Trees & shrubs of boquete
- 2. R. Holmes
- 3. Some of our teachers: Price & Susan Peterson Steve & Marjorie Sarner Mary Farmer Mariano and Ni?a Gallardo Osmar Moreno Lourdes Caballero Michael Mullin Sarah Terry & Craig Owings
- 4. Our goals: -- decorate our yard -- attract birds and butterflies -- restore forest habitat -- windbreaks -- fruit trees
- 5. 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
- 6. Plants & shrubs for humming birds and butterflies
- 8. Penta
- 9. Streptosolen
- 10. Streptosolen
- 14. Duranta erecta golden dew dropValle Escondido
- 16. Hamelia patens/zorillo/firebush ?flowers for humming birds
- 17. zorillo => berries for tanagers
- 20. Allamanda golden trumpet (woody vine)
- 21. Lantana camera
- 22. Lantana camera
- 23. wild lantana
- 26. monarch caterpillar feeding on milkweed
- 30. corpachiP
- 31. corpachiBoquete
- 35. Some native trees -- 6 volumes -- here a tiny sample grouped by family.
- 36. Fabacea -- huge family -- pea-like flowers -- legume (fix nitrogen) -- so tend to improve soil
- 38. macanoM. Farmer
- 39. macanoFarmer
- 41. Erythrina poeppigana por¨®Bajo Boquete across from Terpel
- 43. Inga (guabo)
- 44. Inga flowers
- 47. corot¨² (mature)
- 48. Bignonacea -- notice similar flowers
- 50. Tecoma stans
- 51. Tecoma
- 57. Hass avocado in bloomCripe
- 58. avocado
- 63. Other trees from diverse families
- 66. Cecropia fruit
- 67. nancePotrerillo
- 69. nance
- 72. cedro amargo (seed pods)Potrerillo
- 79. Eucalyptus deglupta eucalipto pintadoPalmira (Esmeralda) ¡° world¡¯s fastest-growing tree¡± -- S. Sarner
- 83. jobo foliage
- 84. papayaBoquete
- 85. A killer of trees
- 86. Inga + ?
- 87. corpachi +?
- 90. avocado + ?
- 94. Some considerations for growth Altitude ? Volcancito & Jaramillo ~1200-1400 m ? Boquete & Palmira centro ~ 1100 meters ? Las Molinas ~ 600 m ? Lower Frances ~ 300-400 (guyac¨¢n, poinsianna, corot¨², Panama tree) Water/humidity -- Alto Quiel above 1800m = cloud forest -- Jaramillo & Palo Alto humid/bajareque -- Palmira dry + more sun
- 95. 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, espav¨¦, aguacatillo, bambito If you are high in Jaramillo and plant aguacatillo, you might attracte quetzals!
- 96. Most frequent questions: How fast will it grow? When will we have fruit, flowers, shade, birds?
- 97. Better question: How well can we care for it? -- altitude -- wind -- sun -- SOIL & WATER
- 98. Better question: How well can we care for it? -- altitude -- wind -- sun -- SOIL & WATER Lloyd¡¯s pampered fruit trees bloom precociously
- 99. Meyer lemonCripe from Mullin
- 101. Soil: ?must protect bare soil! -- compaction by rain -- loss by erosion. -- loss of nutrients by washout
- 102. Macuna pruriens velvet bean One approach: ¡°Soil: securing the future - The magic of mucuna bean¡± www.new-ag.info/01- 6/focuson/focuson8.html
- 103. Macuna -- protects/holds soil -- shades out weeds -- reduces mowing -- fixes nitrogen -- composts in place -- will climb -- but not invasive -- easily cleared Honduran farmers: -- sow hillsides before the rains -- later sow maize
- 105. Make good soil Compost: yard waste leaves/weeds kitchen waste manure horse/cow/chicken ¡°cal¡±/ash rice/coffee hulls moist & cover => collecting leaves¡
- 106. Careful! Palmira
- 107. 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. If you wish to receive our list of plants & directions to our farm, please give us your email address.
- 108. Thank you!
Editor's Notes
- #11: Streptosolen jamesii