Thanks, Joe! I called them and left a message on their voice mail - I guess they are not open on week-ends. If I don't hear back from them, I will call them again on Monday to see if they have any referrals to west-side nurseries. I would rather not have a nursery order it for me because I have no idea what I would get. I would prefer to pick it out myself, and I thought that perhaps they were for sale retail only when blooming. We are almost finished with the major revisions of landscaping for the front yard (the back yard is a couple of years from completion), and so I was anxious to get this last major plant. One thing I like about this tree is that it does grow rather quickly, unlike the Mamey that I bought a couple of weeks ago for the back yard. That tree will stay in a large pot for the next two years until I have the space ready for it. Lars

Hi All. After reading everyone's posts, I thought, my Chorisia does resemble Pachira. So, I grabbed the Chorisia pot, brought it outside to compare to two Pachiras..One braided, the other a standard trunk. Unlike Pachira, Chorisia has serrated leaves. Little saw-like teeth surrounding leaf edges. Color differs, too. Pachiras are deep green. Chorisia is much lighter. Unless my Chorisia has a defiency...I have nothing to compare to. I Googled Chorisia pictures, but most are mature specimens/trees. lol. Lz, I scrolled up but couldn't find the height of your Chorisias. Have you measured? If so, what is their height? They look tall. Especially since you said you'd like to cut them down to a foot. Yep, when soil dries, leaves wilt fast. I repotted from a 3" clay to a 4.5" plastic pot because soil needed daily watering. Will you up the pot size or prune roots? I'd like to find a variegated Chorisia, if one exists. lol. Even though I vowed, no more plants. BTW, do you consider Chorisia fast-growing? Toni

Here's a pic of a tree that I always thought was a Gumbo Limbo. Then it bloomed little white fragrant flowers. Now it is full of berries - they remind me of Chinaberry berries - Take a look: Here's a couple more Gumbo Limbos in the yard across the road on Chokoloskee: I strained to look, but no berries on these I just wanted to give ya a good shot of the trunk, since foliage is so deceptive. Anyways, I had some volunteer seedlings pop up and thought they sure looked like they would grow up to be trees. The mahagony trees had all their seed pods burst, so that's what I figured these would be. But now I'm wondering if they are Gumbo Limbo babies. Denise, did you visit E.C. and Chokoloskee while the Royals were all blooming? I did an experiment one day during a bike ride on the island, and no matter where I was - if I looked in any direction, I would see Royal Poiniciana blooms. Oh, by the way, the Coral Salvias that I grew from the seeds you sent me started blooming even as tiny infants...I love them and keep forgetting to write and thank you for your generosity! Okay, back to the Gumbo Limbo thing about growing them from cuttings - after Andrew, apparently a big landmark Gumbo was ripped apart and people took its limbs and stuck them into the ground, for posterity. When we bought our trailer in '96, there were 4 nice niced Gumbos from this famous tree surrounding our porch. But boy, were they interesting with their odd-shaped and contorted trunks! I was so proud to have them in the yard. I thought that was the only way they were grown, from cuttings; as I'd never seen any seeds. Then in '05, they endured the winds and rising flood waters from Wilma. When I was told we had winds up to 175 mhp, I didn't believe it because the Gumbos were still standing. Ours had been drastically pruned before we evacuated because they were so close to the house; but others on the island were still standing (like these in my pics) and I don't know of any that actually fell. I'll have to investigate this phenomenon further and see how many cutting-trees from the famous Andrew tree were able to endure Wilma winds. Denise, we have a yellow Royal Poincianna that is blooming now that will also have seed pods. Would you like me to send some? Susie

Canarina, There are also lots of sites on the internet that shows how to make your own paper envelopes. Not difficult and much less expensive than coin envelopes. Just a thought... Ann