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Flowers brought to Baja by man/woman

bajajudy - 8-23-2005 at 05:21 PM

Or non-indigenious may have been a better way of putting it.
This one resembles the stink plant. The flower looks exactly the same but fortunately this one doesnt smell. My understanding is that the smelly one is a great fly trap as it smells like rotting meat. yummy.

Bourgainvilla

bajajudy - 8-23-2005 at 05:21 PM

Birds of Paradise

bajajudy - 8-23-2005 at 05:22 PM

Oleander

bajajudy - 8-23-2005 at 05:23 PM

Skipjack Joe - 8-23-2005 at 07:00 PM

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Originally posted by bajajudy
Bourgainvilla

I recently learned that Bougainvilla was named after a great French botanist who discovered this plant in Brazil while on Cook's first voyage. It was Cook's greatest voyage, where he circumnavigated the earth in 5 years. Most of his crew died of scurvy as the limeys hadn't yet learned of the benefits of eating limes. Bougainvilla never completed the voyage either. He died of fever somewhere in the East Indies. He was in his twenties. It's said he had a brilliant mind. Linnaeus was smart to have all his specimens sent to his native Sweden at about the same time.

More on Bougainvilla

Skipjack Joe - 8-23-2005 at 10:54 PM

To me, bougainvilla is the quintessential Mexican house plant (I know they're from the tropics). I love them. What's an adobe archway without bougainvilla lacing it's sides? What's a mexican courtyard without bougainvilla climbing up the posts to the second floor terrace? I see them here at our old spanish missions and they complement the architecture perfectly.

Although close up the flower is not particularly beautiful the plant as a vine is exceptional. The closest thing I have seen in the US is blooming wisteria on the brick buildings on the east coast. But it's over real quick.

The other household tree I associate with baja is one you often see in the yards of La Paz. It's an umbrella shaped canopy tree with long sparse leaves that hang downward. There are clusters of long bright red flowers that hang downward from the leaf canopy. I am sure you've seen them. I don't know what they're called. Perhaps Judy has a picture of them as well. Anyway, to me they are also quintessential Latin America. I've seen them in homes from Baja Sur to Peru. They're cheerful.

Diver - 8-24-2005 at 06:02 AM

Joe,
You should try driving through south florida down to the keys.
Bougainvilla is everywhere, and in many colors and varieties.
There is a nursery in the keys that specializes in hybrids.
I like the color you show; also great to cut flowers and float in water.

Red Flower

bajajudy - 8-24-2005 at 06:18 AM

Is this it, Joe?
In the Caribbean they call it Flamboyant. I think in the states they call it Jakarunda(I have no idea how to spell that!). There is a game that the Mexcian kids play with the flower.

I also love bourgainvilla. The colors are so vibrant and I love the little detail of the small white flower within the flower.

bajajudy

Skipjack Joe - 8-24-2005 at 07:58 AM

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Originally posted by bajajudy
Is this it, Joe?
In the Caribbean they call it Flamboyant. I think in the states they call it Jakarunda(I have no idea how to spell that!). There is a game that the Mexcian kids play with the flower.

I am not sure. I don't think so. It's a different shade of red. It's like poinsettia red.

This tree produces a strange fruit. The fruits are hard, brown, and shaped like a pea pod. Imagine an 8 inch pea pod that is hard, brown, and dehydrated. If you chew on this thing it tastes sort of sweet. Yeah, I just stretch over a neighbor's fence and give one a yank. One fruit can last a while.

For Bernie

jrbaja - 8-24-2005 at 09:00 AM

bajajudy - 8-24-2005 at 09:03 AM

Joe
It is the same one. In the caribbean they also call it motherinlaw's tongue because of the clacking sound that the large beans make in the wind. I never tasted one but will go out in the yard and try one.

Skipjack Joe - 8-24-2005 at 10:42 AM

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Originally posted by bajajudy
I never tasted one but will go out in the yard and try one.

bajajudy,

Before you taste one. The fleshy part of the fruit seems to go through a maturation process. It gets sweeter as it ages. But it seems to reach a stage when it dries to such an extent that there is nothing left but the hard skin and those large seeds inside. At that point it tastes real bad. So, I hope you hit it right. Actually, I think I saw street vendors selling these things to kids the last time I was in La Paz.

Carob

Sharksbaja - 8-24-2005 at 11:18 AM

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Originally posted by Skipjack Joe

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Hey skip, does it taste a little like chocolate. Giant, tough seed pods? Had one in Ca. think it's the carob tree.

