BRT_Nuts - Important info about Brazilian Raintree Cultivars

[Clicio]

UPDATES!

1-) Definitely the new name of the "common" BRT has changed from Pithecellobium Tortum to Chloroleucon Tortum.

2-) The BRT cork bark cultivar is, in fact, another species of Chloroleucon (old Pithecellobium), called "Chloroleucon Tenuiflorum", and there's another one called "Chloroleucon Dumusum", from the Northeast regions of Brazil.

3-) I have found two Brazilian growers specialized in BRT bonsai, and they have nice examples of the cork bark, incredible trees. The pictures below are all examples of Chloroleucon Tenuiflorum , enjoy.
















@leatherback @LanceMac10 you must see those trees!

 

[penumbra]

Wow! Who woulda thunk?

 

[Forsoothe!]

Looks like it's almost the opposite of the 'Too Tall Jones" syndrome characteristic of BRT. ?

 

[Carol 83]

Pretty amazing. So different than any I've ever seen. Wow.

 

[penumbra]

Sure would love to get a small starter of this plant. Anybody know where one can be found?

 

[leatherback]

Sure would love to get a small starter of this plant. Anybody know where one can be found?

Brazil!

 

[Clicio]

Sure would love to get a small starter of this plant. Anybody know where one can be found?

I've got one myself.
But outside Brazil I guess it's going to be very difficult to find one, as it is a protected species.

 

[penumbra]

Brazil!

A bit surprising that they are not propagating the crap out of this, especially as it is endangered. There are many many plants that are very rare and thus in propagation. There are even plants in propagation that are so rare they are no longer found in nature.
Oh well, "ever desireless ones sees the mystery".

 

[Clicio]

A bit surprising that they are not propagating the crap out of this, especially as it is endangered.

We have a government that hates trees, loves concrete, roads and guns, and think soy and cattle should dominate the Amazon rainforest.
And they are winning.

 

[leatherback]

soy and cattle should dominate the Amazon rainforest.

So.. Where to grow sugar cain and barley for the other important things in life?

 

[penumbra]

We have a government that hates trees, loves concrete, roads and guns, and think soy and cattle should dominate the Amazon rainforest.
And they are winning.

Really,
when did the US take over?

 

[leatherback]

when did the US take over?

in october 2018, inaugurated jan 2019..

 

[Mapleminx]

Ok that settles it. Whenever I can afford a vacation again and once the pandemic has cleared....I’m going to Brazil and getting me some BRT!

 

[leatherback]

Ok that settles it. Whenever I can afford a vacation again and once the pandemic has cleared....I’m going to Brazil and getting me some BRT!

start learning portugese and/or get @Clicio to be your guide. English is less frequently spoken than in Germany

 

[Mapleminx]

start learning portugese and/or get @Clicio to be your guide. English is less frequently spoken than in Germany

Wow that’s saying something considering English is not that widely spoken here, only in the big cities. So Brazil has as many English speakers as they do German speakers then....
I’d better start the portuguese lessons then, damn I need a useful language!

 

[Mapleminx]

Puedo hablar un español muy básico. El portugués es similar, ¿verdad?

I don’t want to know how terrible that sentence was

 

[Clicio]

Wow that’s saying something considering English is not that widely spoken here, only in the big cities. So Brazil has as many English speakers as they do German speakers then....
I’d better start the portuguese lessons then, damn I need a useful language!

I think we do have many English speakers on the right spots.
Most Brazilians can understand and speak some Spanish, which I think worldwide is a more widely used language than Portuguese, so maybe better learn Spanish which will be more useful.
On the other hand, Brazil right now is not a very safe country to be by yourself, so...
If you need assistance, just call!

 

[leatherback]

Puedo hablar un español muy básico. El portugués es similar, ¿verdad?

Nao.

Not similar enough.

 

[Mapleminx]

Well I won’t be traveling anytime soon. Not for a long while, not until things return to “normal”. Whatever normal is anymore!

 

[Mapleminx]

Nao.

Not similar enough.

So basically it would be the same as asking me if Dutch was similar to German then