Looks like the weather seems to be making a transition to more normal temps, at least here, late in the upcoming week. Still though, it has been a nice ride. I just brought my Philodendron selloum inside. It could stay out a bit longer, but I will be winding down the bringing of plants indoors, within the next couple weeks, and turn my attention to protecting in-ground, out-of-zone plants.
My potted Camellias, and several other species, are hardier, and can take 32 or even slightly below (still z10A minimums) that, without injury, and unopened Camellia flower buds are undamaged.


- NEW PLANTS -



Here is a pic a a new ACKEE TREE, Blighia sapida, I got for my collection. For those unfamilar with the tree, it is a tropical fruit tree, that is quite popular in the Caribbean. In fact, it is the national fruit of Jamaica. If any of you have ever travelled to the island, and had any of the cuisine, ackee would likely have been a part of your breakfast. The genus name comes from Captain Bligh, who took the fruit back to the U.K., to introduce it there...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/jrhMxud71paQuF8F8



Here is a pic of a relative of the tropical breadfruit tree. However, this plant is called the JACKFRUIT, Artocarpus heterophyllus. These trees can produce enormous sized fruits. This cultivar was grafted, is sweet, and said to be capable of fruiting in a few years. Has anyone tried Jackfruit?



https://photos.app.goo.gl/95F2pwe3996kX5V46



Here is a pic of another tropical fruit tree, I've added to my collection. It is also grown throughout the Caribbean and Central America. This plant is the STAR APPLE, Chrysophyllum cainito...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/GPKKTZR6ezz1GMMv6



Recently, I showed a pic of a Sugar Apple/Sweetsop, Annona squarrosa, plant I got. Here is another tropical fruit relative of the paw paw, Asimina triloba, of temperate zones. This one is the SOURSOP/GUANABANA, Annona muricata...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/SunQvqdAQsbpbvxh7



The plant below, is another tropical fruit tree, that resembles a young Magnolia grandiflora, by its foliage, but it isn't. This tree is the TROPICAL APRICOT, Mammea americana...



https://photos.app.goo.gl/A6sqSUGwHoiWo1pU6