Fuyu Persimmon blossom

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Originally uploaded by z_kevino

The Fuyu persimmon tree has already blossomed this month. However, a few late bloomers can be found, as I captured in this image today.

Imbe (Garcinia livingstonei)

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Originally uploaded by z_kevino

the Imbe tree is loaded with flowers, even though i rarely see more than a few fruit each year. i'll keep you updated on when and if i see them setting

inga

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Originally uploaded by z_kevino

Almost exactly the same week as last year, my Inga trees began to bloom. My favorite time to look at these are when they are illuminated by the low angle sun, around 5:45 pm when this photo was taken.

Annona reticulata - custard apple

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Originally uploaded by z_kevino

I am not too crazy about the taste of this cousin to the sugar apple. However, it has nice size fruit, which stay on the tree all winter (a pleasant view for this deciduous tree.

Also, the color is not too bad.

Atemoya flower in female stage

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Originally uploaded by z_kevino

According to http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/atemoya.html

The flower, in its female stage, opens between 2 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Between 3 and 5 o'clock on the following afternoon, the flower converts to its male stage.

Here, it is clearly in its female stage.

Jaboticaba

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Originally uploaded by z_kevino

Throughout April, my small Jaboticaba tree has been fruiting. Here you can see the spectrum of color the fruit go through - from a pale green to a rich, deep purple. The purple ones were still a week away from harvesting

pineapple

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Originally uploaded by z_kevino

This pineapple plant had been in nice soil, with proper irrigation for several years. I never got a bloom. So I threw in in a pot with little soil, even less water, and what do you know: instant bloom and fruit!

Now, i am not sure if it was all the care I gave it for years, or the lack of care which caused the flowering.

My theory is that it thought it was gonna die, so it flushed out a flower to reproduce.... or it could be an April Fool's joke it played on me