By Tommy Clarkson from the September 2014 Edition Peace Lily, Spathiphyllum wallisii Family: Araceae (Also known as: Spathe Flower, Closet Plant or Spathiphyllum) In search of a not too tall but very attractive plant for an area that’s in constant shade? Related to the Anthuriums and Alocasias, the Peace Lily may just be your plant […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the September 2014 Edition Butterfly Palm, Dypsis lutescens (Some call it Chrysalidocarpus lutescens) Family: Arecea (Also known as Yellow Butterfly Palm, Yellow Palm, Golden Butterfly, Cane Palm, Golden Cane Palm, Golden Yellow Palm, Golden Feather Palm, Madagascar Palm, and Yellow Bamboo Palm.) Because it is so ubiquitous throughout the tropics and sub-tropics, […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the September 2014 Edition I grew up fearful of bats. I’m really not sure why since I never saw one up close for the first fifty years of my life. Perhaps the old Halloween movies and themes were an influence plus the term ‘vampires’ and also because of a story […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the August 2014 Edition Strelitzia Nicolai Family: Strelitziaceae Also known as: Giant Bird of Paradise, Wild Banana or Natal Wild Banana Many of us are confused by the differences and similarities of the Bird of Paradise, White Bird of Paradise and the Travelers Palm. In the genus of which the first two […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the August 2014 Edition Arikury Palm, Syagrus schizophylla Family: Arecacecae Also known as: Parrot Beak Palm or Parrot Palm Upon looking at it, most find it hard to believe that the Arikury Palm is plant kin to the Coconut Palm – but it is! Originally from the sandy, coastal forests of Eastern Brazil, there […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the July 2014 Edition A month or so ago, having returned to Canada for the summer season, we invited friends who also winter in Manzanillo to our home for a meal. This is always an excuse to sample some of that fine Mexican tequila and enjoy a marguerita! My husband insists when […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the July 2014 Edition Syagrus romanzoffiana Family: Arecaceae Also known as: Cocos Palm (A “newbie” to palm inquired, “So Tommy, what are your thoughts on the Queen Palm?” The curmudgeony, highly opinionated, rather grey headed grump, with dirt encrusted fingernails and torn shorts, fast responded. ”Well, right off the top of my head, tawdry, […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the June 2014 Edition Bougainvillea glabra Family: Nyctaginaceae (Same type and size as Paper Flower.) It’s said that the highlight of French Navy Admiral Louis de Bougainvillea’s 1768 odyssey was his discovery of the Brazilian flowering vine that now bears his name. And, what a great and colorful one it is! In […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the June 2014 Edition Air Root Bromeliads (Tillandsia) Family: Bromeliaceae Also known as: Air plants While in 4-H as a youth in western Kansas, I learned in entomology studies that technically speaking all bugs are insects but all insects are not bugs. In the plant world a comparable corollary is that while all Tillandsias […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the May 2014 Edition Many years ago, my youn son and I would leave the Canadian prairies and head west to Vancouver Island where, my mother settled following the loss o my father at the age of 54. They had moved there for his health and to escapehe harsh winter climate in […]
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