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Title: Plants of Trinidad October 2007
Post by: Anthony Darby on October 20, 2007, 11:39:58 PM

Here's the first of my pics from Trinidad. The first lot come from my host's 'garden'. First an orchid that was growing up an introduced Delonix regia; this bush had pink bracts and small yellow flowers; 'cucumber' flower and pod; Passiflora sp. and flower; a nice inflorescence; cocoa flower; cocoa pods x 2.

Title: Re: Plants of Trinidad October 2007
Post by: Rob on October 21, 2007, 12:20:21 AM

That Passiflora puts mine to shame

Your pic sizes are all over, one is over 1200 pixels wide and I have to scroll across the screen

Edit: I've reduced them! Maggi  :(

I'm looking forward to the rest of the thread

Title: Re: Plants of Trinidad October 2007
Post by: Lesley Cox on October 21, 2007, 01:01:45 AM

Me too Rob. And guess who it is who complains when someone posts pics that are too big to be seen without scrolling? ;D ;D

I like the Passiflora as well. Nearly as hairy as the arm that's holding it up. What are those big red pods? Cocoa maybe?

Title: Re: Plants of Trinidad October 2007
Post by: mark smyth on October 21, 2007, 09:27:35 AM

Lesley he already says that

Title: Re: Plants of Trinidad October 2007
Post by: Anthony Darby on October 21, 2007, 06:52:10 PM

Sorry, I'll reduce the next lot. The cocoa pods came is yellow and red. The yellow ones have substance which resembles and tastes like lemon yoghurt covering the seeds. I brought three home. Here's some more: unripe coffee 'cherries'; an ephiphytic succulent; ferns; bromeliads and moss; bromeliads and a climbing fern; bromeliads and a branch of a bread-fruit tree; epiphytic ferns; Heliconia sp.; more cocoa pods and another epiphyte. Again, these are all in the plot above the house in which I was staying.
[I've fixed these. too.. Maggi]

Title: Re: Plants of Trinidad October 2007
Post by: Lesley Cox on October 21, 2007, 11:16:09 PM

Quote from: mark smyth on October 21, 2007, 09:27:35 AM

Lesley he already says that

Sorry, so he did. I must have become all excited by that hairy arm :D

Title: Re: Plants of Trinidad October 2007
Post by: Lesley Cox on October 21, 2007, 11:19:57 PM

Quote from: adarby on October 21, 2007, 06:52:10 PM

I brought three home.

What a wonderful phrase that is. But never to cross the lips of any New Zealander or Australian, alas.

Title: Re: Plants of Trinidad October 2007
Post by: fermi de Sousa on October 22, 2007, 03:18:22 AM

Thanks for your pics, Anthony.
The second one looks like Mussaenda which was a common tree we saw in India a couple of years ago.
cheers
fermi