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Bali's Gardens
by RainForestt Robert- 11 replies
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The March 2007 issue on Garden Design Magazine has a nice feature on Bali and it's gardens. I know that it is a favorite of Paul's. The article goes into some detail on what is perceived to be Bali Style, garden wise. The principles of this type of tropical design are applicable to me and I would like to incorporate some of them into my garden. They are Stone decorations, Offerings and Shrines, Dramatic Entryways, The Bale, Still Pools, Deep Roof Overhangs, Carved Stones, Large Cisterns and Quiet, All Pervasive Water. The same issue also covered "100 plants we love". I was disappointed that not one palm or cycad was mention. Come on Garden Design. Will make some…
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Friends from California
by Gileno Machado- 22 replies
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My neighbor's daughter was visiting Covina CA and she offered to donate for auction a week stay at their beach house here in Brazil, to help a local California health institution. 3 nice couples from SoCal won the bid and so they came last week for a Carnaval stay. My neighbor asked me to help translating and so our family enjoyed the weekend visiting in their company. Here are a few pictures: Pier:
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The Huntington
by Kim- 21 replies
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The Huntington rugby pitch Bromeliad-lined path Aechmea distichantha
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Jardin Exotique
by Exotic Life- 21 replies
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Hi, I was working about a project for school, i see more and more this picture's so i was thinking maybe is fun to you if i share them with you. The picture's are from a botanical garden in Monaco, Southeast of France with a very good climate to grow this things. The garden is at the top of a mountain, with a very good view over the whole city. I was there with a friend of mine, we 2 must to work there in that part of France, and in the weekend we have do a trip to Monaco and this garden! If everthing going alright i go half june again to this part with all the students, then i can show maybe new picture's! Have fun!
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"wayne's world"
by paulgila- 21 replies
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palmgrover & i took spent superbowl sunday morning with wayne in his garden just north of downtown s.d. the first palm we saw was this trithrinax brasiliensis. wayne in his "domain".
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A visit to Hilo- BGL's place...
by doubravsky- 25 replies
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Spent the weekend in Hilo, and had the wonderful fortunes to visit Bo-Göran's incredible 5 acres in paradise!!!! Here's a mess o pics. .. I'll probably dork up the id's, so I'll just throw up pics for ya! Gotta say.... the pics absolutely DO NOT do his place justice! Unbelievable!!!
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So.Calif Botanical Gardens--which?
by NCpalmqueen- 11 replies
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Which botanical gardens are the absolute MUST SEE (THE BEST) in southern Calif? Many thanks.
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Quebrada Honda - Arenal
by FossilNypa- 10 replies
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I would like to share some photos my brother (geonomaDude) and I took in our trip , in which we were looking for Chamaedorea seed. First, we went to Barra Honda nearby terrains and Quebrada Honda (a small town). Some meters away from the Barra Honda National Park we found a rattan palm, which we don't know... We couldn't enter the park, because it closes 4:00 PM and we reached it at 3:50 PM. Here are some pics: Photo 1: As we didn't found any mature seed source we decided to go to Cañas and stay there for the night. At the morning we went to Tilarán and reached Arenal lake. In the roadsides we found many chamaedorea and astrocaryum. Here are some pics:…
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A tropical garden
by RainForestt Robert- 36 replies
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Last Friday I took the opportunity to visit the garden of a cactus and succulent afficionado. He had an area that he intends to plant a number of palms and wanted some input into the number of palms, spacing etc. On the way to his place I passed one of the older churches here in Trinidad. The surrounding countryside is mainly the remnants of sugar cane plantations. The roads are bordered by teak trees
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Palmy sites
by steve 9atx- 1 reply
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All We'll be down in Kissimmee for Astros spring training from March 13-17. Any palmy must-see's besides Leu before/after games in the area? Steve
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Anavilhanas Ecological Reserve
by amazondk- 16 replies
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Here are a few shots from Google Earth of the our area looking up the Negro River. The Negro River is the second largest river in Amazonia and has blackish gold water which results from organic matter as the river spreads out over the northwestern corner of Amazonas state reachin up to Colombia. The islands resulted from material washed down from the Guyana shield. The area of the Anavilhanas is now a Federal Ecological Reserve of 350,000 hectares. In addition up the river a bit to the left side is the Jau National Park which is the largest park in Amazonia. The river is lined with white sand beaches. During the low water season, September to December, beaches appear…
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Coastline
by Gileno Machado- 29 replies
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Here in Northeastern Brazil coastline, the vast majority of the population lives near the water. Most capital cities are located along the coast around beaches and harbours, where the climate is mild, breezy and humid, unlike in the warm and drier countryside. Here are some recent pictures of one of my favorite beaches in Sirinhaém, at Guadalupe point and also near our house. I'd love to see pictures of everyone's neighboring coastline or fav beaches too. Please let's surf, snorkel and swim...
