Two days ago we published a post showing the coconuts growing in our yard. We received a lot of feedback and additional questions about coconuts and coconut palm trees.
One of our friends pointed out that another blogger had published a post entitled, “Where Baby Coconuts Come From” that very day. I went to that site and learned a great deal more about coconuts and their propagation. Rather than simply repeat some of the facts from that post, I refer you to this excellent post by Thewanderlustgene: http://thewanderlustgene.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/where-baby-coconuts-come-from/
I thought I would share some of the photos that I took when gathering the pictures for our post on coconuts that did not make it into the original article. These photos show some of God’s creatures that live in or profit from the coconut palm fronds and flowers.
That is it for today’s tour of the coconut palms in our little yard.
Life is good in Ecuador!
they’re beautiful! i love the lone (dove?) egg!
last night i worked on photos and had some closups of bees on the palm flowers as well. great shots!
z
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Yes that is a dove egg. Unfortunately, a slanted palm frond is not the best location for a nest and the eggs have a tendency to roll out of the nest as the wind moves the frond. One egg had already fallen out and I am not sure how long this one will make it.
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Wow, amazing pictures, congrats
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Thank you. The bees and wasps here in Ecuador do not seem to be as aggressive as they are in the U.S. and I can get close to them without worry.
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Bees,honey, a perfect food!
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Yes and we have plenty here in Ecuador!
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Your busy yard is always an interesting place to visit. Thanks. j.
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Thanks! Hope to see you tomorrow.
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I knew bees like a lot of palm trees but never thought about coconut palms. We hardly had any in our area of FL though. I have one in my front yard now though, and just today I was thinking it might be nice to get a few more. They are so beautiful and tropical looking, and that you get coconuts too is a real bonus! Thanks for the very informative link too. Now I’m curious to learn more about them.
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You are welcome – they are beautiful and productive trees.
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Thanks for the lovely comment on my baby coconuts post … and congratulations on capturing these super shots of the flowers 🙂
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Thanks and thank you again for all of the information in your post.
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What a fascinating post and the article you linked is so informative…I never new the little pods were inside a fertilized coconut. Coming home from PR vacation we brought home all the interesting dried coconuts we found on the beach that have all these different “facial expressions”. So fun!
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Thank you, Barbara. It is fun to learn new things about the plants and animals around us. Glad you liked the link.
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