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Palms at Balboa Park, San Diego, ca
by deezpalms- 32 replies
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Here are a bunch oh photo's I took today at Balboa Park. First off - palms outside of the Arboretum. Bismarckia's Clinostigma savoryanum??
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fosters botanical garden,honolulu
by paulgila- 17 replies
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my first time in hawaii.the lure of the palms became overwhelming.
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Santa Cruz, CA
by Kathy- 27 replies
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Though a trip to Santa Cruz (about 2 hours South of San Francisco) cannot compare to many of the vacation pics posted here, I thought some might like to see what is happily and not-so-happily growing in Santa Cruz. Most probably know that Santa Cruz is a beach town with a carnival-type boardwalk and a large community of sea lions living mainly underneath the pier. Having not been there in a while, I was suprised to see only a few palm species planted regularly. I did not seek out collector gardens this trip, but simply took photos of the beach and surrounding areas. Here are some typical scenes: Triple washies line the beach: Quintuple washie:
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Some palm pictures from the deep south ...
by Christian_G- 10 replies
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Hi! Here are some pictures of palms & tree ferns growing in the garden of Frédy and Jean-Claude, two friends of mine. The property is located in Cimo (a small village in southern Switzerland), close to the Lago Maggiore, a lake shared by Ticino (Switzerland) and Italy. I think the idea to call this property "Casa Amazonia" is not a bad idea ... I hope you like the pictures! Let' s start with Butia capitata, Cycas revoluta, and some Dicksonia antarctica leaves. Ciao, Christian
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Fort Myers / Naples, FL 1 2
by tropical1- 43 replies
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Attached are some recent pictures from the Fort Myers and Naples area. Definitely a good area to grow palms. Here are some coconut trees along the calooshatchee river.
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New Braunfels, Texas
by NBTX11- 15 replies
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Here is an example of what I see around town. Been a while since I posted pictures, so I hope I am getting this correctly. Test, 1,2,3... If this test works, I'll post the rest.
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Tsimbazaza in Antananarivo
by elHoagie- 21 replies
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This is probably the last of the palm photos I'll post from my trip to Madacascar. These were all taken at the Tsimbazaza in the capital city of Antananarivo. The Tsimbazaza was originally a military base, then a botanical garden, and now a zoo and museum. I think the garden was started about 75 years ago, so there are a lot of mature specimens. The capital is located almost in the center of the country at an elevation of 1200m. My guide said the temperatures drop below 5C sometimes, and she's seen light frost. It was pretty cool most of the time I spent in the capital, probably 20C during the day. Here's a picture of my wife and I under a mature Dypsis decipie…
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Maui pics
by Palmy- 34 replies
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Real busy, but how can I not show them to my palmy friends? I will put more up tomorrow hopefully. Many more to come. These are just some random pics that I have uploaded, but there will be more, most coconuts, cause thats my fav. Edit- Some pics came out flat ugly I really didnt have time to run through the manual for my new camera so sorry if they look real ugly, I have plenty more good ones to come.
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Jardim Botanico Rio de Janeiro
by Brian- 25 replies
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I was in Rio two weeks ago for a very brief trip and was able to visit the botonical garden for a few hours. I would like to share a few photos with you guys and please correct me if I make mistakes. Here goes, Roystonea oleracea
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Palm scouting
by amazondk- 31 replies
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Here are a few shots from Balbina Lake some 170 kms north of Manaus. I took my son who lives in Fort Lauderdale, and my wife's son from here out to catch from Peacock Bass yesterday. Balbina Lake is an enormous reservoir that was formed by the damming of the Uatuamã River in the 1970's. The project was sort of an ecological disaster as the hydroelectric potential was minimal when compared to the cost and the impacts on the enviroment. In 1997 there was a problem with the turbines and the lake was basically drained. This happened to be a very dry year and many fires started which burned for several months all over the lake bed. This is why many of the dead trees in …
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Lake Baroon Bangalows
by Walter John- 12 replies
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Nice day trip today to Lake Baroon for a picnic. Didn't expect to find fabulous Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, pleasant surprise. Here's some pics.
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A few pics from Coronado, CA
by epicure3- 5 replies
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veitchia (don't believe this is arecina. Looks more like a spiralis). Closer shot of crown
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A Quick Trip to DypsisDean's 1 2
by Dypsisdean- 45 replies
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Dean hooked me up with some stuff for my greenhouse, which is in construction. Pohonkelapa (Paul Denton) and Bob (he's a lurker) came with. Here's a few shots of the yard....uh garden. Laccospadix australisica....pretty burgundy
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Inner City Gardens
by Walter John- 32 replies
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Hello people I am fortunate to work in a city (Brisbane) which has an inner city sub tropical garden, many palms and includes an all Australian palm area. It took me 10 minutes to walk to this spot today from where I work, where upon I took the following photos. I hope you enjoy.
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San Carlos, Sonora
by Lee in AZ- 7 replies
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Earlier this month Richard from TX, Zac from NC, and I went to Sonora and traveled through out the center of the state. It was tough, having to come back from San Carlos. There's no shortage of Roystonea regia and C. nucifera there, nor Delonix regia. Not bad for 28.0° N. Lee
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Coconuts!
by ruskinPalms- 16 replies
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Took a little trip down to the "tropics" to celebrate my wife's birthday. Couldn't help but take some pictures while waiting for my family to arrive at the restaurant The restaurant (Sharky's): Looking up:
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Rockhampton Botanic Gardens
by Kris- 28 replies
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After leaving Brisbane on our adventure up the east coast of Oz, we stopped in at the Rockhampton Botanic Gardens which is right smack bang on the tropic of capricorn and inland some way. Rockhampton is quite a green city with palms planted in a lot of places. Pity the Palm society there has closed down. The climate seems very good for palms. Here are some bottles that just make you go oooh when you first catch sight of them.
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Brisbane
by bubba- 19 replies
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Here's a few pics from a trip we made to QLD last year around late Oct to Nov starting at Brisbane and ending in Cooktown. These pics are from Mt Cootha Botanic Gardens, probably one of the best palmy places on Earth IMO. A must see if ever you can get there. This is the entrance and a great stand of D lutescens.
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On the road
by Guest- 15 replies
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It would be nice if we all could post some pictures of the Palms we see when we drive around our places. Here are a few pictures taken on my way to the beach... Solitary Acrocomia in the ocean of sugar cane:
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Sydney RBG
by philinsydney- 10 replies
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