Trees from a distance

[tomthetreeman]

No and no, but Diane is warm.

-Tom

X, I missed about a week of the fun myself. I promise I'm running out of these tropical pictures soon!

 

[TNTree_man]

It's not cacao is it? Theobroma?

 

[tomthetreeman]

No sir. Again, though, you guys are in the 'hood.

-Tom

 

[TNTree_man]

Dang. I recognise the leaf structure, I just can't place it. Is this a Tropical only tree? Do you know the cold hardiness?

 

[tomthetreeman]

It's not very cold hardy as far as I know, zones 9-11 I think. Native to India.

Very salt tolerant. Can grow almost in the ocean. Nice red leaf color when they change over.

-Tom

 

[Waldo]

Queen's Crepe Myrtle, Lagerstroemia speciosa

 

[tomthetreeman]

Waldo, you're getting away from the first guesses... There were some hints in the early going, and a connection to the last Northern tree, in a way...

This tree can get over 100' tall, and is native to India, but naturalized in almost all of the tropics, probably since the rum/slave/sugar trade days.

-Tom

 

[TNTree_man]

It's a mangrove. But what kind? Or have I taken your last clue too much at face value?

 

[Waldo]

ok i got it now! The almond, Terminalia catappa

 

[tomthetreeman]

Waldo's up!!!

-Tom

(Sorry TNT, you and Diane were flirting with it, with nuts and cacao... I didn't mean to throw you off with the clues!)

 

[Waldo]

i'm gonna go for a walk and see what i can find

 

[TNTree_man]

It's all good. I should have continued down the path I was treading.

 

[tomthetreeman]

That tree was a part of a great workshop in MX last week... I will be posting some info and links asap!

With bud break approaching fast up here in NE, I'm gonna have some doozies for you guys soon!

-Tom

 

[trees4ever]

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Sorry TNT, you and Diane were flirting with it, with nuts and cacao...

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Yeah, and I LOVE chocolate

Here's a real cacao tree. They look so amazing with those fruit pods on their trunks.

http://www.malvaceae.info/Genera/Theobroma/gallery.html

-Diane

 

[tomthetreeman]

Well, Waldo isn't forthcoming, and I have an unused turn from last week, so here goes:

This should be easy. NO CLUES!

-Tom

 

[BostonBull]

Picea abies

 

[JeffL]

BB wins.

 

[MattyD]

BB + Quercus rubra + Platanus occidentalis?

 

[tomthetreeman]

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Picea abies

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No, not P. abies.

-Tom

 

[TNTree_man]

Picea glauca