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My Trip to Hawaii
by Sabal Steve- 2 followers
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I visited the Big Island for about a week, earlier this month. Weather was great, and I was able to meet up with some even better people. I'll periodically post more pictures, in blocks. I was fortunate to visit Bo and see his garden, as well as Kim's. I took lots of pictures, but the light was a little hectic, and I had to get a little creative. But, here were some of the better ones. Enjoy! Bo and Kim's Garden:
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Bali November 2017
by greysrigging- 6 replies
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Had an extended holiday on the Indonesian island of Bali back in Nov-Dec. My first visit there despite my home town of Darwin Australia being only 2 and a bit hours away. November is perhaps not the ideal time to visit as it is the beginning of their 'Wet' season and those not acclimatised to the high temps and humidity find things a bit trying. My partner and I coped quite well as we hail from a region of Northern Australian that has a brutal monsoonal climate. Bali is blessed with rich volcanic soils and generous abundant rainfall so the whole island has a lush tropical look. It is a very 'palmy' place with lots of native and exotic palm species in cultivation…
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There were some fan palms too. Sorry I'm not more of a fan palm person to know if they were Washingtonias, Livistonas, something else. But I figured I had to be the first person on Palmtalk to go to several of these places (at least Turkmenistan), and others might be interested, so here goes: Central Asia Trip Report I hope one or more of you find this helpful. Let me know if you have any questions. Justin
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Hunnigton Gardens, California
by Chatta- 9 replies
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Saw mostly Trichocereus as thats my focus at least on that visit. I grow a lot of these kinds of cacti in FL.
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Leu Gardens Visit Dec 1, 2017
by Matthew92- 1 reply
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Visit on December 1st. Beautiful day. (edit: not letting me upload pictures at the moment- will keep trying)
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Sunken Gardens
by Chatta- 7 replies
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My favorite botanical garden ive been to so far.
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South Beach Botanical Garden
by Chatta- 1 reply
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Designed by Raymond Jungles, its a decent public park in South Beach a few blocks from the hotel I was staying at. I had been to the memorial next door but did not realise that the gardens were right there. I really enjoy thie influences of Brule Marx in his work, his curves, textures, and geometries all serenade togethere in really nice symphony. Though not many great plants here, I just like the overall design of the park.
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Naples Botanical Garden
by Chatta- 1 follower
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I recently went with my girlfriend to Miami, we stopped at Naples Botanical Garden on the way. I'm recent grad in Architecture, and one of my fave firms did the building (Lake FLATO) and the new landscape plan was done by my favorite landscape arch (Raymond Jungles) Anyway, enjoy this through my lens. I am staying at the Kampong in a few weeks, be waiting for some posts related to that!
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"Jardin Majorelle" Marrakech - Morocco
by lapalmeraie- 1 follower
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Hi folks This summer I visited Marrakech (Morocco) for the thirth and consecutive year and finally made it to the famous Majorelle garden! This garden was created by the painter Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962) in forty years and was afterwards also bought by the well know fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent. It isn't that big but the small and shade lanes, the ridge and well maintained collection and the typical "majorelle-blue" colored buildings make the visite worth while!
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Canary Island's cultivated plants
by kylecawazafla- 30 replies
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Here's the last group of photos from the Canary Islands Roystonea "Red Crush" Plaza de Principe. Ficus nitida (microcarpa?) and Dypsis lutescens Ravenala Bamboozled
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Palm Nurseries in the Canary Islands
by Carlo Morici- 28 replies
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In Spring 2004 I went to the island of Gran Canaria and visited some palm nurseries. I have just rescued some pictures taken in nurseries with a large offer of species: Viveros Godoy and Viveros Mogán. 1) VIVEROS GODOY , on the North Coast (Cooler and cloudier) by Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Howea belmoreana (H.fosteriana behind) Gaussia spirituana (and Pritchardia hillebrandi) Cyrtostachys renda Hyphaene coriacea
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Wandering the streets of Townsville
by greysrigging- 1 reply
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Made a quick trip over to Townsville last week ( investment property inspection.....a poor one as the Townsville property prices are in a deep slump.....oh well.... ) Townsville is probably the driest location on the whole Queensland coast. Residents of wetter areas to the north and south refer to the city as 'Brownsville'. Annual average rainfall is 1100mm or 44". However, most of this falls in the summer months and winters are generally rainless or a couple of inches at best. For our visit the place was nice and green courtesy of a 150mm or 6" unseasonal dump of rain in late May If one is prepared to pour the water on during the dry months nearly all sub tropi…
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Macrozamia sp Enneaba
by Tyrone- 20 replies
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About a year ago I travelled up to Exmouth in the tropics on the west coast of Australia. On the way back home we stopped in about 200km north of Perth at this stand of Macrozamia sp Enneaba. There are three species of Macrozamia in Western Australia. Macrozamia reidlii from around Perth down to Albany on the southern coast line, Macrozamia dyeri from Esperance to Israelite Bay on the south coast, and this undescribed species which reportedly exists from Perth's northern suburbs to around Enneaba south of Geraldton. Some consider it to be Macrozamia fraseri, which is a name applied to the western Macrozamia by some. I'm of the opinion this is a different species with a…
