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Old 04-25-2013, 08:13 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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I found this today.

Any ideas what it is ?


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Old 04-26-2013, 04:42 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Pink asparagus?
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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...
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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:
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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.
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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....
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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.

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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.
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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.

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Looks like Yam vines to me.
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Growing Asparagus in Hawaii.

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I grow asparagus here in Hawaii.
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kind of "Iresine herbstii" ?

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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.
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More than 20 feet long, still no leaves, and heading into the canopy.
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I'd say it is definitely a type of vine........my anticipation is building.......
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This fell out of an Avocado tree today.

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Some type of bromeliad or orchid ?
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orchid..has pseudobulb..nice mottled leaves.maybe some kind of oncidium
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Some type of bromeliad or orchid ?
Thank's, it looks like it might be a Monk Orchid / African Spotted Orchid.

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