kebun raya

[paulgila]

these pics are from 2003,but i've been inspired by all the great recent pics from indonesia to dig them up & post them.

a few preliminary shots...

[BigFrond]

...ummphh.... and the palms?  

[paulgila]

[paulgila]

[MattyB]

Dang!!! I know the Redhead is tiny,  but that bamboo is ridiculous!

[paulgila]

[iwan]

Looks like the palms have done a lot of growing and looks like a lot of new plantings in three years compared to my pictures.

For those that may try and locate this garden, it is called Eka Karya.  It is located near Candi Kuning in central Bali (about 2 hours by private car from Ubud).  Elevation is ~1900m ASL as I mentioned in Joseph's thread on what elevations palms grow at.

I will post some of my pictures tonight when I get home.

[iwan]

I am going to skip over Yogyakarta and Surakarta for now, and move on to Bali and post up my Eka Karya pictures to follow this thread.  

First off, I am going to start with an ID challenge for you guys.  A couple of days ago pohonkelapa asked me what this palm was:

Closeup:

I promptly replied Areca vestiaria (based on the sign)

This is stated as being from Southeast Sulawesi (Sul-Teng).

To my novice eyes it looks similar to this Calamus sp. elsewhere in the garden:

Obvious differences are the red petioles, rachis, and emergent leaves.  Based on the armor it doesn't match the description of Areca vestiaria.

[iwan]

For comparison, Areca vestiaria elsewhere in the garden:

[iwan]

(pohonkelapa @ Oct. 20 2006,11:39)

QUOTE

2003

June 2006 Palem aren (Arenga pinnata).  Notice the growth also on the foreground palms.

2003

June 2006

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[iwan]

Juvenile Arenga pinnata

"Tree of a thousand uses"

[iwan]

(pohonkelapa @ Oct. 20 2006,11:41)

QUOTE

2003

June 2006  Pigafetta elata

Closeup

Looking up (probably a dangerous position to be in)!

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[iwan]

Closeup of foreground palm (Aiphanes caryotaefolia)

Crown

Inflorescence

Leaf armor

[Kom Thai Palm]

hi Paul

Very cool shots, WoW!! I love Arenga, and 2nd photo of post number1 seem like nice place for the summer of hot country as Indonesia

Komkrit

[paulgila]

iwan i love the "comparison" shots!

that seemed to be the main "palm area" when i was there.did you find any other concentration of palms or was that the only one?

[iwan]

We only spent a couple hours there.  I focused on the palm area of course, and the fern and orchid areas.  Unfortunately, almost no orchids were in bloom.  It was quite cold (for Indonesia), probably around 60F.  The driver didn't have a jacket and had the heater going in the car.  There are palms scattered around, but I didn't see any obvious secondary palm gardens.

BTW, I have seen frost in the Dieng plateau (Java).  That is the coldest I have ever experienced in Indonesia.  The drivers had to build a fire under the diesel tank of the bus to get it started in the morning.  I never paid attention though if any palms were growing in that region.

[iwan]

Some more interesting pictures.

Pinanga caesia.  This has an almost black crownshaft.  Bo-Göran questioned if this palm was properly identified a few months ago in the black palms thread.

Close-up

Juvenile Pinanga celebica.  Great petiole colors.

Red-ish emergent leaf

[iwan]

One more Pinanga celebica emergent leaf

Caryota rumphiana

Inflorescence

Trunk base

[iwan]

My remaining pictures from Eka Karya can be viewed at:

Eka Karya

[Neofolis]

Great pictures, the colouring of the Pinanga celebica is amazing.

[bgl]

Iwan,

(see post 17 above). The reason I was questioning the ID of that palm is that all my Pinanga caesia (and I have a number of them) all have a fairly uniform (and different) look. This is one of them.

Bo-Göran

[SubTropicRay]

Thanks for sharing these photos. I'm sorry I missed them earlier.