zinger
Golden Delicious(this is NOT the same as Lime Zinger, the pups do not form right against the stem and the leaves are twice as big)
I've probably forgotten some.