Rio de Janeiro Palms

[Gileno Machado]

Here are a few selected palm photos taken by a friend and collector (from Uberlândia, Minas Gerais State) called Ricardo Péres, in Rio de Janeiro last year. He's sent me a CD sometime ago and I had told him I'd post these in Palmtalk. Thanks Ricardo for the eye candy:

First a few from Jardim Botânico:

[Gileno Machado]

Ancient Aiphanes minima,

General view:

[Gileno Machado]

Dictyosperma album,

Grandma Licuala spinosa:

[Gileno Machado]

Phoenix rupicola (?);

Areca vestiaria group:

[Gileno Machado]

Bactris caryotifolia;

Jarina palm (Phytelephas macrocarpa), Ivory nut:

[Gileno Machado]

Livistona sp: (too tall to ID);

Oenocarpus distichus:

[Gileno Machado]

Arenga undulatifolia;

Borassus aethiopium:

[Gileno Machado]

West wing;

Central Fountain:

[Gileno Machado]

Cyrtostachys renda old clump;

Pandanus base:

[Gileno Machado]

Cycads:

[Gileno Machado]

Acrocomia intumescens;

Licuala sp.

[Gileno Machado]

Dypsis sp;

Attalea sp:

[Gbarce]

excellent tour. I enjoyed that very much. It's nice that he has a pretty large estate --gives the palms the proper room to grow. Are most of those palms native to South america?

[Perito]

Wow Gileno, thanks to you and your friend! My sweet tooth is satisfied. Oh, maybe I'll look at those photos one more time!

--- Perito

[Mark_NoVA]

Spectacular! :drool: Thanks to both of you for the photos!

[Jeff in St Pete]

Stunning palms! Thanks Gileno.

[Peter]

Wow-great photos! It's always a treat to see mature plants.

[Gileno Machado]

excellent tour. I enjoyed that very much. It's nice that he has a pretty large estate --gives the palms the proper room to grow. Are most of those palms native to South america?

Hi Gene,

I guess the South American species are best represented in the Palm collection but they've been planting hundreds of exotic species there too, for the last 200 years.

In fact the Jardim Botânico was first assigned as an acclimation place for exotic plants and crops to be tested in Brazil and I guess it was responsible for the introduction and spreading of several important plants in this country, such as coffee seedlings, Roystonea palms and many ornamental and fruiting trees from all over the world, including many of your Phillipine treasures...

Are you coming in 2010 for the Biennial too?

Thanks everyone for the comments, here are a few more from JBRJ:

[Gileno Machado]

Paurotis clump;

Corypha umbraculifera flowering:

[Gileno Machado]

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[Gileno Machado]

Aiphanes aculeata;

Rainforest collection:

[Gileno Machado]

Thrinax radiata;

Chambeyronia macrocarpa:

[Gileno Machado]

Thrinax morrisii (now Leucothrinax);

Butiagrus (?):

[Gileno Machado]

Phoenix pusilla from Sri Lanka;

Palm canopy:

[Central Floridave]

thanks for the photos. That is amazing how old some of those palms are! That avenue of royal palms are the tallest I've ever seen. thanks again.

[Gileno Machado]

Ancient Dypsis stems, jumping away from the mother clump;

detail:

[Gileno Machado]

thanks for the photos. That is amazing how old some of those palms are! That avenue of royal palms are the tallest I've ever seen. thanks again.

Thanks.

I guess this avenue of Roystonea oleracea was planted in 1842, These palms are all descendent from the Palma Mater of 1808.

[Gileno Machado]

Allee:

[Kris]

Dear Brother

Lovely visuals...like always !

Thanks & Love,

Kris

[bubba]

Gileno, So that is what mature Areca vestiara and Sealing Wax look like.The Licuala spinosa and others are beyond belief! You are showing us the Big-Leagues!

[Daryl]

Great photos Gileno!

[edric]

excellent tour. I enjoyed that very much. It's nice that he has a pretty large estate --gives the palms the proper room to grow. Are most of those palms native to South america?

Hi Gene,

I guess the South American species are best represented in the Palm collection but they've been planting hundreds of exotic species there too, for the last 200 years.

In fact the Jardim Botânico was first assigned as an acclimation place for exotic plants and crops to be tested in Brazil and I guess it was responsible for the introduction and spreading of several important plants in this country, such as coffee seedlings, Roystonea palms and many ornamental and fruiting trees from all over the world, including many of your Phillipine treasures...

Are you coming in 2010 for the Biennial too?

Thanks everyone for the comments, here are a few more from JBRJ:

Those trees must be two feet across, are they Royal? Ed

[PalmatierMeg]

Fabulous! That garden has a prehistoric look.

[_Keith]

There is no greater feeling than walking into a truly old garden. This reminds me of a quote. And makes me sad that I see so few projects like this being originated in our time of immediate gratitude. "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in." »Greek Proverb

[Alberto]

Thank you Gileno for sharing this beautifull pics of the Jardim Botânicos!!!

Intersting to see that the Acrocomia intumescens looks the same as the biggest I saw in Recife and on the way to the beaches.

[Exotic Life]

Great pictures, thanks for sharing.

Robbin

[Palm Guy]

Gileno - Beautiful photos as usual. Everything looks nice n green and healthy. My favorite pic was of that Areca vestiaria! Do you know how old is that plant is? I hope that this garden is on the program for the Brazil biennial.

Cheers amigo!

[FRITO]

wow im speechless. that truly an amazing garden full of OLD palms.

whats the avg annual rainfall for Rio?

[Alberto]

http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?ac...st&id=49774

Which palm is this???? :drool:

[Gileno Machado]

Thanks again everyone...

Alberto,

Now you see that our big belly northeastern Acrocomias look a lot different from both the species in the South and Amazonic regions, don't you? Even these specimens grown in the Southeast as exotics...Did you plant down the two seedlings you took back with you? Are they doing fine in Carambeí?

As to your second question, geeee...what palm is that one? Any guesses??

Michael,

I'm sure the Biennial organizing commitee will schedule enough time to visit the JBRJ in detail, hopefully with local Botanists and Biologists as guides. It is a very big park and it has several diverse plant collections in it. There are other palm collections in Rio with a higher number of palm species (Sítio Burle Marx, Horto das Palmeiras, Hermínio Simões, etc) but no other Botanical Garden there has such a magnificence and history...

Frito,

I guess the rainfall ammount in Rio is similar to what we have up here in Recife. The main difference is that it rains there mostly in summer (Nov/March) and the winter there is cooler and drier than here in NE. I'll have to check the weather charts to tell you the precise rainfall records.

I'll try to post other pictures taken by Ricardo Péres in other places in Rio too, soon...