Showing posts with label Samana - Dominican Republic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Samana - Dominican Republic. Show all posts

Friday, February 3, 2012

Flowering Cabada Palm tree - Blühende Cabada Palme

Posted by MAKMU ta On Friday, February 03, 2012


Flowering Cabada Palm tree with fruits in front of our hotel room in Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic.
Light yellow flowers attracted birds, insects and butterflies.
Blühende Cabada Palme mit Früchten vor unserem Hotelzimmer in 
Las Terrenas, Dominikanische Republik. 
Die gelben Blüten zogen Vögel, Insekten und Schmetterlinge an.

Palms are among the best known and most extensively cultivated plant families. They have been important to humans throughout much of history. Many common products and foods are derived from palms, and palms are also widely used in landscaping for their exotic appearance, making them one of the most economically important plants. In many historical cultures, palms were symbols for such ideas as victory, peace, and fertility. Today, palms remain a popular symbol for the tropics and vacations.

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Palmen sind weltweit in tropischen und subtropischen Gebieten verbreitet. Die größte Artenvielfalt findet sich in tropischen Regenwäldern, Palmen wachsen aber auch in einigen saisonalen oder semiariden Gebieten. In vielen historischen Ländern sind Palmen, Symbole für Sieg, Frieden und Wachstum. Heute sind Palmen ein bekanntes Symbol für
tropische Urlaubsgebiete. 
Flowering Cabada Palm,
Las Terrenas, Dominican Republik .
 Cabada Palm produces very colourful fruits. 

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Stunning Desert Agave - Agave americana - Agave deserti Engelm.

Posted by MAKMU ta On Saturday, January 28, 2012

 
Discovered the Desert Agave in full bloom during our recent winter vacation in Las Terrenas D.R.  What a stunning plant, with beautiful flowers in a tropical and desert like landscape. 
Please enjoy my pictures, as much as I did.
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Endeckte die Agave americana in Blüte während unseres Winterurlaubs in
Las Terrenas, D.R.  Was eine herrliche Pflanze, mit sehr schönen Blüten in einer tropischen und Wüsten ähnlichen Landschaft.  
Bitte freut Euch, mit mir über meine Fotos.

Desert century-plant’s succulent,
sword-like, blue-green leaves with sharp, marginal teeth and a stiff,
terminal spine form a basal clump 2 ft. high and up to 6 ft. wide.
When the plants are 8-20 years old they send up a sturdy, 6-9 ft.,
 flowering stalk bearing large, mounded clusters of pale yellow, tubular flowers. After setting fruit, the entire plant dies.
The dried seed capsules remain conspicuous for many months.



Agave americana .

Agaven werden manchmal auch als Jahrhundertpflanze (von engl. „Century Plant“) bezeichnet, da sie nur einmal blühen und bis zur Ausbildung eines Blütenstands mehrere Jahrzehnte vergehen können.





pictures by guild-rez 2012
Las Terrenas, Samana Dominican Republic
Need more info?
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave_americana
http://www.succulent-plant.com/families/agavaceae.html
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Thursday, January 5, 2012

Time for a winter break...Winter Pause...

Posted by MAKMU ta On Thursday, January 05, 2012


Will be back soon....
Bin bald wieder zurück...



Sunday, January 30, 2011

back from the island - zurück von der Insel...

Posted by MAKMU ta On Sunday, January 30, 2011

After a very wonderful vacation in the sun we are back home again.
Our cat Maximus greeted us on arrival at the house door.
I took quite a lot of pictures and will post them during the next few days.
The collage below shows the flowering banana plant with fruit - the famous banana
and my favourite banana muffins recipe.
(recipe below)
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Nach einem herrlichen Urlaub in der Sonne, sind wir wieder zu Hause.
Wir wurden von Kater Maximus an der Haustür begrüßt.
Ich nahm viele Fotos auf, die ich in den nächsten Tagen poste.
Die Collage zeigt die blühende Bananenstaude und Früchte - die berühmte Banane,
sowie mein bevorzugtes Bananen Muffinsrezept. (siehe unten). 




Banana Crumb Muffins
Ingredients
190 g all-purpose flour
5 g baking soda
5 g baking powder
3 g salt
3 bananas, mashed
150 g white sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
75 g butter, melted
75 g packed brown sugar
15 g all-purpose flour
0.3 g ground cinnamon
15 g butter
Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Lightly grease 10 muffin cups, or line with muffin papers.
In a large bowl, mix together 1 1/2 cups flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
In another bowl, beat together bananas, sugar, egg and melted butter.
Stir the banana mixture into the flour mixture just until moistened.
Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and cinnamon.
Cut in 1 tablespoon butter until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.
Sprinkle topping over muffins.
Bake in preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes,
until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.
source: allrecipes.com
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Bananen Streusel Muffins


Zutaten
190 g Mehl
 5 g Backpulver
3 g Salz
3 Bananen zertrückt
150 g weisser Zucker
1 Ei, leicht geschlagen
75 g Butter, geschmolzen
75 g brauner Zucker
15 g  Mehl
0.3 g gemahlener Zimt
15 g Butter


Anweisung
Backofen zu 190 C vorheizen 


10 Muffin Formen einfetten
In einer grossen Schüssel werden Mehl, Backpulver und Salz vermischt.
Bananen, Zucker, Ei und geschmolzene Butter kommen in eine andere Schüssel und verquirlt.
Dann zur Mehlmischung geben und zu einem feuchten Teig verarbeiten.
Teig mit einem Loeffel in den Muffins Form geben. 
Vermische in einer kleinen Schüssel, braunen Zucker, zwei EL Mehl, Zimt und 1EL Butter.
Kleine Streusel herstellen und über die Muffins streuen.
Backzeit: 18 to 20 Minuten,
mit Zahnstocher prüfen, ob die Muffins durch gebacken sind.

 

Thursday, February 25, 2010

TODAY'S FLOWERS wild ground Orchids - tropical flower series

Posted by MAKMU ta On Thursday, February 25, 2010

TODAY'S FLOWERS from around the world
can be viewed here:
http://flowersfromtoday.blogspot.com/


Bottle Palm - Hyophorbe lagenicaulis and wild orchids.

The orchid family, Orchidaceae, is the most numerous in the plant kingdom. There are about 25,000 to 30,000 known species of orchids around the world. Orchids are found in all continents except Antarctica, from hot tropical jungles to the cold climate in North America. However, some orchids are found only in certain region of the world and nowhere else.
My pictures are from Samana, Dominican Republic.
More than 300 orchids grow on this island alone.



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