PLANT MYSTERIES
These are all of the plants I think of as being
delightful for their foliage. While they may flower few of us would
have them
in the garden for that quality.
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#1A Plant Mystery
Photographed: At the Hotel
Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in 2010.
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#1 Plant Mystery
Photographed: At
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#2 Plant
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Photographed: At
the Hotel San Buenaventura on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala
in 2010.
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#3 Plant Mystery
Photographed: At the Hotel
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#4 Plant Mystery
Photographed: At Hotel
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#5 and 5A Plant Mystery
Hint: In
Montserrat this plant flowers in April or May as you may see in the photograph
to
the
right.
It
is tolerant of being planted in a sunny or semi-shady situation and it is tough
when it comes to drought.
Photographed: At our friend's home in Woodland's,
Montserrat.
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#6 Plant Mystery
Photographed: At the Hotel
Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in 2010.
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#7 Plant Mystery
Photographed: At the Hotel
Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in 2010.
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#8
Plant Mystery
Hint: Here
in Montserrat the leaves of this plant are steeped as a tea
to help control high blood pressure. It is an extremely tough
plant surviving heat and drought, though appearing pathetic
while doing so. When rainfall becomes routine again, the plant
very quickly revives and becomes lovely and green.
Photographed: In the new garden on the other side of the stairs
beside the banana garden at our home in Montserrat.
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#10
Plant
Mystery
Hint:
This plant seems to prefer the shade and it will survive dry
periods well, but it does seem to do much better when given regular
rainfall
or watering.
Photographed: In
our shady terrace garden at our home in Montserrat.
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#12 Plant Mystery
Photographed: At the Hotel
Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in 2010.
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#11 Plant Mystery
Photographed: At the Hotel
Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in 2010.
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#13 Plant Mystery
Photographed: At the Hotel
Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in 2010.
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#18 Plant Mystery
Photographed: At the Hotel
Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in 2010.
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(also see above #13)
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#22 Plant Mystery
Photographed: At the Hotel
Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in 2010.
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#23 Plant Mystery
Photographed: At the Hotel
Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in 2010.
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#25 Plant Mystery
Photographed: At the Hotel
Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in 2010.
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#27 Plant Mystery
Photographed: At the Hotel
Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in 2010.
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#28 Plant Mystery
Photographed: At the Hotel
Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in 2010.
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#30 Plant Mystery
Photographed: At the Hotel
Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in 2010.
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#36 Plant Mystery
Hint: This
may be some sort of fern.
Photographed: At the Hotel
Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in 2010.
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#1 Fern Mystery
Photographed: On the right
at
the
Hotel
Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in 2010 and in
our sunny deck garden at our home in Montserrat.
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#12
Fern Mystery
Photographed: In our shady terrace garden
at our home in Montserrat.
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#12A
Fern Mystery
Hint: This may be a Christella harveyi
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at the Hotel
Atitlan
on
Lake
Atitlan
in Guatemala.
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#13
Fern Mystery
Hint: This
fern we have dubbed, tattoo fern (see the "F" Page
FERNS for more photographs), but surely that can't be right.
Photographed: In our border garden at our home in Montserrat.
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#13A Fern Mystery
Photographed: In
our shady terrace garden at our home in Montserrat.
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#34 Fern Mystery
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan
in Guatemala.
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#34A Fern Mystery
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan
in Guatemala.
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#1 Shrub Mystery
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake
Atitlan in Guatemala.
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#2 Shrub Mystery
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake
Atitlan in Guatemala.
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#4 Shrub Mystery
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan
in Guatemala.
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#5 and 5A (below) Shrub Mystery
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan
in Guatemala.
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#7 Shrub Mystery
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan
in Guatemala.
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#10 Shrub Mystery
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan
in Guatemala.
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  #11 Shrub Mystery
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake
Atitlan in Guatemala.
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 #12 Shrub Mystery
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan
in Guatemala.
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#14 Shrub Mystery
Hint: This
is some sort of jasmine bush with small white flowers that
smell like heaven. Its leaves seem much like those of a boxwood. We
were told by a Montserratian here on the island that it is
called a Maria bush, but that seems unlikely unless it is only
a local name.
Photographed: Below
our mahogany garden at our home in Montserrat.
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#14A Shrub Mystery
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake
Atitlan in Guatemala.
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 #16 Shrub Mystery
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan
in Guatemala.
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#17 Shrub Mystery
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake
Atitlan in Guatemala.
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Mystery #1
Photographed: In
the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
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Cactus/Succulent Mystery #2
Photographed: In
the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
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Cactus/Succulent Mystery #3
Photographed: In
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Cactus/Succulent Mystery #8
Photographed: In
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Cactus/Succulent Mystery #9B
Photographed: In
the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
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Cactus/Succulent Mystery #9
Photographed: In
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Cactus/Succulent Mystery #11
Photographed: In
the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
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Cactus/Succulent Mystery #12
Photographed: In
the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
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Cactus/Succulent Mystery #13
Photographed: In
the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
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Cactus/Succulent Mystery #14
Photographed: In
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Cactus/Succulent Mystery #16
Photographed: In
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 #17 Mystery Cactus or Succulent
Hint: This is some sort of cactus/succulent plant
which when growing in a climate with adequate water and lots
of fertilizer will flower and will be very attractive.
