Great photos! I am almost 100% positive the picture of the ross sapote is acually a garcinia. I may be wrong, I duno that's just what it looked like to me.

Awesome photos! The Breadfruit tree is sooo cool! I need to discuss future goals with my little tree(G).

Can you possibly repost the Mamey Sapote photo? I see two of the Nonis.

I love seeing photos of tropical fruiting plants! Please post more if possible!

Lisa

Geez, my bad. Plummy, you're right, it was a Garcinia (probably G. xanthocymus). Had meant to post the ross sapote, but now I'm not sure if I had taken a photo of it, so here's a canistel (Pouteria campechiana)instead:

Here's the mamey sapote (Pouteria sapota), Lisa:

An immature Chrysophyllum cainito (star apple, caimito) fruit:

A giant miracle fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum)-apparently it's only the leaves that are larger than the usual type, not the fruit:

Finally, a before and after shot of my cacao (Theobroma cacao) and cupuassu (Theobroma grandiflora).

Shot in Chicago, April 2005 (cacao on the left, Herrania in the middle-it later died-cupuassu on the right):

The fruits that both the cacao and cupuassu came from. Cupuassu (March 2005):

Cupuassu opened up:

Cacao (March 2005)

The same cacao and cupuassu today (Aug. 2006) in West Palm Beach. The cacao is the larger one and the cupuassu is the smaller one to the right. My observation is that the growth rate of cupuassu under the same conditions is at least twice as slow as that of its cacao cousin:

Marcelo

woaw, youve got great climate down there! A cacao fruit tree would have taken about 2 years to grow that high in here!!!!! LOL

OKAY, Now I know for a fact that if anyone here won the lottery, their yards would look very similar to those pics above!!
Imagine just walking outside and picking a Lanzone and Mangosteen and eating it right there!

Marcelo: You have got some great pictures of your plants and the ones you've visited. The things you can do with seeds, soil, and THOSE red cups! :)

Now where did you get your Herrania? What other tropical fruit plants do you have? Now with plants like the ones in the photos you know your lucky.

Great pics! THE POWER LIES IN THE RED PIXIE CUPS! =)

Marcelo, where is that mangosteen plant located at? It does not look like Bill Whitman's tree, I thought his was the largest specimen here in the states.

Wow nice pics! Dont ever be afraid of posting to much pics I could look at these kind of pics all day! Does the cacao fruit/pod have any flesh other than the beans? And if it does is it good?

John

Well since this post and those plants belong to you, Marcelo, :) :p plus I've never tried a fresh pod, I'll just say, some peoples (in South America) actually prefer the "fruit" to the seeds.

Wow, awsome pictures! Every single one looks more delicious then the previous one. just beautiful.

I'm little late getting to this thread but where did you get your hands on the whole seed pods? Are there markets (asian, south american, etc.) that sell them whole or did you order them online?