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Toucan eating Musa dasycarpa fruit

Jeff in St Pete

By Jeff in St Pete
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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Jeff in St Pete Grand Master

Jeff in St Pete

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This morning I went to a friends farm for the first time. After a tour, we were sitting on their porch and spotted this Toucan eating M. dasycarpa fruit.

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Formerly Jeff in Costa Rica
 

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Xenon Grand Master

Xenon

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Cool picture! I'm jealous of your wildlife, no toucans here...just pigeons and sparrows...

:) Jonathan

Jonathan

Katy, TX (Zone 9a)

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BS Man about Palms

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I'm still trying to figure out if Costa Rica is paying you to post these various photos... :D

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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aussiearoids Grand Master

aussiearoids

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So velutina has a new name now , GEE there is going to be a massive weed problem with this sp. after the Toucan droppings sprout all through the jungle. :rolleyes: I know a few people growing this , though really it is not a permitted species . And it is becoming a pest . Wonder were it is from , aha its native to Assam, in northeast India.

Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

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ariscott Grand Master

ariscott

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Indi's (my second daughter) favourite bird, after Lala the galah of course. She saw one in Singapore!!

Regards, Ari :)

Ari & Scott

Darwin, NT, Australia

-12°32'53" 131°10'20"

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I have to agree with xenon, wish we had wildlife like that, the pic you had in the bocas del toro post of the sloth was cool too. Quite jealous.

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Al in Kona Grand Master

Al in Kona

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Love those colorful toucans. They are not allowed in Hawaii, unfortunately.

Hawaii Island (Big Island), leeward coast, 19 degrees N. latitude, south Kona mauka at approx. 380m (1,250 ft.) and about 1.6 km (1-mile) upslope from ocean.

 

No record of a hurricane passing over this island (yet!).  

Summer maximum rainfall - variable averaging 900-1150mm (35-45") - Perfect drainage on black volcanic rocky soil.  

Nice sunsets!

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aussiearoids

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What about the bananas Al , are you allowed to grow them ? :rolleyes:

Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

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Al in Kona

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What about the bananas Al , are you allowed to grow them ? :rolleyes:

Michael, yeah we are allowed to grow bananas in Hawaii but only if we eat them (lol) and they are disease free. A few years back they found some plants in the Kona area that had the Banana Bunchy Top Virus and until those plants were destroyed and no new ones discovered all bananas were quarantined in that area. I was not within that zone so we were allowed to grow them. My favorite variety is the Apple Banana.

Hawaii Island (Big Island), leeward coast, 19 degrees N. latitude, south Kona mauka at approx. 380m (1,250 ft.) and about 1.6 km (1-mile) upslope from ocean.

 

No record of a hurricane passing over this island (yet!).  

Summer maximum rainfall - variable averaging 900-1150mm (35-45") - Perfect drainage on black volcanic rocky soil.  

Nice sunsets!

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