Key Largo Vegetation

[bubba]

In the stretches, long lines of trees:

[bubba]

Mahogany:

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Ligum Vitae:

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Gumbo Limbo:

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Pandanus:

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Some unknown bloomers:

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Sweet young lady called this a meat tree:

[bubba]

On the road:

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Mangroves forever:

[bubba]

You know it’s Monday in the Keys when Alabama Jack’s looks empty. No sign of KJ:

[Merlyn]

@bubba a MEAT tree!!!    That's a new one for me.  The varying head heights and curves look really cool on that one.  

[Tracy]

10 hours ago, Merlyn said:

@bubba a MEAT tree!!!    That's a new one for me.  The varying head heights and curves look really cool on that one.  

 

On 6/29/2022 at 5:32 PM, bubba said:

Sweet young lady called this a meat tree

Beaucarnea recurvata... not sure if  you were both yanking our chords but thought I would respond anyway.

[bubba]

Tracy,

Thank you for the ID. She was out in her yard and I stopped and asked her. She said she had heard it was a meat tree and I bit my tongue and left quick before I started laughing. Not my standard yank!

[Merlyn]

@bubba my wife said "Maybe she meant a meet tree, as in the place you meet?"    I have a couple of big Beaucarnea Recurvata (or Nolina Recurvata?), they call them "ponytail palms" around here.  None of mine are quite as "Dr. Seuss" as that one...

[bubba]

Merlyn, please tell your wife she is funny! My wife was not with me when I saw the Ponytail. I did not see the girl when I got out of the golf cart to take the picture. When I saw her looking at me ( I was somewhat of an intruder), I attempted to break the silence by telling her it was a beautiful tree and if she knew what it was called. That is when she told me it was a meat tree.
 

I guarantee you that this attractive young woman had no desire to meet me. If my wife had watched this circus, she would have swatted me good!