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A Few Nor. Cal. Meeting Pics
by Jim in Los Altos- 38 replies
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We all had fun at Sunday's Northern California Palm Society meeting at the beautiful garden of Dave Silvia and Eric Christensen. Here's just a few pictures of their serene and harmonious garden. some nice bromeliads on a Butia trunk Mule palm on the right
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The Hawaii Island Palm Society and Floribunda Palms & Exotics put on their first ever Palm Master Class - and it was pretty mind blowing. The class size was restricted so there were two sessions of a little less than 30 people each. We met at the Hawaiian Acres Community Association and HIPS shuttled people to Floribunda with a rented a shuttle bus and a member's minivan.
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An amazing trip to Nepal 1 2
by bgl- 50 replies
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Kim and I returned earlier this month after an incredible trip to Nepal. We spent the first couple of days in and around Kathmandu, staying in the fascinatingly messy Thamel neighborhood where lots of pedestrians, lots of motorcycles and cars (mostly small Suzukis) mingled as if there was no tomorrow! It should be pointed out that this is a two way street. Traffic is on the left side.
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Away we go as Grandson leads:
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Your dream itinerary in Madagascar
by Dadamanga- 6 replies
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Serious question. We have some post-covid (although it’s not really “post” yet is it?) funding from the government of Madagascar and the World Bank through a program called Mandrisika, to analyse our existing products (we are a travel company based here in Madagascar) and to develop some new products. We’ve done plenty of tours with palm lovers but not really a specific “palms” tour where checking species off a bucket-list of must-sees was the goal. And, very few people have more than 2 or 3 weeks, so, a palm-hunting tour always has to be narrowed down and prioritised, you can’t see it all in the time most people have. Another thing that we know is that most folks u…
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Palms in Alicante, Elche, Valencia
by Stelios- 10 replies
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I went with my family for a few days to Spain for holidays and with the help of @Alicante with his useful tips I took some nice photos with palms. Some photos in Alicante Foxtail Beautiful Kentias, Livistonas and Sabals Well grown queens can look very beautiful. Big ficus with palms Bonus photo: Pandanus
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Palms in Ukraine
by sarasota alex- 1 follower
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The area of Greater Yalta on the Crimean Peninsula in the south of Ukraine is conveniently fenced off from the cold winter weather by the Crimean Mountain Range. The climate in Yalta changes rapidly as you descend from the mountains and becomes Subtropical Mediterranean as you get closer to the sea. Palms have been cultivated in Yalta since the early 19th Century.
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On google maps the trip is a 7 hour drive (without stops), in reality it’s all of a day. The day was hot for late February and exactly like a summer day in Texas. White quebracho (Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco) is a common tree around Santiago del Estero The rustic tala (Celtis tala) is closely related to our native desert hackberry and another common tree almost everywhere Monk parakeets taking advantage of a dying red quebracho tree Roadkill on the way to Chaco province. These are the most impressive snakes of the region. A nice Caesalpinia (Libidibia) paraguariensis near the Chaco border It stil…
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Longwood Gardens 2 of 2
by piping plovers- 1 follower
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Here are the rest of my photos from the Longwood Gardens visit from the earlier post
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Don’t know if the travel log is the best place to put this, but I did have to travel to Argentina to take these pics so I’m putting it here. Santiago del Estero has a hot, semi-humid climate with scorching summers but radiation frosts also occur in winter away from the city core. Most of the Argentine native trees grown there should do well in South Texas, the tougher ones should be usable all the way up to Corpus. Tabebuia aurea, a tree that took some branch loss in the lower RGV in ‘21 but came right back Tatane (Chloroleucon tenuiflorum). Looks like a giant tropical Texas ebony, they some had smaller stem damage in ‘21 in the Harlingen area but have ou…
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Cuban Royals in Chandler, AZ 1 2
by Kris- 2 followers
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OK, this is sort of a re-post or really an update from a post that Lee in AZ had on the old board. I live in Chandler, Arizona where today it's 105d F, and this time of year we're about 40-50% humidity, waiting for (hopefully) an afternoon or evening thunderstorm to cool the earth. In this climate, it's been very common to see queen palms, all kinds of date palms, and washingtonias up the wazoo. There's an Elephant Bar resteraunt a little less than a mile from my house that has two roystonea regia's gracing their main entrance, and they appear to be doing really well. The photo's taken are at about 3:00pm today. The palms are planted on a north facing wall and appear …
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Moody Gardens, Galveston, Texas (Post-2021 Freeze)
by GoatLockerGuns- 1 follower
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Pictures from Moody Gardens, Galveston, Texas taken on February 26, 2022. Shots of palms and other tropical stuff taken outside on the grounds, and inside the Rain Forest Pyramid.
