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Richard
09-07-2009, 02:02 PM
You are looking down at a plant in a 7 gallon pot sitting on a blue table. The pot is about 1 foot across. What plant is this?

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=22538&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=22538)

chong
09-08-2009, 03:05 PM
Do you have a picture of the fruit and/or flower?

Richard
09-08-2009, 11:31 PM
Do you have a picture of the fruit and/or flower?

Nope, but stay tuned! This was initially a scraggly looking half dead shrub among a collection of neglected potted plants at a client's house. I started feeding it 28-8-18 and about 2 months later cut the 1-inch trunk off at about 12 inches above the pot. It is now growing like gangbusters.

The individual leaf fingers you see are each part of an eight-fingered leaf. The new stems have a texture very reminicent of Kiwi.

jasonlotp
09-09-2009, 12:47 PM
Seems to resemble an Inga sp. like Inga Edulis.
inga edulis - Google Images (http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=inga+edulis&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=7OmnSsmgMYLONdjIrLEP&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1)

Richard
09-09-2009, 05:21 PM
Seems to resemble an Inga sp. like Inga Edulis.
inga edulis - Google Images (http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=inga+edulis&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=7OmnSsmgMYLONdjIrLEP&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1)

Yes, thanks very much! A friend of mine in Vista took one look and said "Ice Cream Bean Tree" !!

Randy4ut
09-09-2009, 08:19 PM
Yes, thanks very much! A friend of mine in Vista took one look and said "Ice Cream Bean Tree" !!

This ain't your friend, is it Richard?

Hardy Palm and Subtropical Board: Ice Cream Bean Tree in Full Bloom (Inga sp.) (http://members3.boardhost.com/HardyPalm/msg/1252438298.html)

Was just reading this post this morning and now I see yours!!! Must mean something, but don't know what!!!

Richard
09-09-2009, 09:24 PM
This ain't your friend, is it Richard?

Nope, but that's a gorgeous bloom he's got going!