foster botanical garden
Went to Foster BG Friday morning, and spent most of the time looking up at trees, palms, and the herb garden. I didnt spend much time
in the prehistoric glen, since I was getting bitten a lot by mosquitos in that area. (I'm going to pick up some natural mosquito repellent
tomorrow - yesterday the bites were virtually nonexistent - they didnt itch or swell - but I woke up today with itchy pea-sized welts,
and I plan to go hiking in Manoa either tomorrow or Monday). So, here's the map of the botanical garden. Some of the trees, like the
baobab tree, have "exceptional" status and are protected by ordinance.
chinese banyan tree (ficus microcarpa)
leaves, bark, aerial roots of f. microcarpa have medicinal properties
i guess chinese banyans arent protected because they're so common?
orchids
i wish i could grow croton in oakland
exceptional tree - guana - native to c. america & w. indies
silver palm - very common here
not sure what kind of palm these are
exceptional!
so tall
the aptly named cannonball tree from the brazil-nut family
this cannonball's in bloom
close up of cannonball flower
encephalartos hildebrandtii - recognized from koko crater bg
cinnamon (cinnamomum verum, laurel family, sri lanka)
wax (rhus suucedanea, mango family, japan)
pink shower (cassia grandis, pea family, tropical america)
gold (tabebuia donnell-smithii, trumpet-creeper family)
skullcap! (scutellaria sp.) - nervine & more...
echinacea
red salvia
costus productus - not sure what medicinal properties are
visitor by the chamomile
not sure what this herb here is
macadamia nut (protea family, australia)
while i was photographing the breadfruit tree's name post, this breadfruit came
crashing down about 2 ft away
cathy likes the breadfruit's taste
kaffir lime
betel nut
taro - there was a lot of taro growing here and there
turmeric
arrowroot!
banana
cacao
arabian coffee
portlandia domingensis (madder family, jamaica)
tropic coral (erythrina variegata, pea family, southeast asia)
baobab - multiple uses in central africa
hybrid orchids
kariya (hildegardia barteri, cacao family, w. tropical africa)
exceptional tree - quipo - so tall you cant see the top
quipo trunk - wood is light & strong
tipinu taring
Daibutsu - "Cast in bronze, the figure is a reduced replica of the great Buddha of Kamakura cast in the 13th century....The gift was presented to the City of Honolulu by the Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on June 16, 1968, marking the exact 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first immigrant to Hawai'i from Japan" (garden guide).
in the prehistoric glen, since I was getting bitten a lot by mosquitos in that area. (I'm going to pick up some natural mosquito repellent
tomorrow - yesterday the bites were virtually nonexistent - they didnt itch or swell - but I woke up today with itchy pea-sized welts,
and I plan to go hiking in Manoa either tomorrow or Monday). So, here's the map of the botanical garden. Some of the trees, like the
baobab tree, have "exceptional" status and are protected by ordinance.
chinese banyan tree (ficus microcarpa)
leaves, bark, aerial roots of f. microcarpa have medicinal properties
i guess chinese banyans arent protected because they're so common?
orchids
i wish i could grow croton in oakland
exceptional tree - guana - native to c. america & w. indies
silver palm - very common here
not sure what kind of palm these are
exceptional!
so tall
the aptly named cannonball tree from the brazil-nut family
this cannonball's in bloom
close up of cannonball flower
encephalartos hildebrandtii - recognized from koko crater bg
cinnamon (cinnamomum verum, laurel family, sri lanka)
wax (rhus suucedanea, mango family, japan)
pink shower (cassia grandis, pea family, tropical america)
gold (tabebuia donnell-smithii, trumpet-creeper family)
skullcap! (scutellaria sp.) - nervine & more...
echinacea
red salvia
costus productus - not sure what medicinal properties are
visitor by the chamomile
not sure what this herb here is
macadamia nut (protea family, australia)
while i was photographing the breadfruit tree's name post, this breadfruit came
crashing down about 2 ft away
cathy likes the breadfruit's taste
kaffir lime
betel nut
taro - there was a lot of taro growing here and there
turmeric
arrowroot!
banana
cacao
arabian coffee
portlandia domingensis (madder family, jamaica)
tropic coral (erythrina variegata, pea family, southeast asia)
baobab - multiple uses in central africa
hybrid orchids
kariya (hildegardia barteri, cacao family, w. tropical africa)
exceptional tree - quipo - so tall you cant see the top
quipo trunk - wood is light & strong
tipinu taring
Daibutsu - "Cast in bronze, the figure is a reduced replica of the great Buddha of Kamakura cast in the 13th century....The gift was presented to the City of Honolulu by the Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on June 16, 1968, marking the exact 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first immigrant to Hawai'i from Japan" (garden guide).