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Mini palm tour of Galveston
by surgeon83- 1 follower
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My friend flew in this weekend and I had a mini-vacation without even leaving the island. We rented segways downtown, went to the waterpark, and shot some pictures at Moody Gardens afterwards. Here are the photos with palms:
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Honey Creek State Natural Area, Texas
by GoatLockerGuns- 7 replies
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Pictures of Sabal minor growing in habitat at Honey Creek State Natural Area, Texas (approximate GPS coordinates: 29.859131138720375, -98.48455621328327). These were taken on January 29, 2022. There are some other specimens growing along the river at the adjacent Guadalupe River State Park; however, they are not as prevalent, or grow as large there. These Sabal minor were observed growing in three distinct environments: 1. Along the creek side and close to water; 2. Along and on top of the rocky hillside/cliffs; and 3. Out in the open in the Live Oak savanna.
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palms, plants and gardens of Pakistan
by frank_10b- 1 follower
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Planning a trip this upcoming year, Anyone with any info greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Best Botanical Garden for Palms in LA
by palmhort- 5 replies
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I am planning on attending the Biennial in October and want to stop in LA on the way to visit a botanical Garden. I've never been to LA and may not have a lot of time to visit more than 1 garden. What botanical garden is THE BEST for seeing Palms? I initially thought Huntington Botanical Garden was the best but upon a Google search, I'm thinking maybe not? Thanks for the help. Jeff
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A few Southwest pics I took
by Joe The Palm- 1 reply
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Here are a few pictures I took on my trip to the Southwest back in June. I find this area of the nation different and kind of enchanting specifically along Interstate 8 Two pics of a date farm and California fan palms taken in the Imperial Valley near El Centro, CA A pic of the border with Mexico taken near Jacumba Hot Springs, CA A pic of sand dunes near Glamis, CA A pic of two Robustas in Yuma, AZ
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Miami Zoo palms and other flora and fauna
by piping plovers- 1 follower
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I chose a great day to visit the Miami Zoo this past week. Heavy rain in the morning kept crowds away and then the sun appeared. Hardly anyone there, nice views to the exhibits and even the animals seemed relaxed without all the commotion. I appreciate how the subtropical climate In Miami allows the plantings to appear so authentic (or at least convincing) to the accompanying native environments of the zoo animals. Photos of Palms and other Tropicals below. Fauna follows at end. And For the lovers of flora and fauna I posted below photos of some of the main attractions. giraffes posing like statues:
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Visit to England
by GMann- 3 replies
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Back from a trip to the area of England where I spent most of my childhood: Dedham Vale in East Anglia. I was surprised to see a very healthy and pretty large Jubaea growing in Castle Park, Colchester:
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Big Island Trip
by Chatta- 1 follower
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Well I was hoping to meet up with IPS peoples but I didn't have time, I lost an entire day due to plane troubles, but once I got to the island it was as amazing as I remembered. I'm already planing my next trip to Hawaii tho, next time is probably going to primarily be Oahu. I took many more pictures but these will do for now. Sorry if I wanted to meet up with you and didn't let ya know, We managed to make our 6 days on the island very busy yet equally relaxing!
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Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden visit 2 of 2
by piping plovers- 1 follower
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Here are the last of my Florida trip photos, the gardens and zoo were such a worthwhile way to spend a week away. More gems in the conservatory, appears they are starting or renovating a wet wall with anthuriums and others outside in the gardens Licuala peltata‘Sumawongii’ below Too large to really capture well in photos other notable parts of the gardens few more gems including anthurium veitchii and the Lodoicea maldivica
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Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden visit 1 of 2
by piping plovers- 1 follower
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Finally posting these from my Miami visit last week. Generally, photos of some palms and other tropical ornamentals. I really enjoyed the rainforest area of the garden with the constant mist. The conservatory houses were amazing as well. I posted the photos of anthuriums and the Lodoicea maldivica under other topics in PT. A few appear in these posts. the rainforest The conservatory glass sculpture above and others below. Joey palm or related? below
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Temperate Forest In Brevard County
by Jimbean- 32 replies
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I don't know where else to post this. I was looking for more species for this thread: First, the unknowns
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Wild Silver Serenoa Repens in Beaufort County, SC?!
by clinenotklein- 0 replies
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I've lived in Hilton Head area for literally decades and never noticed any of the native Serenoa Repens being even remotely Silver until I stumbled across these today. What's interesting to note is I found them in an area just east of Bluffton before the Bridge to Hilton Head, an area unusually subtropical looking for even Southern Beaufort County, which has more in common with Florida than the rest of the state. Note the super limey ones on the far right to get a sense of contrast. These even have bluish tints. All obviously wild based on how they sit on the land.
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