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Costa Rica
by Palmensammler- 4 replies
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Hi all, in June me and my wife will go to Costa Rica for our silver wedding anniversary and I want to ask if anybody has some proposal for either good palm pictures or seeds to be picked up? We travel around for three weeks and either my camera or my empty plastic bags are ready... Eckhard
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Thought I would start a photo thread of my travels in the Northern regions of Australia. I'm a keen 4WDriver and I always have a camera handy.....and being a lapsed palm enthusiast I seem to have quite a few pics of local palms ( native and exotic ) in my photo files. About an hour and a half south west of Darwin on Bynoe Harbor, there is a nice little resort called Crab Claw. These pics from November 2016.....start of our 'Wet Season' Foxtails growing in pure beach sand only 3' above the high tide line. They really are a tough species that can handle harsh growing conditions way different to their native habitat on Cape York Peninsular. …
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Here are some photos I took of palms and plants at Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios. Lots of tropical plants. At IOA, they have planted a couple dozen Caryota obtusa that are getting large. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wdwplants/al...ir=1bea&.src=ph
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Ann Norton Sculpture Garden
by bubba- 1 follower
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Pedro and I did a fast check of the condition of the Ann Norton Sculpture Garden on Thursday Jan. 21,2010. This is over a week after the Jan.2-11 cold event in which no freezing temperatures were incurred but a long time-frame between the low 60'sF and approximately 35F. As reported previously, this is the longest cold event since 1940 for South Florida. We were pleasantly surprised but there were certainly issues presented to many out of the ordinary and rather Tropical specimens. Start with a Satakentia liukiuensis: A big Teddy among others in there somewhere: Ptychosperma macarthurii: A large Cocothrinax crinitia:
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When in Colombo
by doranakandawatta- 1 follower
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When in Colombo, enjoy Barefoot gallery garden restaurant But they recently lost some coconut trees I loved ( storms?) here in april 2014: or The Gallery Cafe ( earlier Geoffrey Bawa's office) These places are where art and culture meet good atmosphere and excellent cuisine
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SECOND VISIT TO TASMANIA
by Phoenix Bob- 1 reply
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Recently returned from a week's stay in Tasmania where we were guests of Tassie Troy and his wife, Danylle. Both Troy and his wife went far beyond the boundaries of being excellent hosts. Each took time off from work in order to show us some of the fantastic sights Tasmania has to offer visitors from other corners of the world such as my wife and me. We have alway contended that New Zealand is our favorite spot on the planet, but Tasmania is closing in on that number one position. The pristine condition of Australia's southern-most state is superb, and I would suspect that its remote location (250 miles south of mainland Australia) has much to do with its near-perfect…
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Staying at the New Oriental Hotel
by doranakandawatta- 0 replies
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In Galle, down south, the Old New Oriental Hotel has been renovated and is now Amangalla but the charm is still there.
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Hi ! Today i'd like to show you some of the palms of "parc des palmiers", which lies 10 km from my place, at an elevation of 600m. Palms I can't identify are numbered so you can identify them if you want I let you admire : 1. Bismarckia nobilis 2. Butia capitata 3. 4. Beccariophoenix sp. 5. Beccariophoenix sp. 6. 7. Dypsis madagascariensis 8. Macrozamia communis 9. Woodyetia bifurcata 10. Allagoptera arenaria 11. 12. Caryota urens 13. Copernica sp. 14. Sabal minor var. louisiana 15. Copernica alba. 16. Ravenala madagascariensis 17. Aiphanes horrida …
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Palmetum, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
by Aaron D.- 35 replies
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Hello all, I am new on this forum. I live in Belgium and last summer I went on holiday to Tenerife. And of course I had to visit the Palmetum. So I wanted to share a few photo's. I'm sorry but the pictures are not in the right order.
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trip to Costa Rica
by Palmensammler- 0 replies
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Hi, I'm travelling to Costa Rica at the end of June, Are there any proposals for palms? I'll travel throughout the whole country and want to collect as many seeds as possible. What do I have to expect? Regards Eckhard
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Want to say thank you to Josh-O
by GottmitAlex- 1 reply
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I had the opportunity and honor to get a quick tour of Josh-O's home garden by none other than the man himself. Aside from his excellent and welcoming demeanor, helpfulness, great spirit and alacrity, his garden made me speechless. It is fantastically well organized. I was beside myself looking at the exquisite specimens he has in his premises. I should have taken pictures. He has such wonderful exemplars of select palms and dypsis, one can only begin to fathom what he has in his Vista Nursery. Here again Josh-O, thank you for the tour. Hidden tropical paradise in Carlsbad. Alex
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Mohoti Walauwa in Bentota
by doranakandawatta- 5 replies
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Again, I may share pictures of the nicest small boutique hotel I know in Bentota, where I really feel at home:
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