Garden Blog - Top Tropicals
Avocado cacao mousse: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes
- 🟢Blend ripe avocado with cocoa powder, honey, and a splash of vanilla.
- 🟢Chill and serve like chocolate pudding.
- 🟢Nobody will guess the secret ingredient!
- 🟢Healthy and tasty!
🛒 For all-home-grown ingredients you will need:
Avocado tree fruit
Chocolate tree fruit
Vanilla Orchid Beans
#Food_Forest #Recipes #Avocado
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Paws off my flowers
Paws off my flowers
"Watching closely... flowers are off-limits. Frog’s off-limits too." - Ricki the Cat
🐈📸 Cat Ricki watching out the window and guarding his Cashmere bouquet - Clerodendrum bungei ... and frogs. At Top Tropicals PeopleCats.Garden.
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You wont believe what was hiding inside this Siamese twin Valencia Pride mango!
Valencia Pride mango
Mango Rainbow🌈
From our Valencia Pride tree that you saw in earlier video came this giant double mango - two fruits fused into one! On the outside it looked bizarre, but the real surprise came when we cut it open. Want to see what a twin mango looks like inside? Watch the video and find out!
🛒 Shop Mango varieties
📚 Previous posts: #Mango_Rainbow - varieties you should try
#Food_Forest #Mango #Mango_Rainbow
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No food in years
"You go ahead and eat... I'll just lie here. No strength left, haven't been fed in ages. No, no, don't worry, no pressure at all. Definitely not a hunger faint." - Macaron the Cat
🐈📸 Cat Macaron laying on the table dramatically... not hungry, not fainting, totally fine... At Top Tropicals PeopleCats.Garden.
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The mystery of the White Bat Lily - the plant with wings and whiskers
White Bat Head Lily (Tacca nivea)
- Here's a cool shot of the White Bat Head Lily (Tacca nivea) - its dramatic white bracts that flare like wings and those wild, trailing whiskers are impossible to ignore. And it is in full bloom again at Top Tropicals - in the middle of August.
- This plant that pulls off gothic elegance with two crisp, wing‑like white bracts hovering over a cluster of deep maroon‑black "bat‑face" flowers, complete with long, draping whiskers. Beneath it all lie crinkled, olive‑green leaves that only add to its moody charm.
- This tropical understory native thrives in humid, shaded spaces - whether that's a greenhouse or a mossy, misty corner indoors. It's an evergreen perennial, endlessly intriguing. When it does bloom, the dark little flowers eventually yield heavy berries - just one more twist in its curious tale.
- Looking to grow one? You'll need:
✔️High humidity, indirect light, and good air circulation
- ✔️Rich, orchid‑style soil (think adding bark, peat, perlite to your potting mix)
- ✔️Consistently moist - but not waterlogged - conditions
- ✔️And to be patient: flowering often requires a couple of leaves before it even sets stems
- It's not just a plant - it's a conversation starter, a living gothic sculpture that grows. Maybe a bit finicky? Sure. Totally worth it? Absolutely!
🛒 Add White Bat Head Lily to your collection
Tacca colors: Black, White, Green:
Tacca nivea - White Tacca - the rarest and the most wanted
Tacca chantrieri - Black Tacca
Tacca leontopetaloides - Green Tacca
📚 Learn more:
▫️Spooky Bat Head Devil Flower
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