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Back from Oz....and the dead 1 2
by SubTropicRay- 43 replies
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What a long month and a half it's been. Colin, I apologize for not contacting you in Oz. Shortly after tying the knot on October 28th, I got a very, very bad cold/fever. I somehow managed to pull through while on my trip down under but not without every cold remedy imaginable. When I got back to the states, I developed a horrible cough which turned out to be bronchitis. I spent two days in a local hospital with an incessant cough. It's only in the last couple of weeks that I managed to recover and get my strength back. I did my best not to let it ruin the trip but didn't want to spread my germs. Anyway, here are some photos: Calamus in the rainforest
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St Pete Beach
by ruskinPalms- 15 replies
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I went to a wedding last night out on St. Pete Beach and I snapped a few shots. Enjoy!
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Palm photos
by mike in kurtistown- 5 replies
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I have made Webshots files for two groups of photos: (1) pictures taken during the Biennial in Santo Domingo; and (2) pictures taken during the October 2006 Amazon field trip. They can be viewed at: http://community.webshots.com/user/mmerritt113 While I do have pictures of trip happenings and human interest, most pictures are of the palms. No reflection on recent postings (from which I downloaded) is intended, just wanted to indicate what's in the files. Also, I include photos of less than stellar quality when they convey useful information not available in any other photo. Good viewing!
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bali redux 1 2
by paulgila- 42 replies
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livistona sp. outside taipei airport.
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Gileno's trip to the Big H 1 2
by DoomsDave- 40 replies
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Howdyall: Back in February of this year, Gileno came up to visit us here in Cali from down-under in Brazil, and we had a wonderful time touring the Big H with him and his son. So, I post a few pics from that trip. dave
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Palmetum de Santa Cruz de Tenerife
by Carlo Morici- 0 replies
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This thread has been moved. Now you can find it at: http://palmtalk.org/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboar...t=ST;f=1;t=2056 Carlo, Tenerife
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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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see post
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Amazon Post Biennial Photos1
by edbrown_3- 0 replies
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see post
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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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