Monday, October 17, 2016

Coconut fibre. Making orchids gorgeous.

Cairns Coconut Museum has special prices on coconut water for the month of October only. Delicious jt's coconut essence coconut water by the carton in three convenient sizes.

6 x 1L tetrapaks ..........  $30
24 x 510mL cans ..........  $55
24 x 320mL cans ..........  $45

Ask about our free delivery.




Meanwhile, Cairns Botanic Gardens is making good use of coconut fibre to make their orchids gorgeous.

Arranging coconut fibre around the orchids

Coconut fibre mulch for the orchids

Orchids and coconut fibre


And of course the course the corpse flower needs to be mulched with coconut fibre to keep it happy. Here it is in a 3D stereophotograph.

Corpse flower mulched with coconut fibre

Cairns Botanic Gardens also uses compressed coconut fibre as pot liners for hanging baskets and the coconut shell as a pot.

Coconut fibre as a pot liner

Orchid in a coconut shell

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

FNQ specials. Coconut water.

Cairns Coconut Museum has special prices on coconut water for the month of October only. Delicious jt's coconut essence coconut water by the carton in three convenient sizes.

6 x 1L tetrapaks ..........  $30
24 x 510mL cans ..........  $55
24 x 320mL cans ..........  $45

Ask about our free delivery.




Far North Queensland has many special plants and animals that are not found anywhere else. From majestic fan palm forests to delicate tea tree orchids, our rainforests are full of delights. 


Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi)


Tea Tree Orchid (Dendrobium canaliculatum)


And then there are the special animals. You can't miss the cassowary but you are very lucky to see the camouflaged Boyd's forest dragon.

Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)

Boyd's Forest Dragon (Lophosaurus boydi)