R. Holmes
Some of our teachers:
Price & Susan PetersonSteve & Marjorie SarnerMary Farmer Mariano and Niña GallardoOsmar MorenoLourdes CaballeroMichael MullinSarah Terry & Craig Owings
Our goals:
-- decorate our yard-- attract birds and butterflies-- restore forest habitat-- windbreaks-- fruit trees
Plan for today
-- patio: plants for decoration, birds, and butterflies-- trees for windbreak & restoring habitat-- plants for protecting and reclaiming soil-- 2 useful books-- improving soil: compost-- frequently asked questions -- where to obtain the plants
Plants & shrubs for humming birds and butterflies
Penta Streptosolen/marmalade/sombrero de chino
Penta
Streptosolen
Streptosolen
Stachytarphteta/verbena/porter weed
Stachytarpheta/verbena/porter weedJ Fleming
Calliandra/powderpuff
Duranta erectagolden dew dropValle Escondido
golden dew drop(non-variagated)
Hamelia patens/zorillo/firebush flowers for humming birds
zorillo=> berries for tanagers
)Jatropha/coral bushTerry/Owings
Jatropha/coral bushTerry/Owings
Allamandagolden trumpet (woody vine)
Lantana camera
Lantana camera
wild lantana
Asclepiusbutterfly weedmilkweed
MilkweedWild lantana
monarch caterpillarfeeding on milkweed
monarch caterpillar(pupating)
monarch chrysalis
Trees for windbreak
corpachiPa
corpachiBoquete
cipréPalmira
cipréBoquete
cipréBoquete
Some native trees
-- 6 volumes
-- here a tiny sample grouped by family.
Fabacea-- huge family-- pea-like flowers-- legume (fix nitrogen)-- so tend to improve soil
Diphysa/macanoM. Farmer
macanoM. Farmer
macanoFarmer
Erythrinaporó
Cripe
Erythrina poeppiganaporó
Erythrina poeppiganaporóBajo Boquete across from Terpel
Inga/guaboTerrhy /owings
Inga (guabo)
Inga flowers
Enterolobium cyclocarpumcorotú (young)Palmira
corotúPalmira
corotú(mature)
webweb
Bignonacea
-- notice similar flowers
Tecoma stansTerry/Owings
Tecoma stans
Tecoma
Tabebuia rosearobleDavid road
Tabebuia rosearoble
Tabebuia chrysotrichaguyacánweb
Tabebuia/guayacánweb
Lauracea (laurel family)
avocadosigua
Hass avocado in bloomCripe
avocado
avocado fruitingPalmira
siguaaguacatillo
papaya(for scale)
sigua flowerssigua flowersPalmira
sigua/aguacatilloAlto Quiel
Other trees from diverse families
Cecropia/guarumo(young)Potrerillo
Cecropia/guarumo8 years
Palmira
Cecropia fruit
nancePotrerillo
Tecoma stansnance
nance
Bahuinia/orchid tree
Potrerillo cedro amargo
cedro amargo (seed pods)Potrerillo
Quercusoakmameicillo(seedling)
mamecillo(acorn)
guava/guyavaPalmira
Cornis discifloramata hombro
(dogwood)
dogwood/mata hombro
dogwood/mata hombro
Eucalyptus degluptaeucalipto pintadoPalmira
(Esmeralda)
“ world’s fastest-growing tree”-- S. Sarner
Eucalyptus degluptaeucalipto pintado
red mombin/jobo/jobito
jobo=>red when ripe
jobo foliage
papayaBoquete
A killer of trees
Inga + ?
corpachi +?
gumbo-limboalmasigopiel de gringo
+ ?
Erythrina lanceolatamachete flower
+ ?
avocado + ?
matapalo/mistletoe
Some considerations for growth
Altitude• Volcancito & Jaramillo ~1200-1400 m• Boquete & Palmira centro ~ 1100 meters• Las Molinas ~ 600 m• Lower Frances ~ 300-400 (guyacán,
poinsianna, corotú, Panama tree)
Water/humidity -- Alto Quiel above 1800m = cloud forest-- Jaramillo & Palo Alto humid/bajareque-- Palmira dry + more sun
Wind:-- some plants can’t take it.-- give them a break!
Soil-- old pasture (nance, guayba, guabo, cecropia)-- fruit trees (orange, avocado, limon) -- forest (oak, roble, cedro, espavé, aguacatillo,bambito
If you are high in Jaramillo and plant aguacatillo,you might attracte quetzals!
Most frequent questions:
How fast will it grow?
When will we have fruit, flowers, shade, birds?
Better question:
How well can we care for it?-- altitude-- wind-- sun-- SOIL & WATER
Better question:
How well can we care for it?-- altitude-- wind-- sun-- SOIL & WATER
Lloyd’s pampered fruit trees bloom precociously
Meyer lemonCripe from Mullin
grapefruittoronjaCripe
Soil:must protect bare soil!-- compaction by rain -- loss by erosion.-- loss of nutrients by washout
Macuna pruriensvelvet bean
One approach:
“Soil: securing the future - The magic of mucuna bean”www.new-ag.info/01-6/focuson/focuson8.html
Macuna-- protects/holds soil-- shades out weeds-- reduces mowing-- fixes nitrogen-- composts in place-- will climb-- but not invasive-- easily cleared
Honduran farmers:-- sow hillsidesbefore the rains-- later sow maize
Macuna as “cover crop”
Make good soilCompost:yard waste leaves/weedskitchen waste
manure horse/cow/chicken
“cal”/ashrice/coffee hulls
moist & cover
=> collecting leaves…
Careful!
Palmira
Where can you obtain these plants?
Our vivero has most of them.-- what we lack, we can start for you.-- fastest route to fruit: graft onto an existing tree-- we can graft your citrus & avocado.
All sales are donated to the Biblioteca de Boquete.
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Thank you!