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A small taste of my tropical paradise

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Pictures 1 and 2 are of my overgrown front yard today. I went away for work and it needs to be tidied up.

3 is cranberry hibiscus.

4 is what I believe to be Achachairu, a new world mangosteen, Garcinia humilis.

5 is a native passion fruit, Passiflora serrulata.

6 is rainforest plum, Eugenia candolleana.

7 is a baby black iguana.

8 is a butterfly on an Erythroxylum novogranatense flower.

9 is a Regal Hairstreak or Quetzal butterfly.

10 are some pumpkins I've grown for about 5 years now, Curcubita moschata species. They make delicious bread and pie, they're super dense and creamy.

11 is Sundrop fruit, Eugenia victoriana.

12 is a Nam Dok Mai mango.

13 are wild Tabasco peppers that I do a bunch of different things with.

14 is of the flowers from the Rainforest Plum.

15 is the flower of the Passiflora serrulata.

16 is I think Passiflora edulis. Both of these germinated from bird droppings most likely.…

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