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PR-Giants
01-17-2013, 09:16 PM
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Nicolas Naranja
01-18-2013, 09:35 AM
You are going to have to tell me what the tree is with the colored bark. It kind of looks like gumbo-limbo but not quite. It's funny you mention the african tulip tree, because I am going to plant one in front of my house
PR-Giants
01-18-2013, 10:16 AM
You are going to have to tell me what the tree is with the colored bark. It kind of looks like gumbo-limbo but not quite. It's funny you mention the african tulip tree, because I am going to plant one in front of my house
The African Tulip Tree is one of the worst trees, whoever brought it to PR should have been tarred and feathered, hung, and then shot. I've read about many cities in the US trying to remove them, but it's not easy. I have thousands of them growing with my plantains.
In a few years you will wish you never planted it. They are a super weak tree and break with the slightest winds, and before you can blink they are 100' tall. After they snap, they grow right back and the fallen branches produce a couple hundred new weeds.
They are probably perfect for making pulp or wood chips.
bananimal
01-18-2013, 11:25 AM
Hey Keeth --- do a pic spread of critters next time. Does PR have the Fer de Lance like Costa Rica?
PR-Giants
01-18-2013, 12:09 PM
Hey Keeth --- do a pic spread of critters next time. Does PR have the Fer de Lance like Costa Rica?
Hey anD --- As far as I know, PR does not have any venomous snakes.
In fact we have very few snakes, on average I see less than one a year.
We do have many Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.
Nicolas Naranja
01-18-2013, 07:09 PM
The African Tulip Tree is one of the worst trees, whoever brought it to PR should have been tarred and feathered, hung, and then shot. I've read about many cities in the US trying to remove them, but it's not easy. I have thousands of them growing with my plantains.
In a few years you will wish you never planted it. They are a super weak tree and break with the slightest winds, and before you can blink they are 100' tall. After they snap, they grow right back and the fallen branches produce a couple hundred new weeds.
They are probably perfect for making pulp or wood chips.
There are some in a lot down the road from me. They don't seem to be too problematic here.
PR-Giants
01-18-2013, 07:58 PM
There are some in a lot down the road from me. They don't seem to be too problematic here.
I hope you do some research before planting, I don't recommend this tree anywhere near a house.
ENH-758/ST600: Spathodea campanulata: African Tulip-Tree (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/st600)
http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/documents/Biosecurity_EnvironmentalPests/IPA-African-Tulip-PP64.pdf
Plant Production and Protection Division: African Tulip Tree (http://www.fao.org/agriculture/crops/core-themes/theme/biodiversity/weeds/issues/att/en/)
An Error Occurred Setting Your User Cookie (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14888386.2009.9712848#preview)
African Tulip | The Flower Expert - Flowers Encyclopedia (http://www.theflowerexpert.com/content/aboutflowers/tropicalflowers/african-tulip)
Floridata: Spathodea campanulata (http://www.floridata.com/ref/s/spat_cam.cfm)
WARNING
African tuliptrees have weak, brittle wood and tend to become hollow and drop large branches as they age, so they are easily shattered by high winds. This tree is also inclined to become invasive in suitable genuinely tropical environments and is regarded as an exotic problem species in Hawaii, Fiji, French Polynesia, and Samoa. In such places, African tuliptree invades both abandoned farmland and mature forests, where the seeds germinate rapidly and form understory thickets from which a few saplings eventually grow into the canopy. Although African tuliptree is not typically thought of as a toxic plant, African hunters are said to have boiled the seeds to extract arrow poison.
edzone9
01-18-2013, 08:35 PM
Great Pix PR Giant !
bananimal
01-18-2013, 09:58 PM
Hey anD --- As far as I know, PR does not have any venomous snakes.
In fact we have very few snakes, on average I see less than one a year.
We do have many Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.
Hey, your right, it's Keith. Sorry about that. I was just following my phonetic training. Had to study Latin when I was a kid and students have to rely on pronunciation based on their native tongue - mine being English - to speak a dead language. Every Keith I ever worked with was amazed when I would lapse and say his name like dry - as in eins zwei drei.
Never knew the mongoose was brought to PR. When I visited Costa Rica 2 yrs ago our guide on a jungle walkabout showed me how to find snakes. Look for a broad leafed plant where adjoining leaves lay on top of one another. Lift the covering leaf up slowly with a long stick and now and then there will be a snake coiled up on the lower leaf. One that we found was a small fer-de-lance - terciopelo. Black triangles on back, facial pits, vertical pupils. Venomous big time. I always hunted for snakes as a kid and once had a small garter snake that I trained to sleep in my shirt pocket. I did not play with Sr. Terciopelo.
