Bangkok Lemon seedling, Cheena is behind it

Monkey Pot, Lecythis minor

if anyone has more info about this tree such as soil and cold tolerance let me know, its kinda rare

Started a Bonsai collection

Calamondin

lemon bay rum rooting over a limestone rock

Desert Rose and guest

cycad

Japanese Juniper

ill probably post some more progress pics of my other tropicals in this thread this weekend

Thanks for sharing the great pics!

Jacob

That Bangkok Lemon jakfruit is just too tall. Any plan on pruning to let it branch out at the lower end? This way it will be easier for picking the fruit, and more branches for fruits.

Keep posting please. I enjoy looking at pictures.

they change from a yellowish green, green, pink to purple in color. they start glowing in between the bumps when ripe
this pic courtesy of gcmastiffs:

Lecythis Minor, Monkey Pot nut, Paradise nut, Sapuca nut, this is a smaller version of Lecythis pisonis

this is the larger version, 100+ ft tall Lecythis pisonis

they are supposed to have an excellent flavor fresh, high in oil like Brazil nut
like Brazil nuts they are upper story trees in the Rain forest. they spill nuts onto the floor. its called Monkey Pot because a greedy monkey will get his hand caught in the pot while grabbing the nuts inside. the bark is also ornamental and can be used for cigarrette paper

i just hope it isnt too tropical for down here

The mauve sugar apple is just so beautiful. Too bad it's not as chewy or I'll get a tree. I am planting some seeds but I doubt they will produce mauve fruit. They have to be grafted, right? My nam doc mai and carrie should be here tomorrow. So excited! I aslo ordered 2 boxes of cherimoya...hehe. Will be here tomorrow too.

But after your post, now I know I want one lol. I got curious and read up on them. heck just for that funky pod alone it would be worth it. the flowers look pretty and the nuts are supposed to be great tasting.

Only negative I see is they are slow growing, oh well better late than never. now all I have to do is find some seeds...

One source I found states that Lecythis elliptica is the same as Lecythis minor.

This report in spanish, was a study done to find any commercial viability of the nuts.

Their concern was, that natives did not eat them often, according to them, if they eat too many, their hair falls out, ( also finger nails ).

The conclusion of the report is, that the nuts are very high in selenium. and eating a pound of nuts over a week, can cause symptoms above.

I guess a few would actually be good for you.

I read an article long ago, that stated that Florida suffers from a lack of selenium in the soil. so maybe the nuts would have a lower concentration??

Brazil Nuts are also high in Selenium also.

Interesting thing though is that the nuts are high in oil, and the oil itself has no selenium. which was considered marketable by the report.

here is the pdf link, its in spanish.

http://www.ciencias.unal.edu.co/unciencias/data-file/farmacia/revista/ V1N4P34-50.pdf

I found a source for seeds in Puerto Rico, the seeds are available May, Aug, and Sept. from Govardhan Gardens.

Here's my Desert Rose...I also have a small(bonsai one)

im not too worried, to be honest i can not eat alot of nuts in one sitting like i can mangos for example. maybe a handful and im done.

some good info

Selenium salts are toxic in large amounts, but trace amounts of the element are necessary for cellular function in most, if not all, animals, forming the active center of the enzymes glutathione peroxidase and thioredoxin reductase (which indirectly reduce certain oxidized molecules in animals and some plants) and three known deiodinase enzymes (which convert one thyroid hormone to another). Selenium requirements in plants differ by species, with some plants apparently requiring none

Variegated Vanilla Orchid

Cheena Jackfruit

Rabbit foot fern

Polyalthia longifolia var. pendula, Asoka mast

Fuyu Persimmon, training to be an informal upright Bonsai

Hawaiian Gold bamboo

Alano Sapodilla

sunshine blue and sharp blueberries

watering the Jaboticaba

Sweetheart Lychee

Bananas

Dwarf Cavendish, Siam Ruby in the front. the back corner is Musa velutina. the black colocasia is "black magic"

Ice Cream banana

muesella lasiocarpa on the right, to the left of it is alocasia california and siam ruby. the small ones are calladiums

Manzano apple banana has beautiful pink lining on its leaves

Citrus

temple orange i might just bonsai, the bugs have kept it really trim. this and the flame grapefruit ive given up on, my other varieties do better

the flame is the twig, its getting replaced by the HB pumello in the small pot, behind that is Duncan grapefruit

Samboken lemon

meyer lemon front left, variegated lemon front right, key lime rear

Meiwa kumquat budding

thanks for looking!

everything in my yard is still juvenile but its all spaced at least 10 foot apart in the ground. in a small dooryard setting you can pay more attention to detail and pruning.
some may still consider it overgrown but to me it will be paradise.

Harry

im actually considering moving the three edibles Dwarf Cavendish, Manzano, and Ice Cream in a different corner and leave the other ones that are ornamental there with the elephant ears.

here are what the three ornamental look like in bloom:

velutina

Siam Ruby

ok that ones not in bloom, its really rare that it fruits and i dont think the fruit are eatable

swrancher, sometimes microclimates and different fertilizing plays a part, Harrys Alanos are way ahead of mine.

ch3rri, if you click on my name it will take you to my page with a list of the anonas i am growing. no caimito.
i got rid of my starfruit, too bland. the town used them to replace citrus trees they cut them down in canker areas, they are common down here they arent as exciting as the other things i grow. maybe if i cant find a really, really sweet one i will make it into a large bonsai, they are very ornate when pruned.
Rambutan is very difficult to grow here, we grow lychees instead, usually its one or the other.
i hate to prune my Bangkok Lemon, i may have to one day. it gets very large fruit so i want it to be a larger tree. they really make beautiful symmetrical trees, especially from seed. ill take some pics of the other trees soon.

Wow Pug, what a color explosion.

-Ethan

red sea me: they are actually a very dark purple, the leaves unfold green and turn darker in the sun, in the shade they actually are green on the underside and translucent purple on the front

heres what Musa daysacarpa (M. velutina) looks like in bloom since the original pic i posted didnt show. its the on in the corner