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Michael,

     Great pictures and I hope you have some more. It's too bad more identifications were not kept better on the palms. But, I see that alot at other gardens as well. The Calypt. mich. is beautiful, one of my favorites. My friend just last week told me he had 4 nice seeds on his plant. Thanks for sharing.

     And most "yanks" do not feel like Palmot. about eating all kinds of exotic birds. He's from Texas. :D

Jeff

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

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Licuala lauterbachii var. bouganvillense , what a mouthfull , and what a nice palm . This one has the terminal leaflet a bit broader than the others .

A few nice mature ones still in giant tubs . Harvested seeds and several fresh infloresences emerging now

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Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

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Areca guppyana , has stilt roots , just love those stilts . Going to plant mine teetering on the edge of a steep bank .

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Here is a close up of the large entire leaf Licuala .

Its only after I was looking for my picture of Cassowary droppings I noticed the resemblence to Lic. ramsayii .. I had taken dozens of pictures up in the Daintree of this sp.  ??? will have to wait for the 'experts' to have a look at it in the flesh .

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Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

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Hi Michael

The Licuala picture you took that you where not sure about is a Licuala romberg,  took pictures myself of it last year, the Cassowary followed me around the whole time i was there, it acted like a pet. A beautiful bird, lets hope  they can breed themselves back from extinction in the area.

Keep Mikey under control if you can :-), sounds like you 2 together would get lost for hours discussing palms

keep well

Colin

coastal north facing location

100klm south of Sydney

NSW

Australia

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There are many Cycads in Heinzs collection , this Zamia splendens female cones twist around inside the pot . This is normal as I have seen them somewhere else doing the same thing . I have been trying to get pollen as I know of many females in desperate need of pollination !  :laugh:

This is not a common species and is very attractive .

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This little Lepidozamia hopei only has a 1m trunk so is a youngster compared with some local ones that have massive 10m trunks . The cones on these are big and chunky .

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Don't worry , be happy  :D  there will be lots more as its only a few minutes down the road to this nursery and I will be going back again and again .

Here is a new infloresence on the Licuala lauterbachii var. bouganvillense , next to the seeds . A little fog on the lens sorry .

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A big clump of Acoelorrhaphe wrightii is flowering and some seeds set . I have always liked this palm after seeing a superb clump growing in a lake at Bundaberg Botanic Gardens . I might be able to provide enough water for one to thrive  :;): .

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Have to sneak in as many Aroids as I can  :D

This is a Philo. melinonii that has climbed up a short stump. One of the larger growing climbers . The trunk is very thick and covered in fibrous remains of cataphyls and leaves.

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Paid another visit after work today . It has been a marvelous sunny weekend and what better way to finish it off than a stroll around an established garden of palms & cycads .

We looked at some potted Ceratozamia keusteriana , and then had to go over and see the 'keeper' .

Its in a monster tub and coning ..maybe a boy .

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Licuala elegans growing in full sun  :cool:

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LIcuala ramsayi also in full sun . These are planted in what looks like fine sand dug out of creeks flowing through the property . They are within view of the house .

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Borassodendron machadonis  , I cut my finger very badly on a much larger one at Whyanbeel .

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LOts of very large Cycads also in this area . hERE A TALL Cycas media flushing , Heinz is checking for the damn little beetle that makes a mess of the soft leaves unless squashed . He has a few bee hives so does not spray much .

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This could be Anthurium papillilaminum .

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Thanks for the pictures Michael. That entire leaf formed ramsayi is intriguing. I wonder if this isn't a completely new species that's been missed by botanists. Do you know if the seeds reproduce identical plants to the parents?

It's a pity about the cassowaries becoming extinct. It shouldn't happen in our country. Australia should know better. Inexcusable.

Great pics.

regards

Tyrone

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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Very colourful Cryptanthus hybrid ,, maybe Carnival de Rio .. always liked these easy to grow Bromeliads . They thrive planted out in shaded spots and make an awesome groundcover .

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This unusual epiphyte may be a Freycinetia .. it is a type of Pandanus , and several spp. grow up here .

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Here it is again several meters up this tree .

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(aussiearoids @ Mar. 21 2008,16:49)

QUOTE
A big clump of Acoelorrhaphe wrightii is flowering and some seeds set . I have always liked this palm after seeing a superb clump growing in a lake at Bundaberg Botanic Gardens . I might be able to provide enough water for one to thrive  :;): .

It is amazing how green those palms are... There is a nice clump near work before they decided to prune it and made it look awful!! And they were almost blue/silver/grey... or whatever you call that colour. I wished I had taken photos before they decide to cut them all down but a few...  :angry: . Some people are just way too dumb!!

Regards, Ari :)

Ari & Scott

Darwin, NT, Australia

-12°32'53" 131°10'20"

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Poor Zamia roezlii growing in full sun ,, luckily this flush has only milder fall sunlight to put up with .

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Double header Zamia neurophyllidia male coning like crazy .. better save some of that pollen as I know I have 2 girls .

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Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

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Native Cymbidium orchids set tons of seed and self sow on suitable surfaces . Here a nice little seedling on a tree fern trunk . Mate who de-nuts coconuts finds them up in the crown all the time .

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Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

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