All trees of Mallorca

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Mallorca seemed to me like Eden island. So many trees in so hostile rocky-sandy-salty land. The olive, almond, citrus trees, pine, palm and thousands o fruit and flowering trees.
This heroe grows for instance from the stoney stairs (to the toilet)..

Typical Mediterranean tree is olive. Wherever you make a shot with the view, you will see olive groves.

The “olive trees” originated in the Middle East and achieved enormous importance with the Romans. That what we were told by our guide. I have a bad suspicion, that they have been introduced into Spain by the Phoenicians. In Spain on Palm Sunday both olive and palm branches are blessed. Eighty percent of the island’s olive trees are used for the manufacturing of very nice furniture (so soft by touch) as well as for its most aromatic firewood.
Although I have been just in few places in Greece, I had impression, that olives in Mallorca are slightly different from those I saw for instance in Rhodos. Green olives are harvested during September and October, while the black ones are green ones, which have been left on the tree till November harvesting.

Almond trees cover great part of the island’s surface. It is supposed there are some 6 millions of almond trees in Mallorca. Almond trees bloom from the early January till March. All the island is white at that side and Germans are coming here just for this season, we were said.

When taking the trip through the Sóller valley, we visited mountain gardens of a man who grows oranges and lemons. His photo I did not include for privacy reasons, but he was dressed as a worker, his hands rough and calloused. Working here on hot days must be a real real work. Our guide told us, that Lorenzo (let´s call him like that) owns many restaurants and several fields with oranges and lemons, but she had never seen him in other clothes then farmer´s. We could pick as many lemons as we were able to carry.

Imagine, picking lemons from the shiny-leafed citrus trees, with mountains in the distance and always clear blue sky above head. That was nice experience.
On many postcards from Mallorca you can see citrus tree with fruits and flowers on it at the same time. Those, who grow citrus trees like me know, it is quite normal, yet the most charming characteristic of this tree excluding its fragrance.

The " Aleppo pine" is natural to the island and grows anywhere in Mallorca. Its wood was often used for ship-building.

Look, what I found in a canyon, far from the madding crowd. Is it wild Buddleja?

Taking one hour ship trip from the Sóller harbour to Plaza Espaňa in the small town, which name I unfortunately forgot. They had w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l fried fish there.

All my photos with carop trees are blurred , so sorry, but would like to mention, that it it is exported from Mallorca mostly to England. St. John the Baptist fed on it during his wanderings in the desert and thus its other name. St. John´s bread is the name as the Slovaks know it. It also produces a favourite island liqueur, palo. It is very hardy tree, living in the hottest conditions from almost rocky land.

And this is ficus tree, which bended to my train window, taking trip from Solier.

There are other wonderful trees of Eden there – fig trees, peaches, pomegranates, apricots, cherries and all kinds of palms. Some with naked trunks, some with really very hairy bodies.

http://media.growsonyou.com/photos/blog_photo/image/113332/main/fotky_Mallorca_279.jpg!

Despedidos, Mallorca…

• 15 Jul, 2012
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