whats growing in my garden 2

[Berni J]

Most people call this beautiful tree the cordon de oro . . . when mature is maybe 25 feet tall with long pendulous flower strands from every branch . . .  but what is the real name?  Berni

[Sam Wilson]

Berni,

I think it is one of the Lophanthera's, e.g. Lophanthera lactescens.

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Sam

On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 5:49 PM Berni J <bern...@gmail.com> wrote:

Most people call this beautiful tree the cordon de oro . . . when mature is maybe 25 feet tall with long pendulous flower strands from every branch . . .  but what is the real name?  Berni

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[Joe Harrison]

Maybe it's a mistake to inject a dollop of religion into this thread, but in today's Gospel (Catholic version), we hear about God as gardener, planting seeds (mustard, the tiny seed that grows into huge plants that serve many purposes, etc), and at Mass the priest talked (ad infinitem) about how much patience God the gardener must have to wait for all the seeds he plants in humankind to take hold and grow.  And so it is with gardening.  In my stateside years, I loved to toil in my garden, but I lacked the patience to see all my efforts come to fruition.  The seasons, compounded by droughts, etc.  Very frustrating.  Here in CR, I rent and have no garden.  But I envy you guys that have all these fantastic specimens to show.  And maybe here, it doesn't even take as much patience, with everything growing in abundancia.  You're very lucky my friends.  Keep those fotos coming, they're beautiful.   joe city dwelling in pavas 

On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 7:21 PM, Sam Wilson <sliw...@gmail.com> wrote:

Berni,

I think it is one of the Lophanthera's, e.g. Lophanthera lactescens.

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[Berni J]

Yup yup that's it - thanks Sam . . .

And for Joe in Pavas, we are only a few km apart, you are welcome to come visit if the city dwelling needs some greenery to lighten up a day . . . visiting say this unknown specie of yellow lemon that gives both zest and about 1/2  a cup of juice per lemon.  At any one time there are 3 generations of lemon on the tree

On Sunday, June 17, 2018 at 7:21:53 PM UTC-6, Sam Wilson wrote:

Berni,

I think it is one of the Lophanthera's, e.g. Lophanthera lactescens.

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On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 5:49 PM Berni J <bern...@gmail.com> wrote:

Most people call this beautiful tree the cordon de oro . . . when mature is maybe 25 feet tall with long pendulous flower strands from every branch . . .  but what is the real name?  Berni

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[Sam Wilson]

Joe,

You can have a nice potted garden on a balcony if need be!  No farm, no excuse!

Dollops are nice!  I just had a dollop of natilla on some plátanos with fried cheese.

In fact it is quite the staple in my morning diet.  ;-)  I am still riding the thrill of having

reached critical mass in my banana/cuadrado/plátano production such that all the

plátanos, etc. we eat are from our own farm out back.  We always have 2-3 racimos

hanging on the patio or cuarto pila in different stages of maturity AND occasionally

too many ripening for us at the same time so we have extra to share.  I think I hit

this after 2-3 years of diligently dividing out "semillas" of plátanos, white cuadrados,

and baby finger sweet bananas that the kids love.  I made a change of plan and

got rid of ornamental bananas I had growing and went pure growing of bananas

we like to eat.  You don't need much patience for growing bananas... jajaja.  But

your patience of the Gardner bit reminded me of my argument for growing the

vaulted (as in worthy of the Queen's bounty...) Mangostán - Garcinia mangostana.

When I explained to my wife that it might take 12-15 years for the little trees I planted

to bear fruit, she asked why we would plant something that takes so long.  I pointed

out that if everyone did that then nobody would be able to enjoy this royal fruit.  So

we plant one today which will bear fruit for our children tomorrow.  Unfortunately,

none of my little trees survived more than 1 year -- young Mangostáns are pretty

delicate and require extra loving care.  Jejeje...  I used that same argument sort

of when planting a Ceiba tree -- the Central World Tree of the Mayans which

connects the the sky above and the underworld below with our human realm in

the middle.

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The might Ceiba not only has this going for it, but it is the tree poking up

head-and-shoulders above the jungle canopy you regularly see.  It can

grow up to 70 meters (230 ft) tall.  This one I also planted for my kids...

I tell them that when they are old, this Ceiba we planted will be the tallest

tree in all of Guanacaste -- they will tell their grandchildren about how they

planted it with papá when they were little.  Ours has already grown from

a little medio metro sapling to over 5 meters now.  In 75 years I expect it

to look like this:

The Taíno people (indigenous of the Caribe before Columbus) used to make

100+ person canoes out of the might Ceiba trunk.  Holding up that lofty crown

is a significant buttress system below:

There's a 500+ year old Ceiba in Puerto Rico that was big before Colombus

showed up.  Of course my problem in the future with this giant will be that I

planted it too close to my fence-line...   ;-)

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Sam

[Joe Harrison]

A lot of great fotos there, Sam, and very interesting info.  En mi caso, con tristeza, no tengo balcon....but I do have a couple of potted plants in my living room.  Not doing at all well (what should I have expected at c3.500 from MaxXMenos?)  so I replaced one of them this morning with a healthy looking mini-jade (from la feria, c2.500).  At least, I got my hands dirty, a good feeling!!!

But as to your "giant" Ceiba trees, well, a good try Sam, but puny by my California standards.  We have the tallest trees, Redwoods (currently the tallest one is 378 feet), and Sequoias (the one called General Sherman is 100 feet in circumference (36 diameter) at its base and is said to be the largest living organism on the planet.  These muthas can live to the ripe old Nicoyan age of 3,000 years.)   I wonder if anyone has ever tried to introduce them to CR???  joe in pavas

Note to Berni:  A very welcome invitation, and I do plan to take you up on it, perhaps by treating myself/la novia to a brief stay in your hotel.....