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LIVE BiLiMBi SEEDS Exotic PICKLE FRUIT Cucumber Tree 12 SEEDS Averrhoa bilimbi
Price: $12.99
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Averrhoa bilimbi
Bilimbi
Averrhoa bilimbi
a.k.a. Cucumber Tree, Pickle Fruit,
Belimbing
Cucumber Tree
Family: Oxalidaceae
The Bilimbi is
cultivated in parts of southeast Asia, also in many other places in the Tropics. The
Bilimbi grows semi-wild throughout southeast Asia.
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Delicate oval leaflets make the Bilimbi very useful as an indoor ornamental
that would require warmth and bright light. Pruned to size, Bilimbi makes an
interesting and unusual bonsai.
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Flowers bloom from the trunk, often
in great number toward the bottom of the tree. Fruits follow, and a single Bilimbi tree
often produces hundreds and hundreds of fruits.
The Bilimbi mature fruits
resemble small cucumbers. Fruits of the Bilimbi have a crunchy but watery flesh, very
similar to the star fruit. Usually fruits are from 2 to 3 inches in length. They have a
smooth thin, green rind sometimes faintly five-angled, and an acid pulp in which are
imbedded several small seeds.
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This Carambola relative produces very small pickle-like fruits,
although the flesh is much more acidic. The Bilimbi has multi-lobed, oblong fruit with a pale green
waxy skin which are borne directly on the trunk of the tree and also on the branches. The fruits are preceded by small red flowers on the trunk and
branches.
A medium to large tree that may reach a height of 60 feet, but more commonly is 15 to 30 feet.
The Bilimbi prefers a tropical environment, and generally needs year-round water. Hardy to 32F.
Generally not as cold hardy as the star fruit. Keep humidity relatively high for good health.
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As with the
Carambola, there is a sweet form of the Bilimbi, which lacks the acid taste. Fruits of the
Bilimbi are candied or cooked with sugar as a preserve. The most common use for the fruits
is a flavoring for prepared fish and meat dishes. Fruit pulp is also used to
make a refreshing beverage and preserves. They are quite acidic and
unlike the star fruit, so usually not eaten fresh out of hand.
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The Cucumber Tree leaves
are borne on leaflets often containing several dozen smaller leaf-pairs, which close
together at night. The odd-pinnately compound leaves are large, containing up to 45
leaflets. The oblong-pointed leaflets are 12 to 14 inches in length and have short
petioles.
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Shipping
ATTENTION USA BIDDERS!
All live plants are shipped bare-root wrapped
in moist sphagnum moss to ensure the plant's healthy transit to you. All live plants are Inspected By USDA Plant Inspectors before they are
shipped to insure you get healthy pest free plants and seeds.
We ship via USPS Mondays-Wednesday with Delivery
confirmation.
All plant materials are required by LAW to inspected and certified by USDA prior to export Hawaii to the US Mainland.
After Inspection, USDA stamps released for export Hawaii to the US Mainland. All items are delivered to USDA Inspection Station at
Honolulu International airport.
USDA
Certification charge
is included in Shipping and Handling
@
$5 fee per item/species.
There is a
packing & custom boxing fee.
Last and usually least is USPS postage (shipping)
ATTENTION INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS!
We can ship
certified live plants to the US only. Only Domestic Shipping and Handling includes USDA Certification.
We ship Seeds Internationally.
All International shipments are at Buyer's Risk. Please spend no more more than you can lose!
Proper Permits and Documents are the BUYER's responsibility.
Please request any documents prior to shipping.
For foreign customers, please check your laws concerning permitting and customs,
additional shipping and handling costs may apply.
The additional charge for any Phytosanitary Certificate is not included in this offer.
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING ON LIVE PLANTS is available only under these conditions!
All international orders are shipped at the BUYER's RISK
(shipped with or without documents) and no refunds or replacements are offered for Dead On
Arrival, loss, confiscation, Customs Seizure, unanticipated charges, etc.
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Payment
We
accept online payments only through PayPal, Cash payments are only acceptable for
in-person payments and cash-on-delivery (COD). Cash payment can not be sent through the
mail.
Please only one Paypal payment. SO THE COMBINED SHIPPING RULE WILL CAN
BE USED. Late or Multiple PayPal payments are NOT eligible for any discount.
We will ship once a week - ON or BEFORE WEDNESDAYS, because
of the special stamps needed to ship plants and cuttings to you. This can only be
done at the Dept. of Agriculture. If payments are not met before that MONDAY, your
items will be shipped the following week and lose the combined discount opportunity.
Non-paying bidders may receive negative feedback and will be reported as an unpaid item to
eBay.
COMBINED SHIPPING POLICY
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING is not included in this offer.
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING ON LIVE PLANTS on a case by case basis.
We will combine shipping for auctions won on the same week paid with same PayPal payment.
