naughty blog neglect - behold the bombax tree and flower!

sorry, i have been consumed in an intense realtionship with this tree, the BOMBAX Tree, variety: shaving brush.... and away from the computer...

PLANT HUNTERS

Look at this! I feel a deep kinship with Ynes Mexia, Kate Brandegee and Alice Eastwood, women whose lives were dedicated to the love, study and exploration of the plant world in the 19th and early 20th centuries. What adventurers!

which gets me thinking:
1. I'd like to build some huts like this at the river farm....
2. I must to go the Amazon
3. I need to rig up my bike here in Key West for collecting plant specimens and such

YES!

this image is from the book 'the pressed plant' by DiNoto and Winter

royal poinciana

what's your favorite tree?

many in key west reply, "the royal poinciana"

and you can see why

another key west character

Always plant hollyhocks, wherever you may be.