Tropical Vegetation Big Pine Key, Florida KeysJanuary 24th, 2009 This travellog covers our day trip from Key West to Big Pine Key. We are dry camping on the Navy Base at Trumbo Point in Key West. I am a retired DOD civilian and the Navy allows retired DOD civilians to camp in the Navy facilities as long as there is space available. We are paying $12 a night to dry camp on a grass field along with over 600 other RV's. All I can say is: It is wonderful. We drove the almost 30-miles to Big Pine Key for the day. We had heard about the Flea Market on Big Pine Key and also wanted to eat at the No Name Pub plus there was an old abandoned "Bat House" on one of the Keys between Key West and Big Pine Key. We didn't find the bat house but we did have fun at the Flea Market which is a big-event on Saturdays for the entire lower Keys. If you are in the area make plans to head by that Flea Market on Saturday morning and bring an appetite. There is good fresh sea food served for a really good price at the concession stand.
Coconut palm tree on Big Pine Key in the Florida Keys
Beautiful coconuts turning ripe in someone's yard.
Giant red leaf crinum lily on Big Pine Key in the Florida Keys
This bloom is on a giant red leaf crinum lily. They are beautiful to say the least.
Bananas on Big Pine Key in the Florida Keys
These bananas were growing in someone's yard.
Coconuts on Big Pine Key in the Florida Keys
Coconuts on a coconut palm.
Banana bloom on Big Pine Key in the Florida Keys
The flower of the banana plant is sometimes referred to “banana heart” or “banana blossom”. When a banana plant is large enough to bloom and bear fruit that purple-maroon torpedo shaped growth you see in the picture appears out of the top of the stalk. This purple-maroon growth is in layers, called "bracts", which peel up each day revealing the flowers, which appear in groups, called "hands". Each day, after some hours, the bract and the blossoms will fall off. This opening of one of the bracts and exposing flowers is virtually a daily occurrence until all flowers have been exposed.
Banana Bloom on Big Pine Key in the Florida Keys
Tiny bananas that still have the flower attached.
Banana Bloom Big Pine Key in the Florida Keys
You can still see the flowers on the ends of the new bananas. Now you know how the bananas you like form in that beautiful purple heart or blossom.
Orchid tree in bloom Big Pine Key in the Florida Keys
These blooms are on an orchid tree.
Big Pine Key trash, yes coconuts in the yard trash fairly common in the Florida Keys
Coconuts littering the ground.
Travelers palm on display in residential yard in the Florida Keys
A travelers palm showing off outside an establishment dressed in Caribbean colors.
African tulip tree bloom on display in residential yard in the Florida Keys
This bloom was on a large African tulip tree. Trees covered with these bright red/yellow flowers are sights to behold.
Papayas are common fruit trees on Big Pine Key and indeed the entire Florida Keys
Papayas that are NOT ripe.
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