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[planthelper]

hI!
a few pics of my piper betle.
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this one shows the flower a bit better.
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and now the betle nut, which comes from the areca catechu palm, watch out it's, explosive stuff, hehehe.
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sliced nuts, showing the beautyfull pattern, and the piper leaf, note the different color of both sides of the leaves.
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[Amazonian]

Such a healthy looking plant planthelper. . Luscious.

[planthelper]

the piper looks naturaly so luscious and yummy, maybe natures way of inviting us to have a nibble.

[solomon]

Hey planthelper! cool pics dude, do you grow the areca nut yourself?
Shame that you can't grow that other Piper species where you live, I imagine it would flourish in those conditions.

who is your avatar/picture of?

Edited by centipede, 02 March 2012 - 10:52 AM.

[planthelper]

Hey planthelper! cool pics dude, do you grow the areca nut yourself?
Shame that you can't grow that other Piper species where you live, I imagine it would flourish in those conditions.

who is your avatar/picture of?

the nut's come from the botanical garden (i had permission).
the piper plants, i got from a guy living in rockhampton, maybe they will survive my winters.
i will take one plant indoors, and leave the other one outdoors, i will do the same with my areca catechu palm seedlings.

the avatar is agent 86 from the old show get smart, the inventors of the mobile phone!