This policy is good for auction items bought and paid for in the week ending MONDAY.
We ship on Tuesdays.
Payment must be received
within 4 days of the auction ending.
Combined Discounts Won Auctions
For 2-3 winning auctions, the combined discount is 10% of the total Shipping and Handling
charges.
For 4-7 winning auctions, the combined discount is 20% of the total Shipping and
Handling charges.
For 7+ winning auctions, the combined discount is 30% of the total
Shipping and Handling charges.
As each order is packed and prepared separately you will pay the quoted S/H charges
individually per item. If you buy the same species in that item it does calculate out the
discount (i.e.: additional items)
My stores' combined shipping is built in for same
items rather than a varied selection. Domestic S/H includes postage, USDA certification and inspection,
proper packing and delivery to Airport for prompt delivery. I can't really change any
of these. If you want one of this and one of that, it is hard to discount much as each
different species requires it's own prep, packing, then at USDA each has to be
unwrapped and inspected then repacked. USDA requires me to clean and prepare every last
piece before we drive them to the Inspection Station on the other side of the island. It
takes my wife and I, 2-3 days to pack items and get ready to ship. The whole next day we
drive around the island and get inspected (2-3 hours), then drive to the Airport Post
Office to drop off. It takes the same work with the same type item if you can understand.
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After you purchase |
After you Receive your Items. |
LIVE PLANTS ARE PERISHABLE.
For this reason uninsurable.
When you order a plant we assume you are prepared to care for it.
Please have potting media and a container prepared for your plant
before it arrives. Shipping can be stressful on a plant, and any
mistakes that you make upon arrival can stress the plant further,
which is not good. Proper care is critical upon arrival. It is your
responsibility to know how to care for the plant.
Not every plant that I order through
the mail survives, and I am aware of that and accept the risk when I
order. This is the risk that you as the buyer accept, because there
is no way to know what kind of conditions it will endure in the trip
to your door. My responsibility ends when a live plant is delivered
to your door. Live arrival is guaranteed, eternal survival is up to
you.
Please Do NOT email me a week after potting your plant, and make a claim it
arrived damaged. From delivery confirmation, you have only 48 hours from
delivery confirmation to make any claim.
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All claims need to be supported with
Photos of the damaged plant(s) as packed/unpacked, the box if damaged,
the packing materials and any documents. I am very reasonable and
understanding, anything can happen to small plants in transit.
The expense to send it to you is most
of your payment. To send any replacements, I try to piggy back with
your next order.
Replacement is not an option for
CUSTOMS SEIZURE.
ALL OF MY ITEMS ARE SHIPPED USDA
CERTIFIED WITHIN THE U.S.- USDA and USPS fees are included in the actual cost of shipping and
Handling.
Please do not
leave a 1 or 2 in my detailed seller ratings for postage
fees or any reason really because I will block you from any
further purchases.
I ship items the best and least expensive option. These are
coming from Hawaii. The only thing inexpensive here in
Hawaii are my items!! I do ship all my items promptly via
best method--if you feel like the combined shipping fee is
wrong, please wait to be invoiced and check back with me-I
value your business and will work diligently to keep you
satisfied. I am very generous and reasonable with reasonable
people, just ask.
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If you are dissatisfied with the item for any reason, please contact me before leaving a negative or neutral comment.
I want you to be satisfied!
Mahalo iâ `oe no ke kipa `ana mai. E kipa mai hou!
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Rare Palm Seeds
Fresh Highest Quality
Seller warrants seed to be of the variety and quantity advertised.
Safe delivery is guaranteed and seeds lost or damaged during shipment will be replaced at
seller's expense. Claims must be made within 7 days of shipment. All other replacements,
refunds, returns and exchanges will be made at the sole discretion of the seller.
Seed is a live product which depends on many important related grower skills such
as proper planting time, seed depth, type of soil, irrigation, proper use of fertilizers,
weed controls, fungicides, insecticides, disease free soil, and reasonable weather
conditions during the growing period. Germination is affected by such factors as
temperature, moisture content, light intensity and contamination of planting media. These
factors are totally out of the seller's control and are the buyer's responsibility and
risk. Consequentially, the seller cannot unconditionally guarantee seed to perform
properly regardless of conditions or the buyer's methods or mistakes.
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Items must be returned within 14 days . Refund will be given as Money back or exchange/replacement. Refund policy details: Aloha, Don't forget to leave feedback after you inspect your purchase and agree that it arrived ALIVE. From delivery confirmation, you have only 48 hours from delivery confirmation to make any claim for SHIPPING DAMAGE. If there is any problem ON ARRIVAL, contact me IMMEDIATELY to make a claim. I want to help. DO NOT WAIT ‘to see if they will recover’ then email me after a week or two when they are dry and dead. This will not considered SHIPPING DAMAGE. All claims need to be supported with Phot
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