En vacances – remarkable trees of Mallorca
You don’t know how long I stood trying to let the traffic clear for this shot.
And this is not even in peak holiday season.
I just hope people stop and wonder or just gaze at this amazing tree.
It is crammed into a tiny front garden on a road leading to the walled town of Alcúdia.
You can’t experience it underneath. Or even close by. The ramparts are the only way to really relish the beast.
At the base of the tree is this little plaque.
That was all I needed. Back at the hotel I rummaged around and found the remarkable trees of The Balearics website :
https://www.caib.es/pidip2front/jsp/ca/fitxa-convocatoria/strongel-catagraveleg-drsquoarbres-singulars-de-les-illes-balears-incorpora-cinc-nous-exemplars-i-un-conjuntstrong
The Ca don Jaume Oliver pine tree (Pinus halepensis), in Alcúdia, is a large specimen, 15 metres high and with three large summits. It is 112 years old and is in the process of being declared protected heritage because of its monumentality.
El pi de Ca don Jaume Oliver (Pinus halepensis), a Alcúdia, és un exemplar de grans dimensions, amb 15 metres d’altura i tres grans cimals. Té 112 anys i està en procés de declaració de patrimoni protegit a causa de la seva monumentalitat.
I couldn’t crane my head high enough to see the three ‘summits’. But I think I counted four. So that shows how inexperienced I am in pine summits. And canopies.
But I do speak processionally caterpillars. The little horrors.
So I was pleased to see they had a caterpillar trap all the way around the base of the tree.
And naturally I wondered where on earth I could find these caterpillar barriers. Are they toxic? I am sure they are. But more toxic than the caterpillars themselves….
I decided the day was too interesting to go chasing grub traps.
There was the sea to explore….holidays to have.