SOME UNUSUAL PLANTS FROM MAUI HAWAII
Some pictures taken in Haiku Maui, June 2008.
This is the new growing center of a sago palm. Those little shoots will grow to be about 5 feet long, with sharp spikes along the center rib. Now they are velvety and soft.
These bromeliad plants have huge flower spikes that stand 4 feet tall. The "air plants" are very low maintenance, yet continue to produce these incredible blooms every year.
You all know what this is, and here it is growing in a pot. Yes it's true, you can grow a whole new plant like this from the cut top of your fresh pineapple. It just takes a really long time to grow. They used to grow them commercially in many more parts of Maui than they do now. It's kind of a declining industry, but the fresh fruit market is replacing the canned product, with great success.
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Cool looking plants. I wish some of these would grow in my climate. They would look great around the pool and then I would THINK i was in HI.
Georgina - I love fresh pineapple... I think that they are a beautiful plant too.
Thanks for the pictures. My wife was walking byand stoppped to check them out! The pineapple looks really cool!
We also have Sago Palms in Hilton Head. In fact, I have a new sprout coming out that looks just like your photo. We cut ours at the base in the fall and they always sprout beautiful new leaves in the spring.
I've heard that about growing a pineapple plant..... I'm gonna have to try it :) The pics are great, Georgina.
Georgina, I never knew how a pineapple grows. Thank you for the pictures. Happy blogging.
Ok now you are just showing off!!! lol!!! Actually those are just amazing photos, we love to see things from other areas of the country!
It must be fun to garden in such a lush place...amazing plants you have :-)
Hunter-I think we are starting to have blogging telepathy. I was walking back to the office after going home for lunch and was thinking how it would be good to do a neighborhood walk flora post. I saw a couple of different shades of hibiscus, plumeria, ripe mangos, ripening lilikoi, young avocado, citrus, ti plants, noni and more.
Laura - mmmm pool - I'd like to close my eyes and imagine I'm by the pool!
Debbie - I've seen them used as a landscaping plant, and they make a great border
Rob - I never throw away the tops anymore
Diane - do you mean you cut them right off? So they never get tall?
Kara - just be patient... like about 3 or 4 years!
Jimmy - glad I could enlighten you
Charles - there's so much variety here, I couldn't resist
Patrice - it is fun, and I'm off to water my garden next
Pete - i'm psychic, didn't you know? (or is that psycho?)
My first trip to Hawaii was in January. I got to the Dole plant too late to learn more about the pineapples, but I saw the different kinds of pineapples growing. I didn't knkow how they looked before that trip. I also didn't know it took years to grow them from a top. Interesting.
Those are some lovely plants. Sago palms do well here too, but I really liked seeing the bromeliads.
Julie - the nice thing about growing a pineapple is that they are very low maintenance... and they can take poor soil and very little water.
Frank - glad you liked them. You could probably grow a pineapple, if you take it inside for the cold months.
Hey sounds like my kind of plant! I tend to kill things when I am at home all the time. Now that I am in Utah part of the time I don't even try to grow anything.
That is so neat that you can grow a pineapple from the cut off top!!! I will have to try it in a pot so I can bring it inside. My kid LOVE pineapple, so it would be funny to see if we could actually let it alone till it ripened!!!
It's fun to watch the "baby" pineapple emerge and grow, and turn yellow.... but you must have infinite patience.
Very pretty, wish I was there with you.
Georgina - BEAUTIFUL photos! I am pleased to report that all three also live here in Florida!
April - be careful what you wish for! haha
BJ - eating a pineapple is better for you than a cheeseburger, but not as much fun