Who wants to go to the SD Zoo on Wednesday??

[kylecawazafla]

Roystonea oleracea

Ptychosperma elegans

Really cool Archontophoenix.... I'm not sure which kind... myolensis?

Khaya nyasica

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Ficus benjamina

Chamaedorea plumosa

Chamaedorea elatior (?)

Arenga engleri

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A cool Dypsis! I forget which kind it is though... ehhh

Ptychosperma macarthurii (?)

Phoenix reclinata for Matt

Very tall Archontophoenix cunninghamiana

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Normanbya normanbyi

Sabal mauritiiformis

Archontophoenix maxima

A nice Archontophoenix cluster! (The tall ones are A. alexandreae)

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Matt with an epiphytic Cyathea!!

A cool Philodendron!

Volunteer Caryota!! (probably Urens)

Attalea humilis

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The Conservatory

Bismarckia nobilis

Hedyscepe

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Balboa Park

Ficus lyrata

Dypsis pusilla ?

Veitchia x Wodyetia

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Basselinia gracilis.... total beauty!

Beautiful Howea!

Ravenala madagascriensis

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Giant Ficus elastica!

with its aerial roots

Parajubaea cocoides

Ficus macrophylla

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These Ravenea rivularis look happy

Roystonea 'elata' (regia) with Matt

Washingtonia robusta... no SoCal album would be complete without these!

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I love the trunks of these!! Ficus macrophylla

Butia capitata

Dypsis decaryi

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Archontophoenix purpurea

These have grown a lot!!

Archontophoenix medley

Very tall Ravenea rivularis

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What kind of Coccothrinax are these?

Brahea armata

I love the buildings here too in Balboa Park

Brachychiton populneus

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ICE PLANT - FALL!!

See all of the barrel cacti?

Washingtonia filifera!!

Looking at this was pretty surreal... Algondones Sand Dunes

[kylecawazafla]

I'm in this picture, can you see me???

This last picture was taken in Winterhaven, California right by Yuma, Arizona.

I apologize if there were any repeats... my flickr account uploaded a few pictures twice due to my error.

[Walter John]

Stunning, thanks Kyle. That majestic was one of the tallest I've ever seen (in photos).

[epicure3]

Geez, Kyle, you do get around! It seems like yesterday I was looking at your pictures from Africa.

That African Mahoganyi s nice. Might have to check that one out. Awesome pics of all the palms. You managed to catch things that I would never have seen (such as Caryota volunteers). Nice job.

[paulgila]

fabulous pix,kyle! great to meet u,as well!

[Kim]

You really covered a lot of ground, Kyle!! You have developed excellent photo skills over time. It was fun meeting you, be sure to look us up next time you are down this way.

[kylecawazafla]

It was great meeting you too, Kim! Thanks for the photo compliments. I'd hope they've been getting better after so much time Unfortunately, my camera broke last week when I was walking to school and got caught in a thunderstorm. Despite having an umbrella, I lost my digital camera, iPod, graphing calculator, and cell phone in it. Anyways, when I'm getting a new one, do you know which settings I should look for in it? I don't like how my pictures always look granulated and even pixelated sometimes, even though they are more than enough kilobytes. I want to go back to San Diego

[asj2006]

A cool Philodendron!

Looks like P. x evansii starting its climb up a tree.

http://www.blueboard.com/pahatan/gambar/p_x_evansii_1.htm

[kylecawazafla]

Thank you for the ID!

It looks like I'm going to San Diego again! I just got a ticket to go for 4 days at the end of August to go to a friend's wedding! I can't wait!!

[Central Floridave]

nice photos above. I missed many of those palms. I guess it helps to go with someone who can point them out to you. I'll add a few pics of the zoo as well. It is an awesome zoo.

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pritchardia

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green bismarckia

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small dypsis prestoniana

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Caryota

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pulled back shot of date palms

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???

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Jelly palm

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Majesty

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purple in balboa

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hearing the bagpipe was kind of cool!

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[Dave-Vero]

I've only visited the Zoo once, and was sort of overwhelmed. The palm photos are reminders of the botanical overload.

A bit creepy to think that the thriving Archontophoenix cunninghamiania next to my house might be popping up above the oaks in a few years. Then again, Florida is vulnerable to wind and cold calamities.

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I think research has shown that Eucalyptus trees with their open canopies are very efficient at harvesting all the sunlight they need. Apparently most other trees carry far more leaves not to turn more sunlight into sugar, but to shade out the competition. Florida's live oaks are a bit open-canopied, and historically depended on occasional ground fires to kill off other tree species that could grow up in the shade and eventually spread out their own canopies above the oaks'. Southern magnolia and sweetgum are especially good at doing that trick. It's a bit creepy to see a straight-trunked magnolia growing up through a nice, big live oak.

[Sabal Steve]

The Conservatory

Bismarckia nobilis

Hedyscepe

That Hedescepe has grown considerably. There are a few other ones (3?) on that same hillside.