Sawarri Nut (Caryocar nuciferum)

Rainy season here has begun and it's time to outplant my lone specimen of Suwari/Sawarri Nut (Caryocar nuciferum). It is a fruit tree native to northern Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Panama, and Venezuela. 😍🌱🌳

Huge flower of Caryocar nuciferum.

The kernel insise the seed is edible and much sweeter compare to Almonds.

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Rainy Season has come

 

Acai palm (Euterpe oleracea)

One of my Acai palm (Euterpe oleracea) doing well @2.5years on the ground. The 2 months of drought seems okay for it. Successfully germinated this from a batch of seeds in 2020 and outplanted November of 2021.😍🌱❤️

The photo of the day I outplanted this specimen.

The photo showing its germination.

Limited planting materials are available at BORIS PRIVATE SANCTUM .

New batch of poults

They will be added soon in the rafter. 🦃🦃🦃

Available Turkey breeding materials at BORIS PRIVATE SANCTUM.

Golden Mondo Banana

With the start of rain comes also the planting of some Mondo Banana. My favorite Banana. 💕🍌😋

Some  suckers need to outplant to produce some more new hills of this delicious banana vaiety.

The appearance is golden yellow. This banana is best serve boiled. 

Limited suckers are available on reservation basis at BORIS PRIVATE SANCTUM.

Engkalak (Litsea garciae)

My Engkalak (Litsea garciae) will turn 4 years old this June 2024, because of water stress its branches are loaded with small fruits already. 😍🌱🌳

It stands more than 20ft tall already.

The screenshot shows the day (June 11,2020) I outplanted the seedling. 

The ripe fruit is rich in Vitamin C, Potassium,  Fibers and antioxidants.

For more rare exotic fruits, visit BORIS PRIVATE SANCTUM.

Baobab (Adansonia grandidieri)

Lack of water is not a problem for this Baobab (Adansonia grandidieri), it can overcome the driest period by storing water within its fibrous wood of the trunk. This specimen was hibernating for 3 months and coming alive during this drought. 😍🌱🌳

Baobab is endemic to the island of Madagascar where it is an endangered species. 

Limited seedlings will be release soon from the nursery of BORIS PRIVATE SANCTUM.

Maprang (Bouea macrophylla)

Maprang (Bouea macrophylla) doing well under the extreme heat of full sun. So far, no casualty of my 80 varieties of rare exotic fruits from this long drought. 💕🌱🌳

This specimen will turn 2 years old on the ground this coming August. 

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Devastating effect of El Niño

Some of my Dipterocarpus species succumbs to the extreme heat. Daily watering and occasional light rain showers aren't enough for them to resist the heat.

Patiently waiting for the hard rain to come, but the weather prediction says that the drought will last until the third week of May.

Watering time for Almaciga

Watering the young Almaciga (Agathis philippinensis) 🌱🌱🌳🌳

Katmon (Dillenia philippinensis)

The fruits of Katmon (Dillenia philippinensis) is a bit smaller in size as of now due to the dry season. This is endemic in the Philippines from lowland to mid-elevation. ❤️🌱🌳

More native fruit bearing species only at BORIS PRIVATE SANCTUM.

Guinea fowls

Guinea keets @55 days old. 😍

BORIS PRIVATE SANCTUM will free range them soon. 

 

Pineapple season

One of my Pineapple cultivar growing side-by-side witn my young Aquilaria filaria (Agarwood). 😋🌱💕

I bet this would taste very sweet due to dry season here since March.

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Costa Rican Guava (Psidium friedrichsthalianum)

My 2 year old Costa Rican Guava (Psidium friedrichsthalianum) showing signs of fruiting due to long stretch of dry season here. 😍🌱🌳

I was expecting it this year and it delivers.

This is from the mother tree of Doc Alexis de Manuel which I successfully germinated the seeds from a lone ripe fruit last 2021.

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Lypsiphyllum binatum

Trying to germinate the seeds of Lypsiphyllum binatum, a beach forest species. The matured pods sent to me by Doc Jurgenne Primavera which came from her grown specimen in Iloilo, which originally sourced out from the mother plant in Palawan. The mother plant photo taken by Ronald Posadas.

Hoping that I can germinate a few for additional planting in the sanctum soon. 

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Kepel (Stelechocarpus burahol)

My lone Kepel (Stelechocarpus burahol) @ 1 year old. Loving the heat of the summer. 🌞🌱🌳

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