Adventure on Mataroni River - French Guiana

[olivier971]

In April 2009, i went with some friends to the discovery of the High Mataroni River in French Guiana. A unique botanical experience recounted in an article in the french magazine "Le Palmier" in June 2009. An adventure you can imagine, full of botanical discoveries.

You will find on the site Tipalm.fr, at http://www.tipalm.fr/pages/mataroni.html, many pictures of this expedition.

You can also download the article (in french), made available on this page, courtesy of the Association des Fous de Palmiers.

Some pictures here :

Attalea maripa - Approuague's Hostel :

Oenocarpus batava and Attalea maripa :

Bactris gasipaes and Euterpe oleracea :

Manicaria saccifera :

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Geonoma maxima :

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Astrocaryum gynacanthum :

Astrocaryum sciophilum :

Bactris rhaphidacantha :

Syagrus inajai :

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Euterpe oleracea :

All pictures here : http://www.tipalm.fr/pages/mataroni.html

[ariscott]

That geonoma is so special... If only I can stop killing them

Regards, Ari

[kylecawazafla]

WOW! Thank you for sharing those pictures!! :drool: Manicaria saccifera is one of my favorite palms and coming across new photos of them is such a rare occasion!! I enjoyed the "unusual" syagrus, geonoma, bactris, and astrocaryum species too! Do you have any further information about them?

[realarch]

Oh man, nice photos. Must have been an incredible experience in addition to the beautiful palms.

Tim