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[Gileno Machado]

Mary found the most delicate palm of the Biennial, at Herminios Nursery...what Dypsis is this one?

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From what variety are these coconuts at the hotel?

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[Gileno Machado]

Que Geonoma é esta?

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Michael found the biggest of this species existing in Brazil...what palm is this one?

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[Gileno Machado]

Who had the nicest looking foot of all at the Biennial?

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[Gileno Machado]

What was my very fav palm at the Biennial?

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[Gileno Machado]

Is he really tired of looking at the caryotas?

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[Gileno Machado]

What palm is this that gets so much of the attention?

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[Gileno Machado]

How come Jim and Ray got two dishes each?

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[Gileno Machado]

The most impressive tree I`ve ever seen...

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[Gileno Machado]

Post Tour gang at Inhotim`s

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[Gileno Machado]

Hey Sue, how about a clump like this at the summerplace in Montana?

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[Gileno Machado]

Why is Al jumping away from the Licualas?

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[Gileno Machado]

Trying to take the Lodoicea back home with me...

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[Gileno Machado]

The true Butia capitata from Vermont...

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[Gileno Machado]

Barbara and the Copernicia alba grove...

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[Gileno Machado]

More to come later...

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[Alberto]

Michael found the biggest of this species existing in Brazil...what palm is this one?

It´s better that this palm didn´t read discussions about D.decipiens here on Palmtalk ...it could begin to show some rot and yellowing the day after....
This photo is the dead of a tale (for me it was a Truth!) that Dypsis decipiens doesn´t grow in tropical climates.

[John in Andalucia]

Lovely photos, Gileno! A nice blend of palms and people.

[KONADANTOM]

More to come later...

Nice photos Gileno – is that emerging red leafed beauty in Post # 17 a “flamethrower palm” Chambeyronia macrocarpa?

[Jason Baker Portugal]

Nice pics gil. Was the hotel at Barra de Tijuca? I think São conrado has a much shorter beach.
Could you give me a clue about the feet? Is it a man or a woman?
bgdo pelas fotos. keep them comin´!

[paulgila]

i love the "quiz-like" way the thread reads,gileno!

the syagrus pictured with sue is awesome!

[Jeff in Costa Rica]

Michael found the biggest of this species existing in Brazil...what palm is this one?

Carpoxylon?

Great photos Gileno, thanks!

[bgl]

A few miscellaneous shots from the Rio Botanical Garden. Photo #5: Alberto and Karolyn.

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A few photos from the beach across our hotel, Windsor Barra.

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[bgl]

And on the Wednesday, our "free day" we decided to take bus 2113 to Copacabana. It was exactly what we had anticipated!

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And the next day, Thursday, the entire group visited Sugar Loaf Mountain. Another amazing day!

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[GTClover]

The true Butia capitata from Vermont...

Vermont?

[paulgila]

fantastic pix!!!

[amazondk]

Bo,

I like the pictures of the cariocas so hard at work in Copacabana. By the way that is a good shot of the runways at Santos Dumont airport. When ever I fly into there I always try to forget how short the runways are. Back many years ago when Varig ran the air bridge from São Paulo Congonhas to Santos Dumont with a fleet of Electras it was a great trip. Better in fact than with the jets of today. The Electra was a great plane.

Thanks for your pictures.

dk

[bgl]

Don,

Yes, having heard so much about Santos Dumont I really enjoyed watching the GOL 737s and TAM A320s do their approaches in the shadow of Sugar Loaf! Pretty amazing sight. And yes, the Electras were really much more suitable for the short runways at Santos Dumont. I loved that plane and flew on Electras many times. And I believe I'm in a very select little group: not too many people have crossed the Atlantic Ocean in an Electra! I was fortunate to do that once, many years ago!
And of course, it's a pretty amazing view in general from Sugar Loaf Mountain. Rio is an incredibly beautiful city, and the terrain and nature was even more impressive than I had imagined. Some of those mountains are just unreal!

Bo-Göran

[BS Man about Palms]

Michael found the biggest of this species existing in Brazil...what palm is this one?

It´s better that this palm didn´t read discussions about D.decipiens here on Palmtalk ...it could begin to show some rot and yellowing the day after....
This photo is the dead of a tale (for me it was a Truth!) that Dypsis decipiens doesn´t grow in tropical climates.

Alberto- I am with Jeff that that palm is a Carpoxylon. NOT a D. decipeins!

[Gileno Machado]

Hi Bo, Karolyn, André, and everybody else...Here's Barbara now...Gileno is now just typing and helping to translate. First of all congratulations for the very successful and pleasant reunion we had in Rio last month. We are grateful we had the chance to meet so many nice new and old friends while visiting so many interesting and special places...I believe everyone will have nice memories of this trip to Rio like we had among you all this time. We enjoyed very much meeting you all and hopefully we can be able to meet again in the future, maybe in Recife also, sometime...
I(we) send special warm regards to everyone who shared with us some of the best moments, like Liana and Hoover, Alberto and Nelly, Allan (Al in Kona) and his encantadora Sílvia, the sweet couples Kathryn and Craig from Louisiana, Judy & Paul Norris (She's the owner of the nicest looking texan feet pictured above ), Mary and Mike, Dr. Felix Montes from Mexico(Colla de Zorro) and his nice family, Christiane and Junior Pompeo, Jill Mensell, Kim, Faith Bishock, The Lais, Glocks, Fernando Roca from Peru, Urs and Susanne from Switzerland, the group from Spain, Uruguay, etc...also the people from the post tour with whom we had some extra time to enjoy, like Lorenzi and Vanessa, Los amigos Hoagies, The Andersens, Spanners, Anders, the lovely couple Turk and Sue Rowlands, always in great mood and ready to tell interesting stories about places and palms, etc, etc...sorry not to recall everyone here to mention in this post...
Here are a few pictures from my camera...sorry for the photographer...Gileno will try to upload a few more later. Abraços do Recife

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Female group from Brazil, from left, Nelly Barkema (Paraná state), Barbara Machado (Pernambuco), Liana Mendonça (Sergipe) and Chris Pompeo (São Paulo). Not in this picture Jill Mensel (Rio de Janeiro) and Geniora (Rio Grande do Sul).

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[Gileno Machado]

Lowey from Australia (Bruce Lowe) didn't try the Caipirinha on the first night:

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But Dr. Larry Noblick had to do the samba dance, for his birthday...sung in Portuguese this time...(sorry for the bad pictures)

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[Gileno Machado]

Husbands back...Dr. Lorenzi starts his lecture on Syagrus

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[Kathryn]

Fun photos!

[Alberto]

Michael found the biggest of this species existing in Brazil...what palm is this one?

It´s better that this palm didn´t read discussions about D.decipiens here on Palmtalk ...it could begin to show some rot and yellowing the day after....
This photo is the dead of a tale (for me it was a Truth!) that Dypsis decipiens doesn´t grow in tropical climates.

Alberto- I am with Jeff that that palm is a Carpoxylon. NOT a D. decipeins!

..Carpox...What???? Ooooh!That ultra tropical palms with unpronounciacle names......................

BTW Am I wrong or was there a Dypsis decipiens growing at Ermínio´s place????

[BS Man about Palms]

Be happy Alberto. The Carpoxylon may be an easier grow for you!!!