Daily Botanical: Beautiful Nutmeg
I thought I had seen the most beautiful nutmeg until I found these at the market in Roseau, Dominica last week. The picture doesn’t do justice to how large they are, but the firey colour of the mace (the outer red portion) is fairly true.
One of my goals while here is to see a nutmeg tree. I’m trying to arrange a farm tour so I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it happens.
December 19th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Thanks for teaching me something new.
December 19th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Divine!
I hope you do get to see your nutmeg tree!
December 19th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Those are wild looking!
December 19th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
woah - the others pale in comparison … hope you’re able to hunt down the tree
December 19th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Oh I love it! What color…I would love to see that.
December 20th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Those are amazing. I think that we saw a nutmeg tree at the botanical gardens in Hawaii. There were also Cinnamon, and allspice. It was rather interesting to see something in person, that normally dwells in my cupboard.
Hope that you get to see your tree.
Jen
December 23rd, 2009 at 1:11 pm
that is one rock ‘n’ roll nut!