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   Palms in South Trinidad

   January 28, 2007 by RainForestt Robert

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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.

   

   Last reply by RainForestt Robert, February 11, 2007
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   South Spain palms

   January 14, 2007 by CarloSpain

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   This Botanic Garden in in Torremolinos (Malaga), here are some photos I took:

   

   Last reply by Gileno Machado, February 7, 2007
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   Arenga australasica in habitat .

   February 3, 2007 by aussiearoids

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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 .

   

   Last reply by paulgila, February 6, 2007
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   Sydney RBG

   July 2, 2006 by philinsydney

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   Some palms from Sydney RBG you might like to ID: 1 2

   

   Last reply by SubTropicRay, February 4, 2007
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   A little bike ride 1 2

   January 19, 2007 by ruskinPalms

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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.

   

   Last reply by ruskinPalms, February 2, 2007
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   Brazil nuts, Pupunha, Varzea, C46

   January 25, 2007 by amazondk

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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…

   

   Last reply by amazondk, February 1, 2007
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   san diego contingent wreaks havoc 1 2

   January 23, 2007 by iwan

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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!

   

   Last reply by bgl, January 29, 2007
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   2006 Plant Festival 1 2

   December 6, 2006 by Kom Thai Palm

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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.

   

   Last reply by Morabeza, January 29, 2007

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    19 F (-7.222 C) at the Big H

    January 23, 2007 by Alberto

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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.

    

    Last reply by Morabeza, January 29, 2007
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    RBG Kew Palm House 1 2

    January 20, 2007 by Neofolis

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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

    

    Last reply by Morabeza, January 29, 2007
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    Kaset Fair 2007 1 2 3

    January 27, 2007 by Kom Thai Palm

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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.

    

    Last reply by Morabeza, January 29, 2007
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    Quick Stroll through Ho`omaluhia

    January 3, 2007 by Morabeza

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    Thought I'd share a few pictures I took yesterday at the Ho`omaluhia BG. Kentiopsis magnifica

    

    Last reply by Morabeza, January 29, 2007
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    '07 PSSC Banquet 1 2

    January 22, 2007 by MattyB

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    Hi Ya'll. I saw a couple of threads about some damage of the palms and cycads at the Huntington but I wanted to start one that focused on the fun we had at our annual Palm Society of Southern California Banquet. I'll start off with Bill (BS man about thorns), conquering the Phoenix dactylifera. Bill was lookin for dates here and in the LA Xpress. ::

    

    Last reply by Howeadypsis, January 23, 2007
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    Flying Down The Amazon RiverI

    January 19, 2007 by amazondk

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    I went on a little business trip to Parintins yesterday. Parintins is the host of the yearly folk festival the last three days of June which draws a crowd as big as the city. The city has about 125,000 inhabitants and the festival receives about this number people to see the show and participate in the party. Parintins is on the island of Tupinabarana which runs along the south side of the Amazon River. The area was actually colonized by Tupi indians which moved in fleeing due to pressure from the Europeans in other parts of colonial Brazil hundreds of years ago. The city lies on the Varzea, or flood plane of the Amazon. It has been raining a lot here which you can …

    

    Last reply by SubTropicRay, January 22, 2007
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    California screamin?

    January 18, 2007 by Bilbo

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    According to an earlier news report I heard that the Citrus growers down there have taken a big hit. Hope this was a mistake or exaggeration? Good luck to all of you with palm nurseries or gardens. Big gale here right now and limbs are a coming off trees on the bright side it will save on pruning. A mature Sycamore widbreak has saved my garden. A.pseudoplatanus is Not my favourite tree but at times like this I shall forgive and forget all those wret6ched seedlings that pop up everywhere. Regardez Juan

    

    Last reply by John Case, January 18, 2007
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    travels in Rhodes

    December 8, 2006 by palmtreesforpleasure

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    We visited with Maurice Love in Rhodes in july. He arrived at the boat to pick us up with 2 bottles of Ozzo.what a great day we had, some pictures of the hospitality, his place and the nearest town. Maurice has bought a 1300sqm block to expand his collection of palms. Denise and are looking forward one day to see his dream come alive. He is a wonderful host,we had a 2 hour lunch, visited places all over the island finishing with a delicious italian meal cooked by an Italian New York cat walk model, muma mia. At 2am we woddled back to the boat! what a visit to Lindos. regards colin

    

    Last reply by Dave-Vero, January 14, 2007
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    Rainy Season in Amazonas

