Tagging, Day 3, Part 2

After a full morning at Calusa Creek, I drove about an hour south to Wellington, FL to visit Southeast Growers www.southeastgrowers.com. I'd seen Richard Kern at the TPIE tradeshow several times and he always had interesting / out of the ordinary plants at his booth. Richard was able to spend the day with me going through his 40 acres of houses and fields to tag the SE Asian plants that we'll need. I found many of the plants that were on my wish list and also those that the education department would like to teach about. Many of these plants will wind up in the healer's hut / research field station area of the tropical forest.

WOW! Here is a quick rundown of my picks: Jackfruit, Elephant Apple, Longan, Lychee, Thai Everbearing Mango, Sugar Palms, Pinang Yaki, Bignay, Cecropia, Teak, Tamarind, Clove Tree, Traveler's Tree, Nutmeg Tree....

Here is a photo of one of the Thai Palms.

Here is Heather's 20' tall Kapok tree (there is a hint of buttress roots).
On the left is one of the small Ficus religiosa (Buddha Fig) that I tagged.
These are Rattan palms. They have a vining nature with thorny tendrils that reach out and grab whatever is closeby. This is the plant used to make furniture, placemats and all sorts of crafts.
And a new crop of Breadfruit - aren't those leaves so cool - very tropical looking!

-KD