Free exotic tree tours are taking place at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum (San Jose, CA)

San Jose Mercury News ^ | 11/4/13 | Mary Gottschalk

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum is not only home to human and cat mummies, a replica of an underground tomb and a planetarium; it's also home to exotic trees.

There's the Bunya pine with its cones weighing 10 to 15 pounds; the giant taro plant with its massive leaves and edible roots; the Australian flaxleaf paperbark tree that produces medicinal tea tree oil; and, of course, papyrus, which the ancient Egyptians used for creating writing paper, boats, mattresses, mats, rope, sandals and baskets.

These are just a few of the dozens of trees and plants to see on Our City Forest's free exotic tree tour that takes place from 2 to 3 p.m. on three successive Saturdays: Nov. 2, 9 and 16.

The exotic tree tour is underwritten by a grant from the California Department of Forestry.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

And there are still some scoffers out there who continue to think California is broke! Is this a great state or what? Where else can you get a State funded tour of trees from Egypt and Australia?

[DUMBGRUNT]

WOW!
Hot Bunya on the barbie!!

Get them while they are hot!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4vYCTotIyE

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Is this the same group that used to advertise in all the pulp magazines back in the 1960s? Remember the address with Scribe A.M.O.R.A.C.?

Wait till those trees break out and begin to take over as exotics, like fire ants and other nasties.

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SV Ping?

[ßuddaßudd]

Havent been there in a long time,,,
any eucalyptus ?

[martin_fierro]

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No exotic plant exhibit is complete without the Stinking Titan.

[tstarr]

Yep! That’s the organization. Whenever I’m near San Jose I like to visit the place. It’s a little bit of Ancient Egypt in the middle of a city neighborhood. I did one of their presentations and had some issues with their views, but it’s a fun tour around the grounds and museum.

[Wordkraft]

It is a fascinating place to visit.

[abigkahuna]

Some decades ago, I had a girlfriend that used to work there and do tours for the folks. I remember us kissing in the tomb room-—my darling bride of many, many years doesn’t even know that story...Ha!