IPS BIENNIALS
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2008 Biennial of the International Palm Society – Members Unite in Costa Rica 1 2 3 4 10
by Palmarum- 2 followers
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2008 IPS Biennial - Costa Rica Prologue After my first biennial in the Dominican Republic two years ago, I thought to how I could out-do myself in regards to photography on this biennial in Costa Rica. I figured right off that I would simply take more photos, which I did (by a lot). In the DR, I finished with 1271 photos after editing. It was a record for me at that time for a single event, however short lived. In Costa Rica, my camera never saw rest, as many of you know. As the addiction is total, I saw the possibility for a good shot fairly often and went for it whenever I could. The shutter began clicking from the point I got to the Ft. Lauderdale airport to when t…
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Tales, visions of a faraway land of lush gardens, wild jungles, clouds spilling over rolling hills; endless fields of rice, gum, oil palm marching towards temples of timeless splendor telling stories of a glorious past. ราชอาณาจักรไทย This is the story of the 28th Biennial of the International Palm Society held in the Kingdom of Thailand (formerly Siam), as experienced by a first time biennial attendee, myself, and my wife. This memorable trip did not lack on coverage by countless forms of media, as have been seen in these forums and elsewhere, but it did lack an important eye, bigger in size than the one that washed ashore in Pompano Beach: …
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On October 1st, about a hundred and fifty people from more countries that I can remember, traveled to the Caribbean to partake in this year's biennial of the Dominican Republic. As this was my first biennial, after many years of waiting, I had great expectations and was richly rewarded. I had an incredible time both visiting the county, and meeting such interesting people who shared their love of palms. A unique experience is created when you put names to faces of people you only know from emails, websites, forum postings, and from sheer reputation alone. I took well over a thousand photos on this trip and will posting the best ones in chronological order. This will repre…
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The first few days of the biennial were totally engrossing. My expectations had generally been exceeded and each morning I looked forward to the days adventure. The trip to Carara National Park took us through a very scenic area. In the first photo note how the steep slope is terraced to make it more useable.
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The Costa Rica biennial was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I thought that I would have fun, but never anticipated that it would be so over the top with fantastic palms, great company, good food and drinks. This palm board is great, allowing individuals from all over the world to interact and share their experiences with palms, gardens, travel etc. The virtual world of palm talk is black and white compared to the color of the biennial. I got home safely and I have been spending some time with my family, so I have not been able to download photos to my computer and photobucket. After sorting through a few thousand I will post a few. Just to let my f…
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My first Biennial 1 2 3 4
by Jeff in St Pete- 159 replies
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This was the first Biennial I have attended and it more than surpassed my expectations. I made lots of new friends and met many PalmTalk friends for the first time. It was a wonderful week viewing some amazing palms in habitat. How can anyone forget those huge Welfia regia's with their new red leaves opening up all over the forest at Baurillio Carillo National Park? Before this trip I thought that W regia was a small understory palm, I had no idea they got so massive! My photos are all too large to download directly onto PalmTalk and I have not figured out how to resize them yet. I took advantage of the faster internet in San Jose and downloaded many pics onto …
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PERU....IPS POST TOUR 2008 1 2 3
by Jeff Searle- 110 replies
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When the IPS Biennial in Costa Rica ended, my wife Andrea,our good friends Judy and Jim Glock and myself returned home for only a short period of 1 day and then caught another flight out of Miami for a 6 hour flight down to Peru. We just had enough time at home to get our dirty clothes cleaned and then repacked, mow the grass,go to the nursery and plant some newly acquired seeds from CR, check on our pets, eat a good meal and one good night of sleep back in our own bed. We were on our way to stay at Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica in Tambopata, Peru. This reserve is 678,774 acres or 274,690 hectare in size. To get there, one must take a boat ride down the Madre de Di…
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Miami Biennial 2014 1 2 3
by Walter John- 2 followers
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Hello, I need to know the dates of the Miami biennial to progress any arrangements I need to make, are we getting closer to known dates? There are some other events that coincide around the March period of 2014 that I may or may not be involved in depending on when the biennial is set. I need to know very soon, sorry to bug anyone, I understand Ray is Chairing. Hi Ray. I would have thought that accommodation would have been organised by now, has it been ? (yes, that's a leading question) Thanks for any updates. Wal
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Rio Biennial 1 2 3
by Kathryn- 107 replies
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It was great to see so many familiar faces and some new ones in Brazil! On Sunday we went to Serra das Orgaos National Park. I met up with Judy on the trail with a refreshing stream behind us and Jayanne is showing off the great scenery.
