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Prestoea acuminata var. montana in habitat, Puerto Rico.

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I've been 4 times to Puerto Rico and sure enough, I've visited the magnificent El Yunque rainforest, situated on the mountain that goes by the same name. As many of you probably know, it's an extremely humid, rainy and shady forest, considerably cooler than the coastal Puerto Rico (in el Yunque you may feel cool and sweaty at the same time!), and it's home to prestoea acuminata palm, which is literally abudant in the lower and middle elevations of the mountain. My last visit was on August, 2009 and from the many pictures I took I'd like to share with you the nicer ones.

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Paleo Faliro, coastal Athens, Greece

Lat 37° 55' 33" N - Lon 23° 42' 34" E

Zone 9b/10a, cool winters, hot summers, coastal effect

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Paleo Faliro, coastal Athens, Greece

Lat 37° 55' 33" N - Lon 23° 42' 34" E

Zone 9b/10a, cool winters, hot summers, coastal effect

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Paleo Faliro, coastal Athens, Greece

Lat 37° 55' 33" N - Lon 23° 42' 34" E

Zone 9b/10a, cool winters, hot summers, coastal effect

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And my wife under a prestoea...two good looking ladies!

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Hope you like it!

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Paleo Faliro, coastal Athens, Greece

Lat 37° 55' 33" N - Lon 23° 42' 34" E

Zone 9b/10a, cool winters, hot summers, coastal effect

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Wonderful pics basilios, :) keep them coming

Bruce

Innisfail - NQ AUS - 3600mm of rain a year average or around 144inches if you prefer - Temp Range 9c to 43c

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Thanks for posting! I also like the curved individual :mrlooney: These should do well in South Florida.

"If you need me, I'll be outside" -Randy Wiesner Palm Beach County, Florida Zone 10Bish

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Thanks guys. I also love the curved ones...I don't know why they grow this way but I suspect they went down by one of the many hurricanes that hit El Yunque and kept growing from there.

Paleo Faliro, coastal Athens, Greece

Lat 37° 55' 33" N - Lon 23° 42' 34" E

Zone 9b/10a, cool winters, hot summers, coastal effect

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I always like habitat shots.

Thanks for sharing your photos :)

Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

 

I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

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Thanks for these pictures. You don't often see pics of this species. I've got a few seedlings I've just potted on and put into my shadehouse. I'm glad they like cool humid conditions.

Best regards

Tyrone

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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Wonderfull photos Basili from a great looking palm!!!! :drool: You are very lucky to have gone there 4 times!!! :)

Hopefull your seedling and mine will grow to be big palms in Greece :)

''To try,is to risk failure.......To not try,is to guarantee it''

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Thanks so much for the photos. I visited Puerto Rico and the rainforest 4 times in just 2 years, but unfortunately it was before I had the Palm Fever! I would definitely appreciate it much more now.

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Thanks for the photos. This is a very nice palm. It is growing well in Sth East Queensland.

Tyrone, you mentioned you had seedlings. I just ordered from RPS some seed of this. Did you grow yours from seed.

If so how easy did they germinate. Any tips you could pass on would be appreciated.

Regards

Brod

Palms are the king of trees

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Brisbane, Australia

28 latitude, sub tropical

summer average 21c min - 29c max

winter average 10c min - 21c max

extremes at my place 5c - 42c

1100 average rainfall

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Hi Brod,

Dont worry about germination at all,i am 99% sure your seeds will all come at an advanced stage of germination as mine did twice when i ordered this species. Its keeping them alive that is difficult...

Best regards,

-Konstantinos

''To try,is to risk failure.......To not try,is to guarantee it''

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Easy to germinate Brod. Mine weren't even from the new list. Just give them the usual treatment and they'll be up in 4 to 8 weeks. They're fast growers too. I got my seed a year ago and I just potted them up from the com pot. They were on their 3rd leaf mostly. Keep them moist and humid but in free draining soil.

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Tyrone

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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Thanks Tyrone and Kostas for your comments. I can't wait for the seeds to arrive

Palms are the king of trees

Brod

Brisbane, Australia

28 latitude, sub tropical

summer average 21c min - 29c max

winter average 10c min - 21c max

extremes at my place 5c - 42c

1100 average rainfall

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