Dombeya burgessiae - Pink Dombeya

You wrote the right words Delonix....Chocolate, Cocoa!!! ;o)
They are beautiful flowers.

What a beauty, so much blossom.

Alexandramou:

You love chocolate? lol! :>)

Dottydaisy2:

Thanks!

This tree was huge...it had so many thousands of flowers covering it...you could barely see the leaves.

LOL...yeap. ;o)

Maybe a chocoholic? LOL! :>)

Big time...right after coffeeholic. ;o\

That's funny! I love chocolate, however, I don't eat it as much as I used to...and I haven't had a cup of coffee since 1985.

Oh my...... why have you given up coffee???
I'm TRYING to stay away from chocolate....started a diet. Summer is around the corner and the pounds just do not drop the way they use to.
Your coffee beans would not survive a week if I was around! ;o)

Alexandramou:

Coffee contains too much acid for me.

The coffee beans on my tree should be starting to ripen soon. lol! :>)

Marguerite:

Thanks! I do the same. I used to be a serious chocoholic at one time. When I used to travel to Switzerland, I used to bring back tons of Swiss Chocolate bars (the ones that were't sold in Ca).

Delonix,
Is that an invitation to visit CA???

Alexandramou:

All the coffee cherries would be yours, if you visit San Diego when they ripen. I give most to all my coffee cherries away every year.

Delonix,
Renewing my passport any day now...

Yes Marguerite, Switzerland is much closer but Delonix has a lot of nice plants I can nip....hee hee hee and all the coffee cherries would be mine. :o)))

Alexandramou:

Come on over! :>) Seriously, all the coffee cherries would be yours.

I have several little coffee tree seedlings popping up under the parent tree. This happens every year during winter rains...many times the snails just eat them. Last year I had to dig some up for family and friends.

Thats all the invitation I need! ;o)))))))))

Alexandramou:

Get the airline ticket now. lol! :>)

I have to renew my passport first!!! Give me a couple of weeks!!! ;o))))

Okay. :>)

Somewhere I read, that somebody in San Diego has Theobroma growing. Might be the SD botanical gardens.

It must be in a greenhouse. Theobroma is extremely, extremely tender to the slight cold below 60ºF. Believe me I've tried. It needs a hot greenhouse.

I've grown it in a greenhouse- had pods. But,someplace a hint of it being grown or a try in soucal. Of course,that might be a courtyard or some warmth holding outdoor spot..a part open pool (swimming) room. Nowadays,I don't doubt much. Mahogany tree's are said to be growing in Phoenix yards with enough water. z11 stuff has been moving to the southwest..

There's several species of mahogany trees. There's some species which grow very well in San Diego.

Theobroma speices are just too tropical. However, with this being said I've been proven wrong in the past. I generally don't like making definitive statements.

The reason why I don't like making definitive statement is because I've seen people post on garden websites that African Tulip trees, Delonix regia, Cassia fistula, Elaeis guineensis, Pritchardia pacifica and thurstoni, Samanea saman and the list goes on, that these trees don't grow here. I've seen all of these trees growing here very well.