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PR-Giants
04-25-2013, 08:13 PM
I found this today.

Any ideas what it is ?


EDIT
Dioscorea alata - Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioscorea_alata)

Ņame season: Puerto Rico’s wild asparagus (http://entomologylabpr.blogspot.com/2012/12/name-season-puerto-ricos-wild-asparagus.html?view=magazine)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52770 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52770)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52771 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52771)

Yug
04-26-2013, 04:42 PM
Pink asparagus?

trebor
04-26-2013, 06:55 PM
Don't have any idea what it is ! But it sure looks interesting :)
If it were smaller id say some kinda mold . them buds on the ends make it even more of a mystery to me . Now I want to see the bloom...

waggoner41
04-26-2013, 09:49 PM
It does look like it might be a pink variety of asparagus.

You can wait to see if it puts up more shoots and check them out when they are about 4 or 5 inches tall to see if it looks like asparagus or you can dig one of them up to see if the roots look like asparagus roots.

Compare the root system to this:
http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/images/asparagus-crown.jpg

PR-Giants
04-27-2013, 08:59 AM
Pink asparagus?

That was also my first thought.

I'll try and take more photos as it grows, this was the first time I noticed this plant and there was no others in the area.

I planted a red pinecone ginger in the jungle several years ago and it took 5 or 6 years to find it again.
When I planted it I had know idea that I was planting it in an area with thousands of wild ginger plants.

pmurphy
04-27-2013, 10:11 PM
If you were in the Pacific Northwest I'd say you have something that looks like it could be related to the Pinesap or Indian Pipe aka corpse plant. Both of these rely entirely on rotting wood and fungus to survive. They are both very rare here (the pinesap more so) and the corpse plant is entirely white.....quite shocking to see when you do come across it.
I would really like to see more pictures of this "mystery plant" as it develops....

pmurphy
04-28-2013, 10:17 AM
Pink asparagus?

I do not believe it is asparagus because the spears emerge and grow straight. I also not know how well it would grow in the tropics as asparagus is one of the few plants that will overwinter in zone 2 .......my mother has it growing as a perennial in her vegetable garden where minus 40 to 45 celcius (-40 to -49 F) in not uncommon during the winter months. And you will actually find it growing wild in the interior of the provice where the winters are dry and COLD.

FYI,
Habitat and Distribution: Asparagus is found worldwide in temperate areas.

Illia
04-28-2013, 10:40 AM
Definitely not Asparagus. If it were out here I'd say it is a struggling young shoot of some form of berry, but, that's definitely not the case. Looks like a Monotropa, but, again those are temperate dwellers. Pretty whatever they are, - Give 'em time and I'm sure you will find out.

PR-Giants
04-28-2013, 11:08 AM
Growing Asparagus in Hawaii.

http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/HGV-9.pdf

It is now also grown in many parts of the Southern Hemisphere such as Australia, Mexico, Ethiopia, and Puerto Rico.

Plant Species | Creative Intelligence (http://jaschlepp.wordpress.com/permaculture-design/plant-species/)

dodong
04-29-2013, 04:17 AM
Looks like Yam vines to me.

robguz24
04-29-2013, 09:19 AM
Growing Asparagus in Hawaii.

http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/HGV-9.pdf

It is now also grown in many parts of the Southern Hemisphere such as Australia, Mexico, Ethiopia, and Puerto Rico.

Plant Species | Creative Intelligence (http://jaschlepp.wordpress.com/permaculture-design/plant-species/)

I grow asparagus here in Hawaii.

H2O
04-29-2013, 12:21 PM
kind of "Iresine herbstii (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iresine)" ?

http://img10.hostingpics.net/pics/293841Photo014.jpg

pmurphy
04-29-2013, 03:30 PM
I grow asparagus here in Hawaii.

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure asparagus - like any other vegetable - can be grown almost anywhere in the world but I was refering to wild asparagus whose native habitat is temperature areas of the world (it grows wild here above the 49th parallel). The plant in question was found growing in an area not being cultivated so I naturally assumed it would be a native plant growing wild, not an escaped cultivated one. :)

PR-Giants
04-29-2013, 03:35 PM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52774 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52774)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52775 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52775)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52772 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52772)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52773 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52773)

Heliconia
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52796 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52796)

PR-Giants
05-12-2013, 08:24 AM
More than 20 feet long, still no leaves, and heading into the canopy.
may 11
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52890 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52890)

pmurphy
05-12-2013, 09:17 AM
I'd say it is definitely a type of vine........my anticipation is building.......

PR-Giants
05-12-2013, 08:56 PM
This fell out of an Avocado tree today.

What is it?

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52906 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52906)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52905 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52905)

pmurphy
05-12-2013, 09:39 PM
Some type of bromeliad or orchid ?

2woodensticks
05-13-2013, 11:09 AM
orchid..has pseudobulb..nice mottled leaves.maybe some kind of oncidium

PR-Giants
05-13-2013, 05:15 PM
Some type of bromeliad or orchid ?

Thank's, it looks like it might be a Monk Orchid / African Spotted Orchid.

Monk Orchid (Oeceoclades) - Sagebud | Browse Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Moss and other Plants - Sagebud | Browse Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Moss and other Plants (http://www.sagebud.com/monk-orchid-oeceoclades/)

Monk Orchid, African Spotted Orchid (Oeceoclades maculata) Information Page at Florida's Native and Naturalized Orchids (http://www.flnativeorchids.com/natives_gallery/oeceoclades_maculata.htm)

EDIT

African Spotted Orchid bloomed today oct 9

http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae272/keithpr1/AfricanSpottedOrchid_zpsc697278c.jpg (http://s979.photobucket.com/user/keithpr1/media/AfricanSpottedOrchid_zpsc697278c.jpg.html)

sunfish
05-13-2013, 05:43 PM
Native Orchids of Puerto Rico | OrchidsForum.com (http://www.orchidsforum.com/threads/native-orchids-of-puerto-rico.9697/)

trebor
05-13-2013, 06:16 PM
More than 20 feet long, still no leaves, and heading into the canopy.
may 11
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52890 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52890)

OK when it gets up to the sunlight it will do its thing !!! Something! It will either bloom or some leaves maybe :ha: If that is some type of ground flower producing vine Ill be happy! What ever it does It better be spectacular because Im needing answers ...