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Travel discussion for St. John
Mary L
Posts: 281 Joined: Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:16 amLocation: Connecticut
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by Mary L Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:06 am
WOW looks pretty dry on STJ.
Pia
Posts: 5041 Joined: Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:38 pmLocation: St John
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by Pia Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:08 am
We are sooooo dry - no rain to speak of since November Realtor - St John Properties
mindehankins
Posts: 3014 Joined: Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:21 amLocation: Western NY State
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by mindehankins Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:13 pm
Neat! They bloom at the end of their lives, don't they?
lprof
Posts: 3130 Joined: Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:09 pmLocation: Florida
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by lprof Mon Apr 04, 2011 2:56 pm
mindehankins wrote: Neat! They bloom at the end of their lives, don't they?
Yes, the entire plant dies after the bloom. I don't know about the impact of drought.
... no longer a stranger to paradise
Joppa
Posts: 433 Joined: Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:07 pmLocation: NH
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by Joppa Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:47 pm
I noticed it too. I have been anxiously watching it. I think I heard somewhere that this is what the islanders decorate for a Christmas tree, can anyone confirm that.
lprof
Posts: 3130 Joined: Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:09 pmLocation: Florida
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by lprof Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:57 pm
... no longer a stranger to paradise
Joppa
Posts: 433 Joined: Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:07 pmLocation: NH
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by Joppa Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:12 pm
Thanks. I think I could get used to that. Decorating probably takes all of 10 minutes, and it seems a fitting use for a plant that dies to produce the bloom.
California Girl
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by California Girl Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:36 pm
That's pretty cool. Thanks for the heads-up, I don't check the cams often enough!
I'm going to St. John in a few weeks, so you can almost count on rain the week before I get there! Here skeeter, skeeter, skeeter!!
SOonthebeach
Posts: 1707 Joined: Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:01 amLocation: Texas
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by SOonthebeach Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:45 pm
very cool! learned some things from that link, and will watch the webcam daily to see it bloom- thanks for that!
The island does look way too dry- I noticed it when we were there in Feb- so different than last August when it was really green
spindrift
Posts: 45 Joined: Wed May 12, 2010 3:51 pmLocation: World
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by spindrift Tue Apr 05, 2011 11:38 am
Very nice...saw many of these bloom when living in the Sonoran Desert outside of Tucson years back.
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