Great haul red durian! If i lived in that area i would be in that park every day!! Maybe i'd pitch a tent there.
How was the taste of Willughbeia agustifolia, Artocarpus rigidus, A elasticus, A. lanceifolius?
W. agustifulia was great. I ate 3 in a row. The fruit is tart, sweet, fragrant, with a garcinia texture. Definitely worth growing if you have something it can climb on.
Tough one to grow in Hawaii as apparently it needs hand pollination and not all too happy in our climate.
For sure, it is not hand pollinated at the Park, but perhaps HI lacks the pollinator?
I know there are 30 types of bats in Sri Lanka, many of them working as pollinators. I'm sure Sabah is nearly identical in bat diversity. So, I really don't think hand pollination would be necessary in my case, just like it is not necessary in Sabah. Correct me if I'm wrong, but some parts of Hawaii might have a "bat problem"?
BTW, I asked one agriculture "expert" about Sri Lankan weevil and its natural enemies, but he wasn't even familiar with that insect. I'll ask few others when I meet them. My guess bats keeping them in check, and it's not an issue ( they can devour 1000 mosquitoes an hour) Seems like South Florida lacking insect eating bats, and that might be a key difference.