dapdap trees are dying!

9 Sep 05


Greenmeadows Ave., QC


Also along C-5, Pasig

One of the many (about 40?) full grown trees in Julia Vargas and Greenmeadows Ave., Quezon City that have fallen ill. A friend told me that it is a phenomena not limited to the Philippines, also happening in Hawaii..suspected culprit is a wasp that migrated from Africa, and they’re hoping its natural predator will come to the rescue. Soon please.

More on the Erythina Gall Wasp (thanks to mads for the link)

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  • carlosceldran

    Actually the disease has gone all the way to Manila area. The ones in front of the Westin are dead. As are the ones at the PICC and the intercon in Makati.

    The ones in Market Market and on C5 near J. Vargas are still alive though. I hope they manage to save those.

  • carlosceldran

    Actually the disease has gone all the way to Manila area. The ones in front of the Westin are dead. As are the ones at the PICC and the intercon in Makati.The ones in Market Market and on C5 near J. Vargas are still alive though. I hope they manage to save those.

  • jo

    Who are “they” who can save them? Do we even have a “they” to run to, badger, or launch a massive guilt trip on when all this is beyond help?

    I read in the latest EDSA-Ortigas Village Voice that the homeowners have requested Mayor Belmonte to remove the trees along Greenmeadows Ave., as they are (or seem to be) already dead.

    The news article on Hawaii states that even American experts are at a loss for a solution, and are only waiting for a bio cure.

  • jo

    Who are “they” who can save them? Do we even have a “they” to run to, badger, or launch a massive guilt trip on when all this is beyond help?I read in the latest EDSA-Ortigas Village Voice that the homeowners have requested Mayor Belmonte to remove the trees along Greenmeadows Ave., as they are (or seem to be) already dead. The news article on Hawaii states that even American experts are at a loss for a solution, and are only waiting for a bio cure.

  • carlosceldran

    Yes. We do. The MMDA should be the ones to deal with it.

  • carlosceldran

    Yes. We do. The MMDA should be the ones to deal with it.

  • bert

    is there a way to stop the spread of disease? oh by the way, im albert, (a student)… its spreading very rapidly.. in manila there’s only about two percent left and i can see so many more trees here in laguna that are already dead…

  • bert

    is there a way to stop the spread of disease? oh by the way, im albert, (a student)… its spreading very rapidly.. in manila there’s only about two percent left and i can see so many more trees here in laguna that are already dead…