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Ryan/Palmarum's Costa Rica thread 1 2 3
by bgl- 98 replies
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Ryan, I'm happy to see that you've finally sorted out all your Costa Rica photos and that you're ready to begin posting! I know I'm not the only one looking forward to this! At some point within the next couple of months, we will add Biennial photos & info to the IPS website. Considering your professional approach and excellent coverage we may, among other things, simply add this entire thread to the Costa Rica 2008 link on the website. However, in order to avoid having to do major editing, it would be great if EVERYBODY who has a comment OR question to your thread could post it here IN THIS THREAD so that we can keep your Costa Rica thread completely "clean". In o…
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As luck would have it, Corcovado was my destination for the Biennial Post-Trip. I had no idea who else was signed up for the trip, and received my itinerary at the very last minute, but I knew I would have to take a flight and a boat ride to get there. I didn't know the flight would be in this plane: It was a 12-seater, so I settled in directly behind the pilot. The building you see in the background is the airport where we landed, resembling nothing so much as a 1950's filling station with the added attraction of a souvenir cart.
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Hola de Costa Rica - IPS Biennial 1 2 3
by PALM MOD- 1 follower
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I am assuming this may be the first post from the IPS biennial in Costa Rica. Just a short note wishing you were all here, and to demonstrate that if you "mice" are thinking of playing while the "cat" is away...........make my day. I'll try to get a few pics posted, but the schedule they have planned here looks grueling. Be good.
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Thailand Biennial Sep. 2012 1 2 3
by bgl- 2 followers
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Liz opened up registration just a little while ago. Please check out http://www.palms.org for full details. In order to register you need to be an IPS member. Here are the registration fees: Registration per person for double occupancy RECEIVED and PAID by end-of-day May 4th, 2012, is US$1,500. Registration per person for single occupancy RECEIVED and PAID by end-of-day May 4th, 2012, is US$1,910. Registration per person for double occupancy RECEIVED and PAID from May 5th through August 17th, 2012, is US$1,600. Registration per person for single occupancy RECEIVED and PAID from May 5th through August 17th, 2012, is US$2,010. We had hoped the registration …
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Fantastic post tour with Harri Lorenzi 1 2
by Alberto- 70 replies
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Flight to Belo Horizonte
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The adventures of Bus # 4 1 2
by bgl- 1 follower
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Returned home a few hours ago after an incredible Biennial in Costa Rica. Met many old friends from previous IPS Biennials and also met many IPS members for the first time. And of course there were plenty of PalmTalk members. What was really fun was to meet a number of PalmTalk members for the very first time, but it still felt like we had known each other for a long time after many posts here on PalmTalk. The Biennial is like a giant family reunion and PalmTalk certainly added a new dimension to this very enjoyable and well planned event. Many others were taking photos of the entire event, and no doubt will be starting threads and posting lots of photos (many people are…
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A pre-biennial 2012 trip to Nong Nooch, Thailand 1 2
by Licuala- 1 follower
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I went to Thailand last month and spent a week at Nong Nooch, which will be home base for the upcoming Biennial in September. Despite being there a week, I did not see everything and am looking forward to going back to try and see more of the incredibly impressive Gardens. Nong Nooch covers 600 acres, part of which is an amazing nursery, but mainly full of Gardens with a little Disney thrown in. 1.7 million people visited last year with the majority coming from China, Russia and India. There are over 1000 species of palms planted, some of which will not be found in any other Garden in the world. There is also a major collection of Cycads as well as extensive coll…
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Embarrassing (or fun) Moments 1 2
by Dypsisdean- 2 followers
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"Embarrassing" may not be right word because that implies that the person in question would be embarrassed. For our initial post, with the wild BS in motion, perhaps "proud" would be a better description. In the middle of the large spa (Jacuzzi) was a raised platform that resembled a small stage like those in a strip joint (I was told ). BS decided to give us a show. Putu Enjula was across the pool with her telephoto, but something tells me Bill wouldn't have minded a few close ups. Too bad the stills don't capture the hip motion in the first shot.