It has EXTREMELY long and piercing spines which makes the
plant difficut to transplant.
Photographed: Growing in a pot by our front door
at our home in Montserrat and later while flowering after
being planted in our deck garden.
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Mystery Cactus or Succulent -- Maybe a Cissus quadrangularis or a member of the family
Hint: This is some sort of cactus/succulent plant which when growing
in a climate with adequate water will have leaves that make it look very much
like a grape vine. When life gets drier, it loses its leaves, but
survives.
Photographed: Growing in a hanging at the front of the house
at
our
home
in
Montserrat.
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#19 Mystery Cactus
Hint: This
cactus has the appearance of having the usual cactus spines, but it
doesn't. One local fellow in Montserrat told us its leaves were once
used to "scrub up." Ours has grown to more than five feet
in about as many years. Along the way it has given us lots of babies.
Photographed: Growing in our border garden
at our home in Montserrat.
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#20 Cactus Mystery
Photographed: In our front border garden at our home in Montserrat.
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Cactus Mystery 21B
Photographed: In
the city of Oaxaca, Mexico, 2009.
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Mystery Cactus/Succulent 21C
Photographed: At
the Hotel San Buenaventura on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in 2010.
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#4 Lily Mystery
Photographed: At the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
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#26 Lily Mystery
Photographed: At a friend's home in Old Towne, Montserrat.
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 #26A
and #26B Lily Mysteries
Photographed: At the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in
Guatemala.
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Palm Trees
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3A Tree Mystery
Photographed: At the Hotel Atitlan on Lake
Atitlan in Guatemala in May of 2010.
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#28 Tree
Mystery
Photographed: At the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan
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#29 Tree
Mystery
Hint: The
nicely shaped tree in the photograph below on the left is locally
known in Montserrat as a plum rose. Its brilliant red fruits
are
shown
in the
photograph below on the right. I wasn't able to find a reference
for this tree on the internet a few years ago, but maybe that
has all changed now. I'll have to check again, but if you know
anything in the meantime I'd love to hear about it.
Photographed: At Joe and Marg Barker's home, two of our neighbors
in Olveston, Montserrat.
 
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#30 Tree
Mystery
Hint:
I think this is the flowering of the plum rose tree
pictured above, but I don't know for sure.
Photographed: At a friend's home in Woodland's, Montserrat.
 
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Tree Mystery
Hint: This small tree was on our property when we
arrived and it has not grown taller in the years that we
have been
there. In the summer months, usually August, it blooms with
a large bunch of small flowers in a subdued color -- a mix
of red and deep purple.
Photographed: Just
above our mahogany garden at our home in Montserrat.
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#31B Tree Mystery
Photographed: In
the city of Oaxaca, Mexico, in the fall of 2009.
Hint: This yellow flowering small tree is very tough,
growing in a climate that is almost completely dry for about 8 months
a year and normally very rainy for the other 4 months. Temperatures
also vary from cold, but never freezing, to very hot. The two hottest
months, April and May, also coincide with the driest period of the
year.
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#32 Tree Mystery
Photographed: At a friend's home in Old Towne, Montserrat.
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 #33 Tree Mystery
Photographed: On the grounds of the Hotel San Buenaventura
on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in May of 2010.
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#34 Tree Mystery
Photographed: Looking north from our deck toward
Runaway Ghaut (ravine).
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 #42 Tree
Mystery
Photographed: At the Hotel Atitlan on Lake
Atitlan in Guatemala in May of 2010.
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Mushroom Mystery
Photographed: In our upper vegetable garden at our
home in Montserrat.
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Mushroom Mystery
Photographed: Growing in our zoizier grass lawn at our home in Montserrat. |
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#37 Mushroom Mystery
Photographed: Growing in our zoizier grass lawn at our home in Montserrat.
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#6 Vine Mystery
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden
at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in July of
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#1 Vine Mystery
Photographed: On a wall by the side of
the road in the town of Panajachel on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in
May of 2010.
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#2 Vine Mystery
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden
at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in July of
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#3B and 3D Vine Mystery
Photographed: On the right in the Botanical
Garden at the Hotel Atitlan
and below at the Hotel San Buenaventura on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala
in July of 2010.
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#8 Vine Mystery
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at
the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in July of 2010.
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#10 Vine Mystery
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at
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#11 Vine Mystery
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at
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#12 Vine Mystery
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at
the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in July of 2010.
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#13A Vine Mystery
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at
the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in July of 2010.
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#14 Vine Mystery
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at
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#15 Vine Mystery
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at
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