You should consider planting paho (mangifera altissima, a native wild mango with tiny mango fruit) and lanzones (Lansium domesticum) to attract a lot of birds. Colasisi (Hanging parrots) and hornbills especially love the paho tree.
The Hagakhak seems more like Betis (Madhuca betis) to me, another critically endangered species native here. The appearance and your description matches that of Betis, which has a hairy stem and leaves, orangish or yellowish petiole, etc. It's been reported to grow fast when outplanted which seems to be accurate from the looks of it in your video.
That's a good question - I'm not sure if that would need to go through a cold period or not each year or could handle the long wet season. There are actually native stone oak trees here - they're from the genus Lithocarpus, still from the Beech family, but not too closely related to the European oaks. Their seeds are similar to the acorns from Quercus robur. There's one growing not too far from our place, so hopefully someday we'll be able to plant some of those
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Magkono, kamagong and molave, greatest wood 4 me
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Great to see major progress in your small arboretum. Good job, keep up the great work
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Nice one sir❤ keep it up 👍🏻 more power ✊
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You should consider planting paho (mangifera altissima, a native wild mango with tiny mango fruit) and lanzones (Lansium domesticum) to attract a lot of birds. Colasisi (Hanging parrots) and hornbills especially love the paho tree.
Thanks for the suggestions! We have some lanzones planted. We'll look into the magnifera altissima. Thank you!
The Hagakhak seems more like Betis (Madhuca betis) to me, another critically endangered species native here. The appearance and your description matches that of Betis, which has a hairy stem and leaves, orangish or yellowish petiole, etc. It's been reported to grow fast when outplanted which seems to be accurate from the looks of it in your video.
I think you're right! That one lost its label and there are Betis down there. Thanks for pointing that out! Also, thanks for watching :)
Do you think Quercus Robur (european oak ) could normally grow there ? 🤔😊
That's a good question - I'm not sure if that would need to go through a cold period or not each year or could handle the long wet season. There are actually native stone oak trees here - they're from the genus Lithocarpus, still from the Beech family, but not too closely related to the European oaks. Their seeds are similar to the acorns from Quercus robur. There's one growing not too far from our place, so hopefully someday we'll be able to plant some of those
It’s called Ulayan ( Philippine oak)