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Costa Rica Critters 1 2
by putu enjula- 1 follower
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I thought it might be nice to have a separate thread for everyone to post their animal and insect pictures. Eyelash viper... obviously the red one...
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Most of my pictures from the Amazon pre-tour feature our fellow travelers and the people we met along the way. But I’ll make sure to throw in a few palm pictures as well especially in the later posts. Here’s a teaser: first, a fisherman cruising in front of a stand of Leopoldinia major; second a hillside of Euterpe precatoria, both pictures taken on the Rio Negro.
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There's nothing like a bunch of smiling faces, and there were plenty of those at the recent Biennial! Here's a few...feel free to post all of yours here too... Wal (or Wall in American, Wol in Aussie) Lindsey Sayers Annika Xing Carlo Prew and Wal Kieran and Wal Palmgrover!
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IPS Biennial - New Caledonia 1 2
by Tracy S- 6 followers
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This was posted in the IPS Magazine. It's still listed as proposed travel but I wanted to start a thread. Hopefully we can get updates as we get closer. I know I'm marking my calendar! 2024 International Palm Society’s 33rd Biennial: New Caledonia (Southwestern Pacific Ocean) Sunday September 22–Monday September 30 Capacity 150
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The Biennial in Thailand in September this year will be memorable in so many different ways. We may have record attendance (previous "record" was 220 at the Biennial in Thailand in 1998 and a close second was the one in Hawaii in 2004 with 200). I believe we will also have a record attendance of first-timers AND of PalmTalk members. Never before will so many PalmTalk members have met at the same time. This will definitely be your chance to meet fellow forum members! And experience Thailand AND Nong Nooch! So, let's see who is going to be there. Please do a Copy and paste of the list below, add your name and as much, or as little, information as you feel comfortable with,…
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Commemorative Photo Gift for Nong Nooch 1 2
by Annika- 2 followers
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For those of you interested, Daryl and I are looking to organize a batch of photos as a commemorative gift to Nong Nooch. We have created an email address designated this. If you would like to contribute, please send up to 5 (or more if you must ) of your favorite photos from the grounds of Nong Nooch. Please title images with your name, such as Smith1, Smith2, Smith3. We will work with the photos and add some text, i.e. IPS Biennial 2012, to the image in nice font. We will be sending the gift in the form of a cd (and maybe even a couple of large prints - wink wink, hang this on your walls!) to Nong Nooch later this year in thanks and maybe even do something more w…
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Random Thai Biennial shots 1 2
by bgl- 2 followers
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I have a lot of random shots that don't really belong in any of the other threads (Faces, for instance), so I'll be adding them in this thread. A few now and then when I have time. Feel free to add whatever you might have, and in no particular order, even though these five happen to have been taken the very first morning (Wednesday September 12), as we were leaving the Grand Four Wings Hotel in Bangkok.
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Thailand 2012 - Singapore Botanical Garden 1 2
by SW_FL_Palms- 56 replies
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We saw a presentation (by Dennis Cathcart of Tropiflora.com) on the Singapore Botanical Gardens. Looks like a very unique garden where they spared no expenses. Has the IPS given any thought about making that a post or pre trip option ?
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