![]() Then he pointed out a mature wild avocado tree. Avocados are one of the most common trees here.” I asked Kenneth - who was a local guide, having grown up in northern Costa Rica, despite the familiar name - if it was by chance an avocado. Yet, a mere twenty steps into our hike that day I had spotted leaves that shouted avocado to me. Only I’d never seen them in their native habitat, which most botanists agree ranges from southern Mexico down through Costa Rica and possibly as far south as Peru. I love everything avocado - eating them, growing them, reading about them. At the time, California avocado orchards were being thoroughly damaged by root rot.Īs for me, I just wanted to see a wild avocado tree with my own two eyes, at all, for the first time. The hope was that these primitive avocados might be resistant to the fungus Phytophthora cinnamomi, which causes the disease called root rot. Schieber and Zentmyer were on a quest to find wild avocados in order to collect their seeds and use them as rootstock back in California. (Read their article, “Collecting Perseas in Central America and Mexico.”) Therefore we must explore the Quetzal country.” So wrote Eugenio Schieber and George Zentmyer in the 1972-73 Yearbook of the California Avocado Society. “Sometimes, particularly in the highlands of Guatemala, native guides will inform you that only where the Quetzal bird is found there you may find wild avocados, as this rare bird eats the fruit of some Perseas. We just saw the Resplendent Quetzal! Well, except for our sleeping baby daughter.Īnd yet, before seeing the bird all I’d been interested in was what the Quetzal ate. The iridescence of its crown and the length of its tail feathers you can’t see in this photo, but they captivated me. Bigger than I expected, its colors were also brighter. I was surprised to feel so impressed by it. This is the bird we saw, as we saw it, perched majestically about forty feet off the forest floor. And plainly to anyone on the planet, it is beautiful, it is resplendent indeed. It is the national bird of the country of Guatemala. It is half of the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, a bird-serpent. ![]() The Quetzal (pronounced “ketsal”) is special in many ways to many people. Seeing this bird is almost everyone’s grand goal in visiting the cloud forest. Soon we found other guides and other hikers choking the path and staring up into the canopy. He turned back to whisper, “They have found the Resplendent Quetzal.” He put the orchid down and started walking briskly toward the whistle. We assume no liability for inaccuracies or misstatements about products.Our guide through the Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve in the highlands of Costa Rica had just picked up a fallen orchid to show us when we heard a whistle. ![]() We source high quality, certified organic ingredients from all over to ensure our farm-to-family blends are the best for your little ones.ĭisclaimer: We make every effort to ensure that the product information presented on our website is accurate, but you should always consult product labels for the most accurate and up to date information. We’re growing some of our organic fruits and vegetables on the century-old family farm of our Co-Founder, Jennifer Garner, and sourcing all of our other organic produce from passionate farmers we know and trust. Now, with Once Upon a Farm, our dream has come true. ![]() We dreamed of feeling less stressed about mealtimes because we could feed our little ones foods that give them all the nutrients they need – and then some! We dreamed of a company filled with co-workers we’re happy to spend time with every day and that offers the balance between work and life that every parent needs. Once upon a time… we dreamed of bringing baby food back to the roots with organic fruits and veggies harvested from local farmers, blended with love and served fresh from the fridge. ![]()
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