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North Queensland
by aussiearoids- 22 replies
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All the palms along the road that I see twice a day driving to work are now starting to look a little better. Some are finally dieing , its so sad to see a palm that must be many years old and survived a few direct hits from cyclones go up to the arms of the little baby Jesus :laugh: But there are so many ..
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Palms in South Trinidad
by RainForestt Robert- 30 replies
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Just looked for the "Country Road" area to post these pictures but could not find it. A couple of weeks ago I head to the southern part of Trinidad and took a few photos of palms along the way.
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South Spain palms
by CarloSpain- 28 replies
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This Botanic Garden in in Torremolinos (Malaga), here are some photos I took:
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Arenga australasica in habitat .
by aussiearoids- 9 replies
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Drove down to take these pics today as it was nice and overcast . There are many of these palms visible from the road , but not many places to pull over and stop . It is a very narrow strip practically on the beach , with a steep hill covered in rainforest and some rocky cliffs . This area was hit very hard by Cyclone Larry , still lots of damaged fronds and smashed trunks .
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Sydney RBG
by philinsydney- 12 replies
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Some palms from Sydney RBG you might like to ID: 1 2
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A little bike ride 1 2
by ruskinPalms- 49 replies
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Hi all, it got nice this afternoon so I went for a little bike ride and took my camera for a change. Nothing too rare here, but some interesting shots of stuff that has naturalized to the area. Foxtails in inlet of little manatee river. This is brackish water.
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Brazil nuts, Pupunha, Varzea, C46
by amazondk- 10 replies
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Here are a few shots from my trip over to Itacoatiara this week. The city is 260 kms by road from Manaus and at about KM 200 there is a very large Brazil nut tree plantation. The owners have planted around 1 million trees with many of them being grafted for better fruit production. They are experimenting with plantation trees for lumber as well as fruit. The wood of the Brazil nut is of excellent quality. In order to protect this important element of the forest harvesting Brazil Nut trees is not permitted. But, plantation trees are ok. I think there is a lot of potential in our region for this tree. It grows fast, tall, and aside from wood produces great nuts. In…
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san diego contingent wreaks havoc 1 2
by iwan- 52 replies
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we hit the huntington early so we could visit the new conservatory & the extensive palm collection.heres bob trying to get past security. past the first checkpoint! keep it together,bradford--no one suspects a thing! we made it!
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2006 Plant Festival 1 2
by Kom Thai Palm- 63 replies
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date 1-11 December 2006, 8a.m. - 8p.m. place Suan Luang Ro Kao, Bangkok, Thailand. type yearly event on early december.
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19 F (-7.222 C) at the Big H
by Alberto- 36 replies
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The Huntington took a hard hit. As soon as I saw the oleaners in the parking lot that had been frozen, I knew they'd gotten down to at least 18-19 F for at least one night. The big palms had little or no damage, but these recently planted Caryota gigas were a different story.
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RBG Kew Palm House 1 2
by Neofolis- 58 replies
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On my second trip to Kew of 2006, I actually managed to label all of my photos, so I thought I would present some of them here, as some of the species don't seem to get pictured much on the forum. Unfortunately the light levels were quite low on the day, so some of the photos didn't come out as well as I would like, so I'll try to stick with the OK shots. I only had time to visit The Palm House on this occasion, but I have posted quite a few photos from The Temperate House previously anyway. Accoelorraphe wrightii Adonidia merrillii Aiphanes minima Areca triandra
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Kaset Fair 2007 1 2 3
by Kom Thai Palm- 82 replies
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Kaset Fair 2007 An event on Jan of every year, At Kasetsart University, Bangkok Thailand. This year on 26Jan to 4Feb there are so many booths, sales variety just as plants, food, argricultural chemical, pets, clothes etc. I tour plants zone only from noon to evening, cant walk anymore than this With crowd of people and low light at evening, I have no choice for take care photo quality. Anyway, me take hundreds of photo and can show some selected.
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Quick Stroll through Ho`omaluhia
by Morabeza- 20 replies
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Thought I'd share a few pictures I took yesterday at the Ho`omaluhia BG. Kentiopsis magnifica
