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San Diego Zoo Pics- Name That Wonderful Specimen!
by NM_PALM_BOY- 24 replies
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Hello All, I was at the San Diego Zoo this weekend and saw an amazing palm. Some of the pros can identify this one but I, as a novice, was amazed...name that palm! Doug (Still amazed by palms)
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'Suan Luang Ro Kao' (9th King Royal Park) 1 2
by Kom Thai Palm- 52 replies
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Today I have trip to 'Suan Luang Ro Kao', Bangkok Thailand, to relax and take few pics. Here is Metroxylon sagu
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Amazon Post Biennial Photos3
by edbrown_3- 1 reply
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Some palms and other scenes on the Road
by amazondk- 30 replies
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I drove over to Itacoatiara, 260 kms by road down the Amazon River for a meeting today. On the way I took a few shots of palms and other sites along the road. I hope you enjoy a little look around Amazonas again. Cocos nucifera plantation. Manaus is a large consumer of coconuts and more and more are being planted along the road. There is a Astrocaryum vulgare in the forground. The day was hot as normal this time of year. I had lunch on a restaurant on the Amazon River. At this point the river is around 100 meters in many places and ocean going vessels sail with no trouble. This is the low water season as you can tell by the visible channel. This is th…
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Amazon Post Biennial Photos2
by edbrown_3- 0 replies
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Amazon Post Biennial Photos1
by edbrown_3- 0 replies
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Hawaii pictures 1
by deezpalms- 13 replies
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cocos
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Las Palmas de Puerto Vallarta
by Fred Zone 10A- 19 replies
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In May my wife and I went to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to relax. We stayed at a lovely hotel in the Marina and didn't do any sightseeing, the purpose of our trip being to recover from a strenuous January through April. The hotel was landscaped with a nice assortment of non-native palms and on my daily walks around the Marina I noticed many other palm species planted around the other hotels and apartment buildings. The first several groups of photos were taken at our hotel. Can you identify these palms? Photo #1 Photo #2 Photo #3
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The next stop was Bandung, in western Java for my sister-in-laws wedding. Needless to say, not a lot of time for palm hunting in the two days I was there. Again, very few attempts at identification will be made. Identifications welcome! Hotel Gucci. Gucci is one Indonesian word for pot, and they lived up to the name with potted palms everywhere. This was a modest hotel. Nice branching palm (dypsis?) Probably the healthiest Dypsis decaryi I saw my entire trip (not at the hotel). All the decaryi's I saw had this black mold
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Brisbane pCopernicia hospalm society garden visit
by Walter John- 13 replies
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Today our palm and cycad society chapter visited the former garden of John and Jean Price. John still had the original palm planting plan which was used to help ID some species. There has been little upkeep and therefore things looked a little shabby. Here are some photos. Studying the plan Nice tall Normanbya normanbyi (Black Palm) Green Bismarckia and a Thrinax sp, alongside Copernicia hospita
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Bs, Joe Palma, Steve in San Diego wondering "Do you think this is the place where the meeting is?"
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palm canyon tour
by paulgila- 39 replies
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grove of sabal palms. phoenix sp.
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IPS Biennial 2006
by Charles Wychgel- 10 replies
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Acrocomia aculeata at the Guavaberry Golf & Country Club
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Historic Bok Sanctuary
by Fred Zone 10A- 8 replies
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In my thread about Gaylord Palms, Dave-Vero mentioned the Florida coonties (Zamia integrifolia) at the entrance to the visitor center of the Historic Bok Sanctuary. When I attended last Saturday's meeting of the Central Florida Palm and Cycad Society I took a few photos around the visitor center. Although Sabal palmetto is a very common palm to you Floridians, it's not seen very often here in Southern California. I think they are much more attractive than our skinny, shaggy, spiny Washingtonia robusta. Here's a lovely grouping of palmettos. Around the palmettos is a mass planting of coonties and to the right side there are awesome silver Serenoa repens. He…
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Boa Vista Roraima
by amazondk- 38 replies
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I spent the past few days in and around Boa Vista, Roraima (approximately 900 kms north of Manaus) the next state north of Amazonas bordering on Venezuela. The capital city of Boa Vista is in what is known as Campos Lavrados, a savanna type area dominated by cerrado vegetation. The area is ringed by forest on all sides with the Guyana Shield on the north with the borders of Venezuela and Guyana. The most striking palm in the area is the Buriti, Mauritia flexuosa which populates areas which are normally wet. These pictures I took yesterday afternoon as I took a little photo opportunity jaunt after I got done with business. The area is dominated by the mountains of th…
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palm island
by JD in the OC- 4 replies
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Here is a view of the island on a bright sunny day! One of the best looking foxtails in Socal. Probably because of the evaporation it gets from the lake. And a view of Ralph's yard. The urban jungle....
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Homosassa Springs
by Jeff in Tampa- 7 replies
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I took a weekend trip up to the Crystal River area and went to Homosassa Springs State Wildlife Refuge. Not much to see palm-wise except for lots of tall beautiful Sabal palms, but still a nice park. We took a boat ride from the Visitors Center over to the park. Homosassa Springs A nice Sabal leaning over the Springs A resident of the park Flamingos The woods surrounding the park And the beautiful Florida Panther
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Palm Pictures from the neighborhood 1 2
by Dave Butler- 48 replies
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Seeds for the taking
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on the road to Ste marie madagascar 1 2
by bruno- 44 replies
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Here is a very beautiful palm that i found near Toamasina. About 80 of them have been planted in neat rows but are not taken care of. Can you tell me what it is? http://i80.photobucket.com/albums....701.jpg
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A little trip across the river
by amazondk- 16 replies
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I went on a little outing with some american friends of mine yesterday. We went across the Negro River to the meeting of the waters where the muddy water Solimoes River (known outside of Brazil normally as the Amazon) joins the Negro River to form the Rio Amazonas (in Brazilian geography). The Negro River at this point where it joins the Solimoes is 14 kms wide and 100 meters deep in parts. It is a lot of water. We then went up to a lake on the other side of the Negro and took a little walk in the varzea flooded forest area. The water is dropping quickly now and you can easily walk where 3 meters of water flowed a few months ago. This area has a lot of forest floo…
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SD Zoo Bismarkias
by BigFrond- 10 replies
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Here are the green and silver form. I forgot to take a picture of the silver one at the SD Wild Animal Park. It is huuuuuuge and would put the ones at the zoo to shame.
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Palms in Naples
by spockvr6- 18 replies
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Here are a few palms my father photographed in Naples the other day. Decent Adonidia--
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Laguna Hills Royals and Woodyetia
by pogobob- 16 replies
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These palms are growing well, would't you say!
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Quail Botanical Garden
by SubTropicRay- 37 replies
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I spent a few days conducting business in SoCal. At the tail end of my trip, I met up with Jack "El Hoagie" Sayers and Danny "Palmazon" Lewis. Thanks guys for spending a few hours with me. The night tour of Danny's grenhouse was quite an experience. I've got to get one of those clicking flashlights...LOL. Here are some photos I took at Quail Botanical Gardens. Arenga seeds
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fosters botanical garden,sept.2004
by paulgila- 5 replies
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