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  1. amazondk

    The World Famous Hayward Mango.

    The big trees in the village where I have my place on the other side of the river I believe are polyembrionic and are know as manga coquinho. The must be around 100 years old anyway. dk
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    The World Famous Hayward Mango.

    Nice job with the mango. Mangos do not produce much fruit here as well. That is outside of the city. It is too humid in most places to set fruit well. Although iin Paricatuba where I have my country place there are a lot of big old mango trees, mostly the small fruited ones called cocoquinho...
  3. amazondk

    Bismarckia growth

    Dean, The trees in the picture seem to be just growing randomly in the field. Is there any relationship to damp spots or the like. They sure do seem to be a tough palm. Mine do well in our dry season which can be brutal. dk
  4. amazondk

    Tomatoes in the Tropics

    Thats right Dean. The cars start at about 15,000 USD for a 1.0 liter sub compact. The majority of the cars are in the 30 to 40 thousand USD range. And, for a car such as a 4 x 4 Toyota Hilux (made in Brazil) it is around 80,000 USD. But, even in light of this the market is pretty strong and...
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    Tomatoes in the Tropics

    Keith, When I get some seeds I will send some. The Cubiu is easier to come by than the S. Paniculatum, the jurubeba. These plants pop up all over the place, but I rarely see one with fruit. The cubiu definately will not take a freeze. But, you may be able to get enough growing season to...
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    Is it my imagination ?

    Here in my part of the Western Hemisphere there is a hint of the rainy season in the air. Just a hint. It was a real hot and dry start of the dry season in June and July. This September has been actually on the cool side. I haven´t seen any days over 100 F this month. And, I have not seen...
  7. amazondk

    Tomatoes in the Tropics

    Dean the plant is Solanum paniculatum. Here is a picture It grows all over the place here in disturbed areas, it is a common weed. The plant turns into a bush and has spines. I also read that some use tabaco plants to graft tomatoes onto. The jurubeba is used to overcome problems with...
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    Tomatoes in the Tropics

    Dean, If it is hard there it is worse here. A few years ago I went up river from the Brazilian border to Iquitos, Peru. At a stop on the river I bought some regional tomatoes as they called them. They were quite good. I brought the seeds back and they did ok. But, I lost them...
  9. amazondk

    Bactris gasipaes

    I do like pupunha as the fruit is called here. The palm is native to my region and is a totally domesticated tree, only found with people around. It really depends a lot on the tree the fruit comes from. They varie a lot. Here they are boiled in salted water and then you peel off the skn and...
  10. amazondk

    My Tampa Fl garden

    Dean, There are a few lakes from quaries around Broward county that have beaches and people swim in them. I used to go to one that was real nice. And, there must be some alligators around. Here in Amazonia caimans in the water normally does not stop people from jumping in the rivers or...
  11. amazondk

    The Arizona Landscape

    Dean, That is quite profound. dk
  12. amazondk

    The Arizona Landscape

    The last time I drove up through Florida was 3 years ago when I took my son for orientation at FSU. It was a quick trip from Fort Lauderdale and back in three days. But, it was enjoyable. Back in the early 80´s I used to work for a Spanish airline as a sales rep in Miami. During this time my...
  13. amazondk

    Dos Jeffs - Jeff visits Jeff

    Thanks for the great pictures Angela. And, of the human specimens as well. dk
  14. amazondk

    The Arizona Landscape

    Thanks for the pictures Scott. As Dean stated all natural landscapes have their beauty and characteristics. The one thing that is striking about Florida is that in many places there really is not much of a natural landscape any more. Just a lot of freeways, housing developmennts, strip malls...
  15. amazondk

    New acquisitions !!!

    Ron, Those are some nice plants you got. I wish I lived closer so I could have gone to the sale. I really want to use a lot of crotons in the landscape at our place. dk
  16. amazondk

    New Crotons, and some older ones

    Jeff, Thanks for all the croton pictures. I got the idea of using them a lot in the landscape after seeing them at the hotel we stayed at in Manuel Antonio. They use them a lot in mass plantings. I hope to be able to get this effect with time going on our place. dk
  17. amazondk

    Archie tuckeri -- full monty shot

    Dave, I agree with Dean. Give us some visual reality. dk
  18. amazondk

    STARTING YOUR OWN PERSONAL PAGE - Amazon Don as Guinea Pig

    Dave, I would love to see a page about California. Wherever one lives becomes just everyday life. Even if it appears exotic to others from a far. What is interesting about the Palmpedia wiki pages is that you can go as far or as little as you want. If it is just someones yard that is great...
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    STARTING YOUR OWN PERSONAL PAGE - Amazon Don as Guinea Pig

    Scott, I used to visit the Orlando - Tampa area in the mid 80´s when I was doing sales for an airline in Miami. There has been a real change since then. dk
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    STARTING YOUR OWN PERSONAL PAGE - Amazon Don as Guinea Pig

    That sound great Scott. It would very interesting to have a part on the native vegetation in that part of Florida. When I used to live in Fort Lauderdale I used to find little patches of remnant vegetation and explore it. It may be just a vacant lot, but sometimes there were some interesting...
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