[Edited on 8-24-2005 by Sharksbaja]

burro bob - 8-24-2005 at 11:49 AM

Skipjack joe
At first I thought you were talking about the Tamarind tree. The seed pods are similar and edible. But after doing a search I found that Tamarind Trees have pale yellow flowers.
A search for mother in law tounge turned up a poisonus house plant, which we also have here in Baja.
A search for flamboyant came up with Delonix regia, a tropical tree from Madagascar. It describes the seed pods but doesn't say anything about edibility. Here is the link.
http://toptropicals.com/html/toptropicals/articles/trees/del...
burro bob

Skipjack Joe - 8-24-2005 at 12:23 PM

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Originally posted by bajajudy
Joe
It is the same one. In the caribbean they also call it motherinlaw's tongue because of the clacking sound that the large beans make in the wind. I never tasted one but will go out in the yard and try one.

You're right Judy, that's it. I googled up a bunch of images of the tree and most of them didn't ring quite true. But this one looks like right out of out of Baja. I don't have access to photoshop so I am providing a link to the web page. It's too large for this website(>600MB). Anyone seeing this image will immediately recognize it. Every town square has one, it seems. My research shows that it is admired by many, not just me - also called the flame tree or the peac-ck tree. It appears on several stamps worldwide.

Sharks, it tasted more like a date from a palm to me than chocolate, but maybe I don't remember so well.

http://members.lycos.nl/gvolffen/index-84.html

bajajudy - 8-24-2005 at 01:43 PM

Royal Poinciana...Thats the name I couldnt remember.
Good info...Joe

Bob the motherinlaw tongue that is a house plant is the snake plant, I think. I didnt know that they were poisonous!

Unusual hyperlinks

Skipjack Joe - 8-24-2005 at 01:54 PM

By the way. As you read this message scroll to the top of the page and look at the ad hyperlinks. Some of them are really unusual. Not something you would expect for a page dealing with botany, is it?

bajajudy - 8-24-2005 at 02:01 PM

That is hilarious Joe
When I looked up there it said...Stinky Feet Eliminated.
Obviously from that first plant....weird, eh?

turtleandtoad - 8-24-2005 at 04:20 PM

Here's one that should look familiar to a few of you!

Skipjack Joe - 8-24-2005 at 04:38 PM

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Originally posted by bajajudy
That is hilarious Joe
When I looked up there it said...Stinky Feet Eliminated.
Obviously from that first plant....weird, eh?

I must be getting the X rated version of the adware compared to yours. My ad links:

"Pee Pee Stain and Odor Remover"
"Embarassing Vaginal Odor"

Maybe this is funny only to a techie. This hyperlink generating software is designed so that users who are reading a page on a certain subject may be enticed to buy a product related to that subject. But in this case things have really gone awry.

[Edited on 8-25-2005 by Skipjack Joe]

bajajudy - 8-24-2005 at 05:48 PM

turtleandtoad....t and t

No matter from which direction you approach

[Edited on 8-25-2005 by bajajudy]

bajajudy - 8-24-2005 at 06:00 PM

Joe
I was so surprised to see turtleand toad's photo, I forgot to comment on your post. I guess that they go by key words like a search engine does and whatever sponsor fits the bill pops up.

At least when the Depends run out we can find out how to get the stain out, right?

Huhhh???

Bedman - 8-24-2005 at 08:32 PM

Ha!! at the top of mine the ads read

EMBARASSING VAGINAL ODORS
It's not your fault......

PERMANENETT ODOR CONTROL
Destroys odors from smoke, Pets....

FREE TACO RECIPES <------- ?? How'd this one get in here??????
Free and Easy to make recipes.....

MUSTY SMELL SALE
New and used Musty smell check....

bajajudy - 8-24-2005 at 09:06 PM

Hey you guys. Obviously there is a little gremlin looking out at us all who is deciding what to put up there.
My little gremlin looked out and said....that the absolute worse thing that could be wrong with this lovely lady is smelly feet.
BTW...they still think my feet stink.
If I could get them up to my nose..................................

I would be 20 years younger

What is this?

Sharksbaja - 8-24-2005 at 09:10 PM

love these

Sharksbaja - 8-24-2005 at 09:47 PM

Sharksbaja - 8-24-2005 at 09:48 PM

and these

Bruce R Leech - 8-25-2005 at 06:29 AM

Sharks the first is a double Bougainvillea.

bajajudy - 8-25-2005 at 06:41 AM

Beautiful Sharks!
I love hybiscus too.

bajajudy - 8-25-2005 at 08:23 AM

From the previous page.
A friend has informed me that it is spelled, jacaranda,and that the flowers are purple.
No misinformation pulease...sorry.

