With the help of the Garifuna team of George and his team of Where the Pirates Hide, on the outskirts of the town of Livingston, Izabal, Guatemala, we were able to photograph this remarkable local native tree.
Posted April 23, 2021
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Posted April 20, 2021
Grias cauliflora tree has flowers on trunk and branches, so this tree is cauliflorous (same as Theobroma cacao, and Crescentia cujete, and Crescentia alata).
The March 2021 ethnobotanical and zoology field trip is the west end of Canyon Rio Dulce and east half of El Golfete, Municipio de Livingston, Izabal, Guatemala, Central America.
Here is David, Haniel and Nicholas with helpful assistants doing the photography of the cauliflorous branches and trunk of Grias cauliflora tree. We have Sony, Nikon, and Canon cameras and every kind of macro lens: 35mm, 50mm, 60mm, 105mm, 200mm Nikon tele-macro, and 180mm Canon tele-macro. Plus a 5X Canon super-macro lens system.
Posted March 25, 2021
We have been accomplishing field work in the wetlands of the Municipio de Livingston, Izabal, the far eastern side of Guatemala, Central America. We have found dozens of plants, with edible fruits or other edible parts, growing in the marshes, swamps, above the sandy beaches (into the mangrove swamps), and along the edges of rivers, lagoons and estuaries.
We show here the names of the first 26 edible wetlands plants that we have learned about so far. We have found and photographed at least 23 of these and hope to find the missing species in our upcoming field trips.
First we will publish the six edible plants that grow near the sandy coastal areas and within the mangrove swamps near the coast. Then in April we will do another category, and my May or June hope to have all 26 published, with abundant photographs in high-resolution. But at least now we can show you the 26 edible plants.
The Maya did not need raised field agriculture engineering work to grow these plants. The Maya did not need drained field agriculture or local variations of chinampas. The Maya did not need to chop everything down to plant these 26 species: all grow naturally and happily by themselves and produce edible fruits and other edible parts every year.
Posted March 18, 2021
Our team in their office in the town of Livingston (Caribbean area at end of Rio Dulce) was kindly notified independently by two different people who have wild vanilla orchid vines giving flower this month:
- George Reneau, of the finca Where the Pirates Hide, on the outskirts of the town of Livingston.
- Cristobal Ic, of Aldea Buena Vista Tapon Creek (a Q’eqchi’ Mayan village near the coast of Amatique Bay)
Flower of wild vanilla orchid vine, Where the Pirates Hide, outside town of Livingston, Izabal, March 2021.
Photograph by Victor Mendoza, FLAAR Photo Archive of Flora.
Flower of wild vanilla orchid vine, Aldea Buena Vista Tapon Creek, Municipio de Livingston, Izabal, Guatemala, March 2021.
Photograph by Maria Alejandra Gutierrez, FLAAR Photo Archive of Flora.
Posted March 18, 2021
In my 50+ years in Peten, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Belize, Izabal, and Alta Verapaz I have never seen this mushroom until park ranger Teco (Moises Daniel Perez Diaz) send me these photographs today.
He said they are still small, and will continue to grow.
This is why it would he helpful to return to Parque Nacional Yaxha, Nakum and Naranjo to use macro high-resolution cameras to photograph these. I would also like to record this one with 3D scanner.
Posted February 22, 2021
