mexico

[Tad]

this nursery is a part of an incredible ongoing project that combines the farm and nursery with a hunting outfitter, eco tours, and soon to be botanical garden.

these shots are in mexico so rember the prices are in pesos not dollars.

[Tad]

and......

[Tad]

i guess when i resize them the writing does not show up as well, any way they are going for about 10.00 each.

[Tad]

i am having trouble re siziing them, this new camera is nice but i am afraid i dont know how to work it just yet

[Tad]

a look in the other direction

[Tad]

caryota

[Tad]

close up at 15 dollars american not a bad price

[Tad]

10 dollars roughly a peso per spine

[Tad]

entry way

[Tad]

garden site for botanical garden in progress

[Tad]

another part of the botanical garden area

[Carlo Morici]

How nice.

¿Dónde está todo eso?

¿Cómo se llama?

Carlo

[Tad]

circa de ejido centauro tamulipas

[Zac in NC]

Whose ejido?

Zac

[Tad]

no one person owns an ejido

[Zac in NC]

Yeah I know that, sorry I mean where in Tamaulipas.

Zac

[Tad]

??? you sure you dont already know???

[SubTropicRay]

That's quite a selection.  Thanks for sharing.

[Jeff Searle]

Tad,

    Thanks for sharing these pictures. Looks on the new side, very fresh and clean. Almost makes me think I have seen this place......uhmmmm. ???    Anyways, will there be enough interest in the area to make a go of it??

Jeff

[Tad]

no, but as you well know that does not stop the wheels from turning. he is a machine, with a multi track mind that never quits!!!

[Jeff Searle]

(Jeff Searle @ Feb. 06 2007,08:30)

QUOTE

Tad,

    Thanks for sharing these pictures. Looks on the new side, very fresh and clean. Almost makes me think I have seen this place......uhmmmm. ???    Anyways, will there be enough interest in the area to make a go of it??

Jeff

Ohhhh,

   And I do miss the nachos!!!!

Jeff

[Tad]

pollo and guillermo did not dissapoint this last go round either, duck was on the menu last friday night with all the fixins and platano ice cream to wrap it all up!!!!

[Trópico]

Wow! There's much work to be done, starting a BG from scratch!

Are you involved in the project?

[Kris]

(palmotrafficante @ Feb. 04 2007,18:21)

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another part of the botanical garden area

Hai what is the huge fan palm seen amidts a CIDP on

the right hand corner.

is it sabal river side or tail pot palms ? (In post no.11)

thanks for the mexican tour_lovely plants & that greenhouse

shelter for plants.

Love,

Kris(India)

[Tad]

kris they are sabal mexicana from tamaulipas mex.

tropico my only roll in the show is in the collection and procurement dept.

[Kris]

Thanks very much for the sabal info & for replying

promptly.

Love,

Kris.

[Tad]

arenga hookeriana I am sure I mispelled it, but ohhh well such is life, finally figured out how to wrangle the size on these pics

[Tad]

this is int he purple dirt land of mex, dioon and brahea country

[Tad]

wonder what these are?

[Tad]

climbing down into the cave

[Tad]

the cave narrowed down and this is where I drew the line and backed out, the last place I need to die is in a cave in the middle of nowhere in mexico!!

[Tad]

braheas growing up the side of a hill

[Tad]

dioons and a giant landscape artichoke from hell, known as lan sawyer

[Tad]

I have never seen anything hungry enough to eat a dioon, but these maroon and white striped caterpillars were noshing away on them

[Tad]

tunnel that we explored

lots of stuff growing on the walls, hectias,agaves, chamadoreas, ressurection ferns

[Tad]

wall shot

[Tad]

dioons and agaves

[Tad]

big dioons

[Tad]

me sweating like a pig after climbing up out of the tunnel

and found this lil cutie

[Tad]

wow thats a lot of braheas decumbens looking little palms,