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A visit to Thanthong's Palm Garden 1 2
by Chanin- 41 replies
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Last two weeks, I and my friends had visited to a great palm garden, Thanthong's palm garden in Nontaburi province, near Bangkok, our capital city. Most of his palm collection are about 2,000 specimens of 20 years old Coccothrinax crinita At the entrance. My friend 'Gift' Wattana with a group of flowering Copernicia macroglossa
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A Visit to the Best Palm Collections of Key West & A Tour of Key West's 14th Annual Palm Sale Friday, February 8th - Monday, February 11th, 2008 - Key West's 14th Annual Palm Sale - Nancy Forrester's Secret Garden - The Peter Whalen Collection - 'Dre Gardens The weekend starting on the 9th of February became a sudden, yet awe-inspiring experience for me. I had been invited with short notice to journey on south to Key West, Florida to join Jeff Searle and his brother Larry for the 14th Annual Palm Sale at Nancy Forrester's Secret Garden. After many years of listening to Jeff's plethora of stories regarding this event, I found myself fortunate enough to be …
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A visit to the farm
by Jeff in St Pete- 18 replies
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I drove out to my friend's farm today to pick up some plants that I ordered from him. While I was there, I went down into his rainforest area to check out some palms again. I've posted a pic of his Cyrtostachys renda a few times before. This time I'm in the photo for scale. I'm 6'1" Some colorful crotons along the path to the rainforest area.
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A Visit to the Huntington Botanical Gardens
by sbpalms- 1 follower
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I had the opportunity to visit the Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California yesterday and was simply amazed by the variety and number of plants. Here are some pictures I took during my adventure.
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A Visit with DR. B. Frank Brown 1 2
by Jeff Searle- 44 replies
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A few weeks ago, I made another visit up to my good personal friend, Dr. B. Frank Brown's nursery. Over the years, Frank has written many books and magazine articles. His most famous 2 books that he wrote were on Crotons. (Codiaeum variegatum) His first book on this colorful group of plants is named; Florida's Beautiful Crotons.It was published in 1960 and is now a hard to find collectors book.His second book was then written in the mid 90's sometime. This is the entrance to his nursery.
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a walk in the Torcal
by Luisd- 14 replies
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This mountain is near Málaga, in Antequera (a town where I lived for many years) is one of the best limestone karst in Spain.The rocks are eroded dramatically by the action of water, wind and ice.There is also a very interesting flora.
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A week in Costa Rica 1 2
by amazondk- 55 replies
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The first week of December we took a trip to Costa Rica to the beach at Manuel Antonio. Since Jeff had posted so many great pictures of the area it looked like a good option. It was a great trip, but not without it´s difficluties. The first problem was when we went to get our flight on Copa Airlines to Panama City and found out that we needed Yellow Fever vaccination cards. It was an over sight and we were not told by the travel agent. Both Raquel and I had been vaccinated in the past 10 years, but neither had cards. Our son Caio had his stamped in his vaccination booklet. So, we had to get the Brazilian vaccination cards and then get the International card from th…
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A winters day in hawaii
by Bill Austin- 1 follower
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On my way back from Kona to Hilo on the saddle road two weeks a go. I pulled over at this one spot , rainbow behind me ,turkey strutting in front of me and Mauna Kea in all her glory.
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A wonderfull place in Provence. La Calanque d'en Vau.
by samirbouag- 14 replies
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Hello, I hope everybody is doing well, i just want to share with you some pictures i took, in a Wondefull place located 20 min far from my house, called La Calanque D'en Vau. This place is a protected natural park, there's no road to bring you there , you have to walk and enjoy those beautiful views and landscapes all around you. We are in november but the weather is still warm and people swim on the sea, like in summer , hope all winter gonna be like that. i hope you guys will like it.
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across the country
by dan.vagnoni- 1 follower
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So after a few weeks of moving and headaches I am now a resident of California. What's good, Bay Area? What should i see or do? Who should I meet. Any PRA's coming up? What's being a Cali growers all about? I'm currently staying in Oakland but an moving to the SF peninsula on the first of September. I still gotta make it over to Darolds, thats first on my list, but what else? Hell, it doesnt even have to be plant related!
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Adelaide Botanical Gardens 1 2
by Daryl- 44 replies
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I just got back from a couple of days working down in Adelaide, South Australia. Adelaide never gets much of a mention when it comes to palms in Australia. I too was curious, so decided to check out the local Botanical Gardens this morning before hitting the office. Adelaide is situated on the southern coastline of Oz, at about 35 degrees south, and has a Mediterranean type of climate with dry summers and moist, mild winters. They only very rarely get a light frost and the coastal plains there are quite mild compared to the hilly inland areas. I guess the climate is similar to parts of California, Europe and South Africa. The total rainfall for the year is about 540…
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Adventure at the Osa Peninsula 1 2
by Jeff in St Pete- 76 replies
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A friend of mine from Pennsylvania came to visit me last week. This is her second trip to Costa Rica as she visited me this same time last year and we went to the Arenal Volcano, the Hanging Bridges, and Monteverde Cloudforest Reserve. Some of you may remember that post a year ago. This year we decided we would go to the Osa Peninsula. I've been wanting to visit this area of Costa Rica for a long time and I was really looking forward to it. We researched a few places online and then I let my friend decide on a place and make the arrangements. She chose a lodge called Poor Man's Paradise which is south of Drakes Bay on the Pacific coast of the Osa. This place has no…
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ADVENTURE IN A FRENCH DESERT! LA PROVENCE!
by samirbouag- 9 replies
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hy everyone!! so today i decided to take my bike and visit the hills of my city in south france! and watch what i discovered!
