Category: Plants
Nipa Palm Populations in Trinidad and Tobago
At long last, a breakthrough occurred earlier this year. In March 2024, a complete Nipa…
Can Palm Trees and Fig Trees Actually Get Along?
A strange phenomenon unfolded during my recent visit to Cleaver Woods Recreational Park, a Natural…
Farewell to Familiar Friends: A Loss at the Aranguez Savanna
Trekking through the waterways, lying on the cold, lush green grass, and gazing through the…
Palm Puzzle: the Case of the Confused Coconut (and How to Save It!)
Last week we encountered a strange-looking Coconut tree (Cocos nucifera). All the leaves from this…
Resilience of the Tambran Tree on Farallon Rock, South Trinidad
As a child, I often pondered the enduring presence of a lone tree on Farallon…
Coastal Erosion in La Lune (South Trinidad)
Paradise Beach is a secluded haven where one can immerse themselves in the serenity of…
The Trinidad Piping-Guan and Chicks
Locally known as the Pawi is a bird in the chachalaca, guan, and curassow family…
Moriche Palms are mass flowering in Trinidad
Synchronous patterns in Moriche palms (Mauritia flexuosa-Calamoideae) at the landscape-level scale are well known on…
Psiguria mistaken for Chinese Ginseng in Tobago by locals
Farmers and local bushmen were amazed to learn that what they believe was the Chinese…
Bamboo Flowers at St Ann’s Plateau
While traversing through the lower montane/disturbed forest along the St. Ann’s to Santa Cruz trail…
Bamboo Flowering: a 150-year old natural spectacle
A Common Bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris) clump, situated along a hiking trail in the Bamboo Cathedral,…
Flowering Miconia stenostachya observed on the summit of El Tucuche, Trinidad, WI.
Numerous Miconia stenostachya plants were observed during a hike to the top. Before this, members…
Botany Trip to the Mt. Tamana, Central Range, Trinidad.
Members of the botany group (from left to right: Shane Manchouck, Linton Arneaud, Chantal Leotaud,…
Fasciation in Manilkara Zapota L. (Sapotaceae), Trinidad
Sapodilla (Manilkara zapota) tree one year after a termite nest was burnt.(A) Normal long shoot…
Growing the Nipa palm
Nuts of the nipa palm (Nypa fruticans) are regularly found on our beaches, especially on…
White Lined Tanager feeding on Balisier
White Lined Tanager (Tachyphonus rufus) eating the real flower of the Balisier plucked from the…
A Tale of Two Forests
Forest environments vary widely in their capacity to attract and sustain wildlife. From the dry…
Unfamiliar faces
It took me just about 15 minutes to drive to the South Oropouche Lagoon (SOL)…
