Tropical Zone Gardening: Help me Identify or get close to this poinciana type tree, 1 by rjuddharrison
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rjuddharrison wrote: This plant has a story! - SOLVED http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=4318214 When my mother passed in 1985, I collected a few things of memoribilia, and a large package of seeds we all had collected in the early 1970's off the beach in Liberia, W. Africa where we lived at the time. In 2005, I went through the seeds, and thought ..I wonder if any of these will grow. I estimated the seed from collection time is about 32 years old not including the time it was on the ground in Africa. The seed resembles a pinto bean in size and looks. Gardening definately throws you surprises, and true to form I was much surprised when one of the seeds sprouted. Liberia is full of Poinciana type trees, and the leaves you will see resemble the type, only in a much larger fashion than I'm use to seeing. These are some of the names I've collected that I thought might fit the trees descriptions so far, and I'm soliciting help by asking for more suggestions. 1) Family: Caesalpinioideae / Caesalpiniaceae Golden Flamboyante, Yellow Flame Tree, Yellow Poinciana, Copper pod tree Origin: India and South East Asia 2). Sesbania drummondii- the Sesbania really fits the bill, as the seeds were found on the beach, populated with hundereds of fresh water lagoons only separated by the beach to the ocean. It likes lots of moisture and boggy areas. Here is the PF link http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/77138/index.html Also fitting the description is "coffee bean tree" - Coffee beans are about the same size as the pinto beans, so I think this is another clue. The final clue of course is if it ever blooms. Goodness knows it got PLENTY of water this last summer during our rainiest summer ever. My tree has not yet bloomed, it was planted in the ground in 2006, and I'll post pictures for the rest of ya to examine. The tree is now about 10 feet tall, and has survived a hard freeze, with dammage. It took a while for it to re-establish this summer. First pictue is the sprout. We think this is solved! http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=4318214 This message was edited Dec 6, 2007 8:37 PM This message was edited Dec 21, 2007 8:43 PM This message was edited Dec 21, 2007 8:43 PM |