Atractocarpus fitzalanii

[Jungle Yard]

Wanted to share my Atractocarpus fitzalanii in bloom. The tree is about 7 feet now and this year it is producing lots of flowers.

[Ethan]

Great job, the flowers are small but smell so good!

[Jungle Yard]

Great job, the flowers are small but smell so good!

Thank you! Hoping for some fruits to try. May be I get lucky this year.

[elouicious]

Any updates on this tree?

[Tropicaltoba]

Have u ever tasted the fruit?

[pagnr]

I have found the fruit in Nth Qld. The fruit are large, tennis ball plus. The pulp tastes like weak seedy black sapote, or a bit like wood apple pulp. Interesting, edible not the greatest, but has beautiful scented flowers. It grows right on the beach, mass blooms with that gardenia scent, romantic nights on a tropical beach, oh the memories.

[Tropicaltoba]

It’s -30c here again today…I’m crying a bit on the inside.

[elouicious]

Z3 is a tough one-

My family has some land in Z4 and you can grow great plums and honeyberries

[pagnr]

It’s -30c here again today…I’m crying a bit on the inside.

it will be 40'c here tomorrow, it was about that xmas day too. Hottest ever was 47'c. If you like sci fi, its like virtual reality sensory surround.

[Tropicaltoba]

How do u grow at 47c? Shade cloth and misters?

[tru]

How do u grow at 47c? Shade cloth and misters?

I can answer as a texan: blind determination (shadecloth is certainly a blessing though)

[pagnr]

Shade houses, and irrigation, hand watering to soak them up. Overhead sprays to stop them drying out quickly.
42'c is not uncommon but we haven't had a run of them for a while. If the nights stay hot that is what dries them out the most if you don't watch out for that.
Then to relax go home and watch some movies about really cold places about - 30'c,  or reruns of The Beachcombers TV series, salvaging those logs with their speedboats.

[Tropicaltoba]

Lol Ahhh good ol’ Nick and Jesse, I can’t believe an Aussie had even heard of that show. I’m pretty sure I was forced to watch that in school as a part of Canadian heritage studies.

[pagnr]

The Beachcombers, it was on TV here back in the mid 70's when I was a kid. I think they repeated it a lot in school holidays. Must have seen the first few series many times.