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Post by Ding Carpio on Jul 8, 2012 2:37:55 GMT
Our Pili Nut Tree has started to bear fruit! After 8 years since I planted it, I now see fruit and buds. Now, the real subject of this thread is this bee that hovers all morning around the tree. Seems like a bee but it's golden brown. Pardon the blurry shots. The bee just won't sit still. Yoohoo, Neon. Maybe you can tell what it is? And I assume it's good for my tree?
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Jul 8, 2012 9:43:34 GMT
Wow! Pili nut! was this grafted? cause Pili are Dioecious meaning they have a separate Male and Female plant like the Papaya. Now, the bee! It is one of the carpenter bee species, the one that bores its nest in dead wood, maybe you are familiar with the black species. Is it good or bad? definitely good! Without this pollinator the male pollen won't be able to reach the female flower. Since you are producing fruits means the flower was pollinated properly and is fertile. If the fruit is not fertile then it will just fall off. So when is the pili nut party? ;D schedule it when I'm on parole
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Jul 8, 2012 11:31:28 GMT
The Pili nut is considered a delicacy in Albay. When I was there during the Canon Photomarathon last year, it was the favorite item to bring back to Manila. Once you get used to the taste and flavor of this nut, you will always want to eat it. If you are going to invite Neon, I would like to tag along as I am almost certain that Neon is more interested in the bird than in the nuts. LOL.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Jul 8, 2012 20:14:02 GMT
Ha-ha. Looks like a Pili Nut party is inevitable. Will wait until I harvest about a dozen nuts then we can have a couple each! Got the sapling as a gift from a friend so not sure how it was created (grafted). Didn't pay much attention to it but it grew fast in recent months. Since it's Dioecious, there must be a Pili Nut tree somewhere near. Hmmm...
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Post by Bob Kaufman on Jul 9, 2012 8:23:01 GMT
The planets must be aligning when both Mastah Romy and Ding posted here in pbpf almost at the same time. ;D Count me in when you have your pili nut party. We usually go birding around your neighborhood anyway, so just say when.
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Post by Lydia Robledo on Jul 9, 2012 10:01:50 GMT
I can bring a couple of sweet langka trees, or even the fruit itself kung aabot pa. My langka tree bore 12 fruits, 5 huge and 5 small ones. We still have 9 to go. telyds, a Pili nut, too.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Jul 14, 2012 22:31:46 GMT
One basic question: When do you pick the Pili fruit?
They're all green right now. Will they turn yellow, like Mangoes? And, after picking does one roast them or are they ready to eat?
He-he, the way I ask, you'd assume the tree is "hitik" but I actually counted only 8 fruits. More buds, though.
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