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Adventure on Mataroni River - French Guiana
by olivier971- 6 replies
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In April 2009, i went with some friends to the discovery of the High Mataroni River in French Guiana. A unique botanical experience recounted in an article in the french magazine "Le Palmier" in June 2009. An adventure you can imagine, full of botanical discoveries. You will find on the site Tipalm.fr, at http://www.tipalm.fr/pages/mataroni.html, many pictures of this expedition. You can also download the article (in french), made available on this page, courtesy of the Association des Fous de Palmiers. Some pictures here : Attalea maripa - Approuague's Hostel : Oenocarpus batava and Attalea maripa : Bactris gasipaes and Euterpe oleracea : …
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Aerial photos
by Jeff in St Pete- 13 replies
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Last April at the end of the dry season, some friends of mine took a helicopter ride to view some properties in this area of Costa Rica. I had forgotten all about these pics until I was searching for a different photo and found them again. I wasn't on the helicopter ride, I was over in San Jose at the time so I missed out. My friend took these photos. There was quite a bit of glare on the windows of the chopper, sorry about that. Here the helicopter was right over the houses on this property. The house with the red roof is the Quad House (where I live). The house surrounding the pool is the Bali House (you can't see most of it). The Quad House From a …
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African Oil Palms Parque 10
by amazondk- 5 replies
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I was invited to participate in the Manaus American Football training session at a recreationsl center close to my house by the head coach of the team. I played football in high school in Great Falls, Montanat many years ago. That is 1968 to 1970. We had the state championship team. Some guys here in Manaus have formed a footbal team and are going to Brasilia in 2 months for the national American Football Championship. They have no gear and have sort of invented there own rules. It was an experience. And, the place is full of African Oil Palms. Palms
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Afternoon in Leu
by Kailua_Krish- 12 replies
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Hi all, I took a stroll through Leu gardens on Monday and was amazed as I had never seen it before. Here are some photos I took of interesting things and I have some questions to go along with them! I was amazed by how big the Arenga engleris were! How old do you think a 12 footer is? The way that Leu uses chiniensis and saribus to create a tropical jungle feel is amazing... I am now working on this in my yard.
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Afternoon ships on the Rio Negro
by amazondk- 38 replies
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I was down by the Rio Negro at work yesterday and could not help taking a few shots of boats and palms. Superterminais private port loading a container vessel.
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Again palms in Singapore
by doranakandawatta- 3 replies
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I miss this garden, so I post some more pics I'll share with you. I am looking forward to seeing our Areca vestiaria in such a good shape!
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Ahhh....Summer is Great
by niftinfiftin- 27 replies
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Summer is here, well and truly, and I'm loving it! Although not extremely hot, like you poor, poor Australians, it is comfortable, around 25-32oC. I'm going to give you a few pictures of my recent trip over to the Golden Bay (see map) area of NZ. This is a truly beautiful area, full of History, fascinating landscapes, and friendly people. First, a basic history lesson for you. Golden Bay was the sight of the first European visit to New Zealand, when Dutchman Abel Tasman came in 1642. Around four of his men were killed by the understandably hostile native Maori tribes, so this area was originally named Murders Bay by him. It then progresses a few years to the …
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Alfred's nursery in Tana 1 2
by bruno- 65 replies
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This first picture shows you the way in. In the distance, on the hihest hill, you can see Tana and the queen's palace. Just behind the lake is the airport and the grey row are bismarckias in cultivation.
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Amazon Life 1 2
by amazondk- 66 replies
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Since many of you expressed your interest in life in my part of the world and my scenes of everday life I decided to do another thread. I am driving back and forth from Manaus to Boa Vista now and spending more time on the road than at home lately. The 775 km trip takes me from the end of the equatorial winter season in Manaus to the start of the Equatorial winter season in Roraima. It is interesting what a simple trip across the Equator does to the seasons. I have been out on the road for a week now. My little lady Raquel came north with me last Monday and went back to Manaus on Saturday. I will probably be home by Thursday some time. We first came up to Boa Vista…
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Amazon Life Volume II
by amazondk- 39 replies
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The main landscape feature of Manaus is the Negro River. The Rio Negro is I believe the river with the second largest volume of water after the Amazon. The river reaches a width of about 8 kms as it flows slowly past Manaus. And, at its deepest point is around 100 meters deep. It is a tremendous amount of water. The water is black much like a tea from acids leached out of the forest over thousands of square kms over it's course. In Brazilian geography the Amazon starts being called the Amazon at the meeting of the waters of the Negro and the Solimões (called by the rest of the world the Amazon) in Manaus. We will be going up the river where my wifes father lives an…
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Amazon Post Biennial Photos
by edbrown_3- 6 replies
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Leopodinia pulcha
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Amazon Post Biennial Photos
by edbrown_3- 13 replies
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Heres a few photos from up the Rio Negro Geonoma aspidifolia
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