Posts Tagged "cacao pods"

Chocolate in Bloom

Posted by Anita on Aug 21, 2013 in edible, flowers, nature centers, plant parts, seeds, summer, Unmowed Blog | 1 comment

Yes! The chocolate is in bloom! Now on view at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, NY.  What I can’t figure out is how anyone ever discovered the insanely fabulous taste of this plant. It’s a very easy plant to ignore. It blends in with the other trees in the tropical section of the Botanical Garden’s enormous conservatory. The little cacao tree is dwarfed by palm trees and giant ferns, totally upstaged by orchids and bird-of-paradise flowers. The leaves are nondescript, the flowers pretty but half an inch long. But come and worship at the foot of this homely little...