As before, I have no idea what sort of weird tropical plant this is.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
mystery fruit
When I first posted this I said:
I have no idea what sort of fruit this is. My plant ID skills are pretty bad at the best of times, and I don't exactly improve while visiting unfamiliar tropical locales.
If you know what we're looking at here, please feel free to leave a comment.
The mystery is solved now, thanks to yus_prinandy on Flickr. This is a noni fruit (Morinda citrifolia). They aren't supposed to be very tasty in this form, and they're said to be rather stinky (although I didn't notice that part). Despite that, it's a traditional medicinal plant, and the University of Hawaii's College of Tropical Agriculture has a site full of info on growing them.
papaya tree
A papaya tree at the Honolulu Zoo. It's a rather odd-looking plant that is apparently not a real tree, technically speaking, and has a whole genus ( Carica ) all to itself.
Monday, January 10, 2011
old motel, las vegas strip
The abandoned White Sands Motel, across the street from the Luxor. This page about old Vegas motels has a vintage photo for comparison. More info on the White Sands and other vintage Vegas motels here.
Sunday, January 09, 2011
red crested cardinal, kapiolani park
A red-crested cardinal in Honolulu's Kapiolani Park. They're native to South America and were introduced to the Hawaiian islands around 1930. I haven't found any info on why they were imported originally. As far as I know they're strictly decorative; they aren't edible and they don't control agricultural pests. So maybe they escaped someone's aviary or something along those lines. In any case, they're kind of cute and they seem to be everywhere.
waikiki jellies
Jellyfish at the Waikiki Aquarium. As always, I forgot to note the exact species shown in either video clip, which sort of limits the educational value here. And I could probably have gotten better clips if I'd filmed them with something other than a Blackberry, for instance if my DSLR took video, which it doesn't. And I'm sure they'd be much more relaxing if I added a gentle New-Agey piano soundtrack or something, if I knew anyone who made that sort of music, which I don't. But hey.
Monday, January 03, 2011
Saturday, January 01, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
waikiki afternoon
Just got back to Portland, thought I'd pass along a typical hotel balcony photo. I was probably sipping on a nice cold beer and listening to the hotel tiki bar's cover band when I took this. Meanwhile, I understand it was snowing or sleeting or raining buckets or something similarly awful here in PDX. Could somebody please remind me why the hell I live here again? Because I've completely forgotten.
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