{"id":1547,"date":"2013-02-10T21:56:21","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T05:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2013-02-10T21:57:37","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T05:57:37","slug":"banyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/archives\/1547","title":{"rendered":"Banyan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For John Venlet, the Banyan Tree in Lahaina.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Planted in 1873 by Sheriff Smith it was a mere 8&#8242; tall. Now, the canopy spans close to an acre. When the seeds of a Banyan tree sprout they send out shoots which look like skinny branches, but they&#8217;re really roots. When the shoots reach the ground they take root and eventually grow into what appears to be a separate trunk of a new tree. But the entire matrix is really one tree. Large enough to provide cover for the local art fair. Amazing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Banyan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/blog\/images\/2013\/February\/banyan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Banyan Tree\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/blog\/images\/2013\/February\/banyan_big.jpg\">BIGGER<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Happy Wife beneath the canopy near one of the &#8220;trunks&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Banyan Inside\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/blog\/images\/2013\/February\/banyanDetail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<a title=\"Banyan Tree Detail\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/blog\/images\/2013\/February\/banyanDetail_big.jpg\">BIGGER<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For John Venlet, the Banyan Tree in Lahaina. Planted in 1873 by Sheriff Smith it was a mere 8&#8242; tall. Now, the canopy spans close to an acre. When the seeds of a Banyan tree sprout they send out shoots which look like skinny branches, but they&#8217;re really roots. 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