Flower or Foliage / Friend or Foe

[Cookie Monster]

My mauritius has lots of these right now. Any of the lychee experts know what it could be? Tree is over 9 years old and has produced fruit only once in 2010.

(I removed the leaves :-)

[simon_grow]

I'm not an expert but it looks like a vegetative flush to me. It could also be a partial bloom in which case the flower buds may appear later. The newly emerging full bloom spikes on Lychees look like little round balls. If you get a cold spell at this early stage, you can still get partial blooms. Good luck!

Simon

[FlyingFoxFruits]

if it's an airlayered tree, it sounds like it's going to have a date with the wood chipper!

[Squam256]

You know its vegetative Jeff. Its what these things do.

[Cookie Monster]

:-( Pupe.

Ok, hopefully this upcoming cold blast will give me some flowers.I don't require a lot. Even 10 pounds of lychee from the darn thing would be fine. For now it's giving good shade for the front yard, so I'll probably let it go for a few more years.