Sex. It’s in the air apparently. My main coffee plant, that bloomed and bore fruit over Christmas is at it again… in full bloom. Click on the photo below
I asked Coffee expert Joachim Oster of Blue Horse Kona in Hawaii – what the heck was up with all this propagation?
His reply… “The coffee plant is asexual. It can, pretty much, get it on whenever it feels like – especially if you provide a suitably sexy environment for it; you know, light and food and a little companionship.”
It has all of that. I even talk to it from time to time, scratching its leaves uttering… “You are a good coffee plant! Yes you are! Yes you are!
You get the idea.
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4 responses to “Spring into action – everything in bloom – Victoria B.C.”
That is a lovely photo and I promise not to tell everyone that you regularly stroke that plant’s ego.
Thanks! Canon EOS-30D. 55mm macro lens – F 2.5
Natural window light.
where did you get your coffee plant? I am interested in growing some beans and was wondering if there is somewhere in victoria to purchase coffee bean plants.
I have a bag of high quality coffee beans if you want to grow your own – there are quite a few garden centers that feature coffee plants from time to time – I found the most hardy ones are the more mature plants that I have rescued or grown myself.
I have as many viable seeds as you need.