LonganJust been to the free Wikipedia and realised that Longan is also called dimocarpus longan.
Whatever, I have no intention to call it dimocarpus anyway. As the rule of naming our kittens, I will call my longan tree the "longany". Does it sound ok?
To my surprise, after my Sabah Trip, I noticed some tiny spherical bits (with diameter ~ 1 mm), thought to be the flowers of longan, appear on my longany.
They look almost like the new leaves with almost the same colour except that they are lighter. So far only three branches produce them.
I am quite sure that these tiny bits are longan flowers because my longan is the last one to produce fruit this round. A big longan tree two housing rows behind my house had fruits weeks ago. The two longan trees along the last row of the house in the "taman", where the playground is located, are fruiting with the size of the fruits is around 5 - 10 mm in diameter.
My son is excited about both mangoey and longany. He is full of expectation and imagination of the flavour the fruits will bring. How excited!
Sunday, 12 June 2011
Mangoey Is Fruiting
Whilst my son calls his kittens Longy and Shorty, solely based on the length of the kittens' tail, I thought I might as well call my mango tree "Mangoey"!
It is the 2nd time (3rd to be exact, the first time was bought with fruits but all fell prematurely) fruiting. The last one was in Dec 2010. 7 months ago!
I noticed the flowers a couple of days before my Sabah trip (6-10 June 2011) but was amazed how heavy the bloom was this time when I saw them just a few days later. According to past experience I should expect some juicy mangoes by early August if everything goes well. I intend to buy/make some fruit protector (mesh/cloth) this time to protect the mangoes from insects expecially the fruit flies.
I have a mission to produce perfectly rippened on tree mangoes this round as I read somewhere sometimes ago that fully rippened on tree mangoes produce the maximum taste. My month is watering even just thinking of it....yum yum!
It is the 2nd time (3rd to be exact, the first time was bought with fruits but all fell prematurely) fruiting. The last one was in Dec 2010. 7 months ago!
I noticed the flowers a couple of days before my Sabah trip (6-10 June 2011) but was amazed how heavy the bloom was this time when I saw them just a few days later. According to past experience I should expect some juicy mangoes by early August if everything goes well. I intend to buy/make some fruit protector (mesh/cloth) this time to protect the mangoes from insects expecially the fruit flies.
I have a mission to produce perfectly rippened on tree mangoes this round as I read somewhere sometimes ago that fully rippened on tree mangoes produce the maximum taste. My month is watering even just thinking of it....yum yum!
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