Skipjack Joe - 8-25-2005 at 08:49 AM

Great pics, Sharks. Especially the hibiscus.

Sometimes the best shot is just a direct frontal. No angle. nothing else. Let the subtle colors do their magic.

[Edited on 8-25-2005 by Skipjack Joe]

bajajudy - 8-25-2005 at 09:24 AM

The dirt background really makes this one stand out.
Unfortunately this plant didnt make it through Marty, so this pic is the only thing I have.

Here's sumthin

jrbaja - 8-25-2005 at 10:25 AM

bajajudy - 8-25-2005 at 10:41 AM

JR
What is it? Is it one plant with two colored blooms or two different plants?

bajajudy - 8-25-2005 at 10:42 AM

I love this vine! So do the hummingbirds.

One plant with 2 colors

jrbaja - 8-25-2005 at 10:54 AM

I don't know what kind but it's at one of my neighbors in SB. I took the pic for the bug but it's a real pretty flor.

Asclepius

zforbes - 8-25-2005 at 12:28 PM

I think that JR's pic is of asclepius, a plant that is used to attract butterflies. When I visited in Guadalajara, I went to the apiary in Parque Agua Azul. I don't have much scientific Spanish, but the attendant was able to tell me a lot about the butterflies in the apiary with hand gestures and sucking sounds. She showed me the eggs that the Monarch butterfly lays on the underside of the leaves. After the apiary visit, I sat in the park square and watched the families assemble with their children and picnics. On one side, a group of people had gathered for a birthday party (I could tell by the song), and as part of the entertainment, a couple of teachers were instructing the partygoers how to swing dance to old Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins songs that entertained all of us in the plaza. For refreshment, sidewalk vendors were dispensing cucumbers in addition to fresh fruit.

After sitting in the plaza, I walked home through some not so savory thoroughfares that had seemed a little friendlier earlier in the day. I was a little unnerved to be accosted by a drunk, and ended up running away and scrambling up a fence as he followed. What surprised me was that no one of the crowd (all men) intervened. However, the drunk then apologized and tried to redeem himself by being very drunkenly polite as he waved me by him.

That somewhat unpleasant adventure was softened by the actions of a group of the men in the convenience store where I stopped for a coke. I am still a little slow with coins, and they all stopped me as I tried to leave, telling me to go back and pick up the large amount of change left over from my coke purchase.

So, that's a bit of a diversion from the theme of this thread, but the asclepius reminded me of that day. Zoe

Here's some interesting ones

jrbaja - 8-25-2005 at 01:04 PM

I've stumbled across down here.

2

jrbaja - 8-25-2005 at 01:05 PM

[Edited on 8/25/2005 by jrbaja]

bajajudy - 8-25-2005 at 01:10 PM

JR were we in the same briar patch?

3

jrbaja - 8-25-2005 at 01:10 PM

Judy, I don't remember! :lol:

[Edited on 8/25/2005 by jrbaja]

4

jrbaja - 8-25-2005 at 01:12 PM

[Edited on 8/25/2005 by jrbaja]

Sharksbaja - 8-25-2005 at 01:14 PM

you sly dog :spingrin:

Sharksbaja - 8-25-2005 at 01:15 PM

sativa?

5

jrbaja - 8-25-2005 at 01:15 PM

6

jrbaja - 8-25-2005 at 01:16 PM

7

jrbaja - 8-25-2005 at 01:17 PM

8

jrbaja - 8-25-2005 at 01:18 PM

[Edited on 8/25/2005 by jrbaja]

9

jrbaja - 8-25-2005 at 01:21 PM

A varient of a hibiscus?

Acuity - 8-25-2005 at 02:27 PM

Passionflower

Acuity - 8-25-2005 at 02:34 PM

Natalie Ann - 8-25-2005 at 07:57 PM

I believe the two-colored bloom first posted by JR is lantana.... comes in a variety of two-colored and also single colored blooms. #2 looks like an amaryllis bloom.

Yummy - definitely sativa, leaves too small & light colored for indica.

I would very much like a plant ID for JR's #9.... anyone?

Natalie Ann - 8-25-2005 at 08:05 PM

As for header topics, I have
elimate pet odors
tex-mex cooking
own a chipolte franchise

and somehow these all pertain to this thread :?:

Mike Supino - 8-25-2005 at 08:08 PM

I wonder if they make this T-shirt with a bamboo motif?