Dan, as in can.
PR-Giants
01-18-2013, 10:28 PM
Black Rat Snake.
sunfish
01-18-2013, 10:29 PM
Environment: Snakes of Puerto Rico (http://www.enciclopediapr.org/ing/article.cfm?ref=08040401)
Boa constrictors invade Puerto Rico - CBS News (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57556752/boa-constrictors-invade-puerto-rico/)
sunfish
01-18-2013, 10:37 PM
Snakes in a Cave on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/31201371)
PR-Giants
01-18-2013, 10:39 PM
Snakes in a Cave on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/31201371)
Tony, please stop. NO MORE SNAKES !!!
sunfish
01-18-2013, 10:49 PM
Tony, please stop. NO MORE SNAKES !!!
10-4
Abnshrek
01-18-2013, 11:51 PM
Snakes in a Cave on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/31201371)
That was on some nature show as well.. They need some Black Momba's. I know they have them in Panama.. :^)
PR-Giants
01-19-2013, 12:17 AM
Snakes in a Cave on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/31201371)
Very Cool Video, T.
edzone9
01-19-2013, 11:20 AM
Great Video , Did not know that PR had Boa's.
I have to take a trip to PR , have not been there in 10 years.
Nicolas Naranja
01-19-2013, 11:00 PM
I hope you do some research before planting, I don't recommend this tree anywhere near a house.
It would be a good 50 feet away on the leeward side of my house. I want to have some flowering trees in my front yard and my refuses to let me plant Poinciana. Maybe Jacaranda would fit the bill.
PR-Giants
02-21-2013, 03:22 PM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52281 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52281)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52285 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52285)
Mango Tree - average diameter of 36" - Large but not as large as many others that I have
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52280 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52280)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52282 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52282)
momoese
02-21-2013, 06:16 PM
Nice looking Heliconia! Hey was that a centipede on the mango tree?
PR-Giants
02-21-2013, 06:37 PM
Nice looking Heliconia! Hey was that a centipede on the mango tree?
No, it was a black millipede.
While I was taking the photo a large red millipede crawled between my toes and my first thought was centipede.
I hate centipedes, they are mean suckers.
I should take some photos of centipedes, but I always kill them before I have time to think.
PR-Giants
03-30-2013, 07:47 AM
Guanabana Flower
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52564 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52564)
Guanabana Fruit
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52537 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52537)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52538 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52538)
PR-Giants
04-01-2013, 11:45 AM
The Good an the Bad of shopping in the Jungle.
The Good - No Sales Tax
The Bad - No Name Tags
apr 1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52575 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52575)
This plant was huge, around 15 feet tall, wish I had my camera today.
jmoore
04-01-2013, 01:12 PM
Rostrata?
PR-Giants
04-08-2013, 06:25 PM
apr 8
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52607 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52607)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52390 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52390)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52575 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52575)
Nicolas Naranja
04-08-2013, 08:43 PM
In the Jungle not too far from you Bo. Maizales, Naguabo. A few years ago
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/HPIM0103_zpsde8f6489.jpg
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/HPIM0104_zps02b6672a.jpg
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/HPIM0105_zps1384e52c.jpg
sunfish
04-08-2013, 08:52 PM
<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/001-2.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/001-2.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 001-2.jpg"/></a>
Nicolas Naranja
04-08-2013, 11:07 PM
Nice photos Nick, I want that Heliconia.
It's been too long since I was there. This should be my year to go, but I just don't see it happening. When I finish my PhD, I may take a month off and go decompress there.
Illia
04-09-2013, 10:10 AM
You've got some beautiful Heliconia, and I'm normally not a great fan of them! Love that Guanabana, looks delicious!
Centipedes, though creepy, are quite beneficial. I don't know about out there, but here they help control the slug population as well as many other small insects.
PR-Giants
04-14-2013, 03:09 PM
It has seeds and tastes like a pineapple.
Bromelia pinguin L
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52652 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52652&limit=recent)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52019 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52019)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52020 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52020)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52633 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52633)
PR-Giants
04-14-2013, 10:19 PM
Centipedes, though creepy, are quite beneficial. I don't know about out there, but here they help control the slug population as well as many other small insects.
Creepy is not a problem, but the venom is.
I've never seen a 12 inch centipede, but I've seen plenty of 10 inch ones.
Centipede bite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centipede_bite)
Illia
04-14-2013, 10:54 PM
Another reason I'm glad I only grow tropicals, not live in the tropics. Ours get a max 2-3 inches in length and I've thankfully never heard of someone getting bit out here.
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