    January 6, 2007 by amazondk

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    I took a few shots with my cell phone while over in Itacoatiara, 260 kms from Manaus, yesterday. I guess they did not come out too bad for a phone camera. It has been raining a lot and water buffalos seem quite happy. Looking out at the Amazon River during lunch. The main channel runs around 300 feet deep here. The vessel on the far side is a LPG tanker waiting for a pilot to take it up to Manaus. The Amazon River is the main highway of the region. These pictures were from the good part of the trip. Some 150 kms down the road, still 137 kms from Manaus my gas pump went dead and left me stranded on the side of the highway. I was going up a hill when this happene…

    

    Last reply by amazondk, January 12, 2007
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    Bangalow palms

    December 31, 2006 by philinsydney

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    On the UK Oasis site there is an interesting idea about why A. cunninghamiana grows on the cool mountaintops above 3000 feet with the Antarctic beeches (or at least, young ones do) See the thread marked Nothofagus moorei in UK? http://www.ukoasis.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3538

    

    Last reply by SubTropicRay, January 12, 2007
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    kebun raya

    October 20, 2006 by paulgila

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    these pics are from 2003,but i've been inspired by all the great recent pics from indonesia to dig them up & post them. a few preliminary shots...

    

    Last reply by SubTropicRay, January 9, 2007
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    Travels with Colin

    November 28, 2006 by Daryl

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    Colin (palmsforpleasure) spent the last few days travelling around SE Queensland, prior to presenting a travelogue to the Brisbane Palm and Cycad Society tonight. His lovely wife Denise accompanied him, and he spent time travelling with Wal, myself and Mike (newcal) to some of the nicer gardens and areas in this neck of the woods. The weather was great, we saw plenty of great palms and enjoyed many a beer and BBQ together. Here's a few photos of our trip to Springbrook on the Gold Coast hinterland. This is a mountain plateau at about 4000ft elevation, and contains some great rainforest, along with three native palm species. Colin and Denise arrive...bearing gifts! …

    

    Last reply by Central Floridave, January 9, 2007
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    Costa Rica

    January 4, 2007 by Bilbo

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    I know its early days yet but judging from the enjoyment we all experienced from that fantastic event and the excitement that many non atendees picked up on from the pics I reckon there exists the real danger that the CR could be oversubscribed; remember that sheer logistics must require minimum AND maximum numbers. Plan early, dont file it but pin a reminder on your office, study or bedroom wall. Time comes round soon enough. Regardez Jon

    

    Last reply by SubTropicRay, January 7, 2007
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    Looking for land around Manaus

    January 3, 2007 by amazondk

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    I am in the process of selling some property I have here and will use a part of the proceeds to buy some forest land. I mentioned this on a previous thread. I don't know if this qualifies as travel log, but I am posting it here. The area I am looking at is actually quite close to Manaus, but the access is via a road which intersects the main highway north to Venezuela and is 21 kms of asphalt and 30 kms of dirt. The prospects are that a lot of the dirt road will be paved in the near future. The worst case is for a good dirt road with gravel. This area has good cell phone reception, radio, and TV from Manaus as it is really only 20 kms or so from the city in a direct…

    

    Last reply by amazondk, January 6, 2007
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    la mesa,CA

    January 1, 2007 by paulgila

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    a visit to the "jewel of the hills". large dypsis decaryi outside helix water building.

    

    Last reply by paulgila, January 5, 2007
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    Roeding Park

    January 4, 2007 by iwan

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    If you are not interested in Brahea and common zone 9 specimen palms you might want to skip this one. Butia Trick to a nice arching W. robusta... plant it under an evergreen tree.

    

    Last reply by paulgila, January 5, 2007
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    Landscape palms of Central Java, Indonesia

    December 22, 2006 by iwan

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    OK, after four days of freezing temps, I decided I needed a tropical infusion. Time to continue the trip. Yogya: We arrived in Yogya about two weeks after the 6.2 magnitude earthquake just offshore. This was a devistating earthquake with almost 6000 people killed, 36,000+ injured and >1 million left homeless. Yogya has a special place in my wife's heart and mine as it is a wonderful city and it is where we met while attending the major University there. We had planned on staying for a week, but only stayed three days. Needless to say we didn't take many landscape pictures here as our primary concern was to check on the welfare of our friends there. So, let'…

    

    Last reply by iwan, January 4, 2007

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