The Garden of Dr. Dewayne Richardson

[Jeff in St Pete]

Astrocaryum alatum

Bactris hondurensis

I heard someone say that these looked like Zamias, but then I thought I heard someone say they were Chamaedorea that looked like a Zamia? I meant to take a closer look at them later but I forgot.

[Jeff in St Pete]

I think the two on the right are some kind of Syagrus. He listed the following Syagrus species - amara, coronata, orinocensis, picrophylla, pseudococos, romanzoffiana, and "tefe". Could these palms be orinocensis, picrophylla or pseudococos?

[Jeff in St Pete]

Dictyosperma album

Syagrus coronata - I never gave this palm much thought before. After seeing it in person, I fell in love with the silver-blue fronds. It really stood out in the garden.

I like the fact that he had every palm tagged!

[Jeff in St Pete]

I previously said I could only make out the species name of macrocarpa on the tag for this palm. Actually all I could read is macro(something) and I assumed it was macrocarpa. I found a photo of the entire palm and it is NOT Chambeyronia macrocarpa, I believe it's Chamaedorea macrospadix

The entire palm

Fruit

[Jeff in St Pete]

Another shot of Syagrus coronata in the background

Latania

[Jeff in St Pete]

Close-up of Phytelephas fruit

[Jeff in St Pete]

[Jeff in St Pete]

I loved the fact that you had to go through this gate and duck under the Kerriodoxa elegans leaves to get to the other part of the garden!

A few potted Iriartea deltoidea - my favorite Costa Rican native palm!

[Jeff in St Pete]

Reinhardtia simplex

Reinhardtia gracilis - both species were planted together

Reinhardtia gracilis leaf and seeds

[Jeff in St Pete]

Hyophorbe lagenicaulis with Dr Richardson's son for scale

[Jeff in St Pete]

Licuala ramsayi

Looking up at the crown of the giant Arenga pinnata

[Jeff in St Pete]

[Jeff in St Pete]

Veitchia

Livistona rotundifolia

That should be all the photos. The end.

[RainForestt Robert]

Thanks Jeff. Great photos and it must have been a most enjoyable PRA. I love the setting where the meeting was held. What is the size of the property?

Robert

[Jeff in St Pete]

Thanks Jeff. Great photos and it must have been a most enjoyable PRA. I love the setting where the meeting was held. What is the size of the property?

Robert

Robert, It was a very enjoyable PRA! This truly is one of the best private collections I have ever seen.

I've been meaning to ask him the size of his property. I would guess it is about 1 hectare, but I don't know for sure.

[palmcurry]

Nice photos Jeff. Thanks for the visual account of such a developed garden.

[Pedro 65]

Bump, and for very good reason.

This is "Very Inspiring" , thanks for this stunning thread Jeff, beautiful photography, Id love to see these gardens, have you visited again since? Pete

[humangenomaproject]

Jeff, Marco Herrero, Ben Morris and I visited the garden last year. Dr. Richardson is one of the most generous men I have ever met. Marcos brought him an Actiniokentia Divaricata and I brought him a Lemurophonix and you could just see the gratitude in his eyes. Thanks for this bump as I plan on giving Dr. Richardson a call and paying him another visit. By the way, his orchid courtyard in the middle of his backyard is a marvel as well.

[Pedro 65]

Jeff, Marco Herrero, Ben Morris and I visited the garden last year. Dr. Richardson is one of the most generous men I have ever met. Marcos brought him an Actiniokentia Divaricata and I brought him a Lemurophonix and you could just see the gratitude in his eyes. Thanks for this bump as I plan on giving Dr. Richardson a call and paying him another visit. By the way, his orchid courtyard in the middle of his backyard is a marvel as well.

Thanks Jason, this was a "well deserved bumped thread" imo, look fwd to next update thread including his Orchid courtyard garden, is your palm we chatted about seeding yet? Pete

[humangenomaproject]

It did seed but it did not hold the seed this time which I thought rather bizarre but we did have some hard rains in April so maybe that was a factor. I still have you slated for seed (with careful labeling). Dr. Richardson also gave me a Pinanga Caesia that had some serious purple in it and I think there is quite alot of differentiation with this species as the petiole and leaf have more purple but they are younger trees so only time will tell.

[Jeff in St Pete]

Bump, and for very good reason.

This is "Very Inspiring" , thanks for this stunning thread Jeff, beautiful photography, Id love to see these gardens, have you visited again since? Pete

Pete, here is the link to our return visit to Dewayne's garden. http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/34118-costa-rican-pra/ I only live about 20 minutes away from Dewayne now so I really would like to go back again for another visit. He has another plot of land that he calls "the farm" where he has a lot of other palms planted. I haven't been to that property yet. The first couple visits I took my pocket camera, next time I want to go back with my good camera and take some better photos.

[Pedro 65]

Bump, and for very good reason.

This is "Very Inspiring" , thanks for this stunning thread Jeff, beautiful photography, Id love to see these gardens, have you visited again since? Pete

Pete, here is the link to our return visit to Dewayne's garden. http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/34118-costa-rican-pra/ I only live about 20 minutes away from Dewayne now so I really would like to go back again for another visit. He has another plot of land that he calls "the farm" where he has a lot of other palms planted. I haven't been to that property yet. The first couple visits I took my pocket camera, next time I want to go back with my good camera and take some better photos.

Many thanks for the" return link" Jeff. WOW, I want to see it "even much more now" , beautiful photography as usual, Pete