Ultimate palm tree ~ no bloom for 100 years and then POOF!

Some people on Madagascar realized recently that a large palm tree that grows to a height of 66 feet actually blooms every hundred years.  Even more dramatic is the humongous tree-like "bloom" that pops out of the top of the palm tree: This one is so weird that it’s begging for some bad jokes to [...]

Palm Tree Christmas Trees

Thank you to everyone who stands tall against buying lighted palm tree Christmas trees: Although, many people might try to justify the purchase by saying, "But there’s so much more room for all the presents we buy every year."  Not that it matters this year, given the debt crisis.

The year’s ten most horrific incidents in paradise

Here are the Rapidsea choices for the year’s ten most horrific incidents: 10. "Charge after bottle attack on stranger [over a cigarette]" Perth Now 9.  "Dolphins save surfer from becoming shark’s bait" MSNBC.com 8.  "Man shot by stray bullet near beach" Jerusalem Post and AP 7.  "Great white shark attack victim fights back – and [...]

American oases ~ water and palm trees in America’s deserts

When you first think of the word "oasis," the Sahara and other famed deserts usually come to mind.  However, the deserts of North America have their own palm tree oases.  Jim Cornett has written a short article here for The Desert Sun in California on native desert fan palms and oases in the US, which [...]

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