Rubbish Island

Depending on the part of the world it is called ‘grain d'eglise', ‘liane reglisse', ‘graine diable', ‘cascavelle',‘jequirity', ‘jumbie beads', ‘crab's eyes', ‘rosary pea'.

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So we only saw six of those fascinating plants that creep, climb and slowly but surely can cover an ugly fence or uninteresting decaying plant, we still have many more to discover, so be sure to come back!

We can now walk out of this ravine and go back to civilization, maybe enjoying a drink by the lagoon before heading home to the garden. A previous article introduced you to a few vines growing on my tiny secluded island and as stated then just meant brushing...

This small tour of some vines of Reunion took us once again in a world-wide trip; I would bet that it will not be the last one we take together. Here we come once again, vine lovers! The three preceding articles introduced climbers which are found on...

A growing part of incomes comes from modern technology; multi-media, printing, computer services, phone services.So all in all Mauritius is worth a visit and if you want to stretch your legs after too much beach bumming you can fly to nearby Reunion and...

I hope you enjoyed this little tour and will now start growing all sorts of vines, climbers and lianas! They need some tending but are really fun and grow fast, even producing marvelous fruits for the sweet tooth.

Yes, we already became acquainted with quite a few of those species in the four previous parts, but the subject is so vast that we have to revisit it! So let us see what's creeping around today...I hope you enjoyed this fifth promenade through the vines...

The east has an annual median rainfall level of 11,000mm which means 11m per year; a world record was even registered during a cyclonic period with 6m of rain in 48 hours, more like a river falling from the sky than a standard rain.The cirque has a population...

As said before, some plants will happily grow on the forest floor and are easily accessible, while most will require some tree climbing to be reached. A few of the lithophytic species may require the use of ropes and harnesses, as they enjoy growing on...

This is an excerpt from that pamphlet::…a lush dendrobium orchid plant with perhaps 50 flowers per branch in three different clusters. Plants have been on this planet for a lot longer than specialists have, and somehow they managed to survive without...

A German physician and botanist first brought the yellowto the islands in 1860. Please let me explain... So what can I write that might be of interest, given all the expertise that already exists out there?

Mayotte Island is part of the Comoros archipelago, a small group of four islands set between Northwestern Madagascar and the coast of Tanzania/Mozambique, at the Northern entry of the Mozambique channel.

Modern times brought comfort and a large number of hikers which bring some needed income. Yes, it will be healthy, because going to this cirque requires some good legs and a good heart as well; there are no roads going there as the geography forbids the...

They go through an annual cycle which we can start artificially with the winter move as it is now the beginning of Austral winter and wasps can be seen flying around trunks and walls looking for a suitable spot to spend winter.

When the English conquered the island in 1807 there were some 100 permanent inhabitants, nowadays the islanders number 37000 with a great mix of whites, Africans, Malagasy and Indians who were brought first as slaves and later as paid workers.

If you have enough time, reliable legs and a good heart you can walk across the whole island--some people even run from St-Joseph to St-Denis on the North coast, an event known as ‘la diagonale des fous' as you certainly have to be a little crazy to...

Ferns are an important part of the plant kingdom and some of the oldest species; they are often called fossil plants for this reason. There are about 250 recorded species of ferns on the island, out of which some 18 are endemic strictly to Reunion while...

Not much to do there except buying supplies and visiting the small oceanographical museum. You can fly from Madagascar (Antananarivo and Mahajunga), from Reunion and from Paris, to the small airport of Fassene.

For those of you who are familiar with French language, you know that "pamplemousses" means "grapefruits." but in Mauritius and when written with a capital "P" it refers to the name of a village.

At the end of the day all juries met together and went through adding and subtracting, discussing, comparing, arguing and eventually sorted out who would compete the next day...Now that the show is over I will require some volunteers to uninstall all...

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Campanulas are mostly perennial plants too, while the tuberous and vining canarina is only hardy in zones 9b to 11. Since most bellflowers (Campanula spp.) have purple or pink flowers, the blooms of the Canary Island Bellflower (Canarina canariensis)...

The main problem is malaria and those rain forests of course tend to be quite mosquitoes-friendly so anti-malaria drugs are necessary. Another annoyance comes from the numerous ground leeches, which are of the small kind but will crawl up your legs as...

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The weather is warm and balmy, the sky is painting everything gold and life is good on my little island.Many thanks to Tropicalmajik and Bluespiral for editorial assistance! Jamie, an Optics Field Engineer who is a drummer in his spare time, has a sister...