tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14345890.post1296448843295749950..comments2023-07-27T07:41:41.837-07:00Comments on whoreticulture: Foster Botanic Gardenchuck b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14345890.post-91677197160660099982007-11-29T20:58:00.000-08:002007-11-29T20:58:00.000-08:00Those are Ents! Don't you see the feet on those am...Those are Ents! Don't you see the feet on those amazingly huge trees?<BR/><BR/>What cool photos. I would like a few dead tree trunks with orchids, tillandsias and such in my garden.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14345890.post-91182524117144335712007-11-29T16:28:00.000-08:002007-11-29T16:28:00.000-08:00Yep, those are the silverswords I'm talking about....Yep, those are the silverswords I'm talking about. Do you still have time to hunt them down? From the pictures alone, I think it'd be worth it (but I have no idea where you'd find one). I wonder if they are in cultivation. There's some info on them here:<BR/><BR/>http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/asm.htmGardener of La Manchahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16457774843474364872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14345890.post-12311960542586356292007-11-29T11:47:00.000-08:002007-11-29T11:47:00.000-08:00Great pictures, Chuck! That cannonball tree is rea...Great pictures, Chuck! That cannonball tree is really something...are the fruits edible?lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133943147518051559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14345890.post-89521820250292875142007-11-29T07:14:00.000-08:002007-11-29T07:14:00.000-08:00It's better to be pleasantly warm than frightening...It's better to be pleasantly warm than frighteningly cold, for sure. On the other hand, summer is right around the corner. I keep telling myself that anyway.chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14345890.post-77325984065864947232007-11-29T05:44:00.000-08:002007-11-29T05:44:00.000-08:00It was actually a little painful for me to look at...It was actually a little painful for me to look at these pictures, sitting here in my long underwear and wearing my rubba slippas in the house, a Hawaiian no no, cause the floor is too cold to walk on.<BR/><BR/>I never did get to Foster Botanic Garden, but I only went to Oahu a couple times in 20 years. Too many people there.Christopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14345890.post-57841532579138524282007-11-29T00:02:00.000-08:002007-11-29T00:02:00.000-08:00Are you talking about the Hawaiian natives that ev...Are you talking about the Hawaiian natives that evolved from ancient Hemizonia? I just learned about the silverswords, and completely forgot to look for them.chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14345890.post-7485753785542780112007-11-28T23:46:00.000-08:002007-11-28T23:46:00.000-08:00Very cool cannonball tree flowers. They look like ...Very cool cannonball tree flowers. They look like they're being pollinated by sea slugs. Have you seen any silverswords? I've never been to the islands, but those are plants I've always wanted to see.Gardener of La Manchahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16457774843474364872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14345890.post-63549495443453748072007-11-28T17:49:00.000-08:002007-11-28T17:49:00.000-08:00Beautiful photos. i love the Baobab and you are al...Beautiful photos. i love the Baobab and you are almost making me miss Hawaii. Almost.anna mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03053997040371741100noreply@blogger.com