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Down by the river

Jeff in St Pete

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Jeff in St Pete

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The guys eating lunch.  In the last year, I have eaten more meals while sitting on a log than I have in my entire life!  But I don't mind.

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Formerly Jeff in Costa Rica
 

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Even though these palms are a pest around here and pop up everywhere, you gotta love them.  Look how beautiful they are!

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This would be my idea of the perfect driveway!

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Not a very good picture of my visiting friend smoking a cigarette (but hey he's a mechanic, don't all mechanics smoke?).  Check out the refelction of the mountains in the rearview mirror, I didn't notice it until I downloaded the picture.

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One more pic of the palms.  I've read that occasionally one will grow with the leaflets fused together so that it gives the appearance of entire leaves.  I'm still looking for one...

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Thanks for the advice about the Ignore button. I never even knew what it was for! I just hit Unignore in the first post and everything was cool after that. Great pictures! Gives one a feel for the on-the-ground reality of the Costa Rican countryside. Are those Attalea butyracea? Only Attalea Henderson shows ranging into Costa Rica.

Mike Merritt

Big Island of Hawaii, windward, rainy side, 740 feet (225 meters) elevation

165 inches (4,200 mm) of rain per year, 66 to 83 deg F (20 to 28 deg C) in summer, 62 to 80 deg F (16.7 to 26.7 Deg C) in winter.

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Hi Mike, I've been told they are A. butyracea but I'm a little confused.  I have noticed that some of the Attaleas have skinny trunks and others have bigger chunkier trunks.  So I'm not sure if they are different species of Attalea's or different forms of A. butyracea.

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Mas pictures of pura vida . . . .

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Great shots!

Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10A

Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10B

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(Dave from So-Cal @ Apr. 11 2008,00:53)

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Mas pictures of pura vida . . . .

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Ok Dave, one more just for you.  Not at the river this time, this is at the Quepos waterfront.  

I recently spent an afternoon at this spot.  I think this picture defines "Pura Vida"...

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(Jeff in Costa Rica @ Apr. 12 2008,00:12)

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(Dave from So-Cal @ Apr. 11 2008,00:53)

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Mas pictures of pura vida . . . .

dave

Ok Dave, one more just for you.  Not at the river this time, this is at the Quepos waterfront.  

I recently spent an afternoon at this spot.  I think this picture defines "Pura Vida"...

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Jeff,

Stop it.  You're killing me.

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Thanks for the trip Jeff.  The tree in post 9 is a Cecropia spp tree.  They are called imbauba trees here in Brazil.  They are normally one of the fist secondary vegetation trees to come into any piece of land that has been disturbed.  They have a fruit which toucans like to eat that is somewhat like a grape.

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Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil - A Cidade da Floresta

Where the world´s largest Tropical Rainforest embraces the Greatest Rivers in the World. .

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Thanks for the tour and the great shots Jeff!!

Dave Hughson

Carlsbad, Ca

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Palm freaks are good peeps!!!!!

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My pleasure Dave.

Don, thanks for the positive id on the tree.  Interesting about the toucans, I've only heard about sloths eating the leaves.

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Great pictures and a capture of life there.  Thanks.  Sure wish I was going to be there in a couple of weeks.

BTW - Am I the only one who say the "down by the river" thread title and immediately thought "living in a van"

Great minds think alike Keith ...........  :laugh:

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

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Jeff, really enjoyed this thread with muchas fotos of your beautiful area of Costa Rica.  Making me anxious to get to C.R. and see some of that beauty myself - well it won't be long now!  

Your Post #9 (third pic down) - the flowering plant looks exactly like what we call Brazilian Cloak, as that's a lot easier to remember than its botanical name, Megaskepasma erythroachlamys.  It seems to flower pretty much all year and does pop up sometimes in other areas of the garden which I don't mind as it does give color to the garden.

Keep that camera of yours active, we all love seeing all aspects of life there, be it palms, people, scenery or whatever.

Hawaii Island (Big Island), leeward coast, 19 degrees N. latitude, south Kona mauka at approx. 380m (1,250 ft.) and about 1.6 km (1-mile) upslope from ocean.

 

No record of a hurricane passing over this island (yet!).  

Summer maximum rainfall - variable averaging 900-1150mm (35-45") - Perfect drainage on black volcanic rocky soil.  

Nice sunsets!

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(Al in Kona @ Apr. 14 2008,21:17)

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Jeff, really enjoyed this thread with muchas fotos of your beautiful area of Costa Rica.  Making me anxious to get to C.R. and see some of that beauty myself - well it won't be long now!  

Your Post #9 (third pic down) - the flowering plant looks exactly like what we call Brazilian Cloak, as that's a lot easier to remember than its botanical name, Megaskepasma erythroachlamys.  It seems to flower pretty much all year and does pop up sometimes in other areas of the garden which I don't mind as it does give color to the garden.

Keep that camera of yours active, we all love seeing all aspects of life there, be it palms, people, scenery or whatever.

Thanks Al!  I'm getting excited too.  I'm looking forward to meeting you and showing you around.  :)

Thanks for the id on the flower also!

Formerly Jeff in Costa Rica
 

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