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quiz
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:17 pm
by jackpot
Do you remember
jackpot quiz 7? It was the flower of a sausage tree and finally in this quiz I showed you a picture from a tree from Florida with the sausages.
If you wish to see a sausage (not as large but large enough), you should have a look in the Lower Barrakka Garden- there is 1 fruit and, as far as I know, for the very first time in Malta (at least in the book about Malta`s Ornamentals which is still in press, Weber wrote that they never produce fruits in Malta possibly due to the absence of the special bats)!
But you really should have a look (worth seeing), up in the crown at the right hand side, good enough for a sausage-picture.
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:46 pm
by MWP admin
I keep it in mind and go with the camera. Tell weber no need of '
' - in nature exceptions occurs without exception
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:48 pm
by MWP admin
Maybe that at San ANton area , there are no bats due to lack of habitat, while at Valletta there might be caves and WWII shelters by the coast where bats can be present. ?!?
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:35 pm
by IL-PINE
or may Profs Weber climbed on the tree to pollinate the flower
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:56 pm
by RB
IL-PINE wrote:or may Profs Weber climbed on the tree to pollinate the flower
Now that would be quite perverted don't you think
RB
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:29 am
by IL-PINE
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:29 am
by jackpot
he he, you are
may be Weber was
and he
However, there had to be
with the result of
The funny thing is that we had a student lecture about
Kigelia and the Bignoniaceae below the tree, and 1 student detected the fruit after I followed Webers impression about never fruitening in Malta!
Btw il-Pine: I carried some dried german sausages with me because I know a Maltese lady who likes them, but finally I had to eat them by myself- may be next time another try or I put those much smaller ones next year at the tree!
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:13 am
by D. Cilia
jackpot wrote:Btw il-Pine: I carried some dried german sausages with me because I know a Maltese lady who likes them, but finally I had to eat them by myself- may be next time another try or I put those much smaller ones next year at the tree!
Those sausages are truly delicious stuff, maybe we should try splicing pork DNA into
Kigelia africana for ready made bratwurst
Of course we'll need a huge supply of Koelsch as well to wash them down...
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:24 pm
by IL-PINE
upss.......
I was extremely busy! I don't know how I can apologize actually...
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:46 am
by jackpot
that is absolutely ok and there is certainly no need for excuses! Looking forward to meet you once again.
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:42 pm
by Conchiolin
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:49 pm
by MWP admin
Are you drunk Conch ?? (= what was the sugu of your last post?)
sausage tree
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:11 pm
by Sigra
Hello, all of you,
About ten days ago I found the book “Ornamental Plants of Malta”!
Then I found this forum!
A day after I found the “sausage”!!!
Jiena persuna fortunata, mhux.
The fruit is hard to find, well hidden, it took me some time to spot it. Now, I know every single leaf
) of this tree.
The book is great! The only thing I miss are the maltese plant names.
Xi ħadd għandhu lista? So I would be lucky again.
Mela, I have to . . .
But sure I will come back again, now I found you.
Saħħa u narak
Sigra
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:17 pm
by MWP admin
Our website index page -
http://www.maltawildplants.com/SearchIndex.php
features many maltese names of native trees or common escapes Probably many ornamental trees in Malta do not have a good Maltese name either.
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:36 am
by jackpot
MWP: unfortunately not "probably" but "definitly"!
