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| Atis fruit tree behind my house |
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| Calumnius tree, fruits on the tree trunk |
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| Acacia Trees blooming in March, pink/white/yellow fluffy flowers |
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Nara tree (the national tree) blooming yellow flowers
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| Papaya trees behind my house, bananas in the distance |
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| Mahagony trees blooming at school |
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| Baby pineapple :) |
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| Veron, Nika and pineapples in her front yard |
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| Spectacular Boughanvilla in bloom |
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| Coffee tree behind Veron's house |
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| My harvest!! |
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| Hanging Birds of Paradise flowers |
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| Tilapia farm |
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| Orchids are everywhere!! |
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| Malungay tree and seed pods |
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| Baby avacado behind my house |
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| Our school Bahay Kubo being built |
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My tutor (on right) and her friend taking me to the Paminta (pepper) Plantation
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| Pepper is a woody vine and grows up a host tree |
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| Close up of pepper vine growing |
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Owner of another plantation, still picking and keeping her young at over 70
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| After it is picked it is put out in the sun to dry and turn black |
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| A basket of harvested paminta |
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| Bamboo ladder, traditional basket and happy picker! |
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| What you see along the road, sometimes it is rice sometimes it is pepper. |
The plants here in the Philippines are just breathtaking, I never cease to be amazed and discover new trees and plants along the very same route.The Malungay tree is considered a miracle tree, the leaves are used to fight all sorts of illnesses. I never knew how pepper grew until I visited the plantation. Our province, Batangas, is famous for Cafe Baraco - the kind I picked in Veron's back yard.
Enjoy!
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