Las Palmas de Puerto Vallarta

[Fred Zone 10A]

In May my wife and I went to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to relax.  We stayed at a lovely hotel in the Marina and didn't do any sightseeing, the purpose of our trip being to recover from a strenuous January through April.

The hotel was landscaped with a nice assortment of non-native palms and on my daily walks around the Marina I noticed many other palm species planted around the other hotels and apartment buildings.

The first several groups of photos were taken at our hotel.  Can you identify these palms?

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Photo #3

[Fred Zone 10A]

Here are more photos from the hotel.

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More shots taken at the hotel.

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The last group from the hotel.

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[tropicalb]

#1 and #2 look like andonidia merrillii

#3 looks like hyophorbe lagenicaulus

#4, 5 and 6 dypsis lutescens

[Fred Zone 10A]

From outside the hotel--

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Photo #15 (crown closeup of #14)

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Photo #20.  A small Sabal, but which species?

Photo #21.  Leaf closeup of the small Sabal.

[Fred Zone 10A]

Photo #22.  A far away view

Photo #23. Closer view

[Fred Zone 10A]

Photo #24.  This last one's not a palm, but very nice nonetheless.

[Palmy]

Great pics!

I went to mazatlan a few years back and it looks similair.

[tropicalb]

last one of course is Travelers Palm (Ravenala madagascariensis).

[Fred Zone 10A]

#4, 5 and 6 dypsis lutescens

I'm pretty sure this palm is not Dypsis lutescens, which has green leaflets and yellow petioles.  The leaflets on this palm are grey-green and the petioles don't show any yellow.

[tropicalb]

maybe d. baronii or onilahensis then?

[Jeff Searle]

Fred,

    Looks like a nice place to relax.

 The palms in your pics. are,

 1&2 are Adonidia's

  #3 is a Hyophorbe lagen. ( Bottle)

  #4,5,6  Dypsis lutescens

  #9,10  Pritchardia sp.

   #11  Licuala grandis

   # 13 Thrinax radiata

   #14,15,16  Washingtonias

  # 17,18  Roystonia sp.

  # 19   Caryota mitis

[tropicalb]

yay...i'm getting better at this identification game!

[richtrav]

The sabal is most likely rosei, it looks like one and is native to the area. No pictures of the hillsides of wild Attalea cohune? It's the most glorious part of PV

[Al in Kona]

I couldn't agree more with what Richtrav says - the Attalea cohune (sometimes referred to as Orbignya guacayule) is one of the most impressive palms surrounding the Puerto Vallarta area.

[Kris]

Dear Fred Zone  

the stills are terrefic,and did have some of my

favouriates palms in them_Areca,washy,royals,

travellers palm,bottle palm,sabal,etc..

those pictures are pure examples as how much

does landscape with palm trees add beauty to the

sourrounding concrete buildings !

thanks for sharing those stills from your lovely

holiday.

Love,

Kris.

[John]

A few years ago  after a IPS board meeting in Houston a a fellow palmnut from Pueto Vallarta said come on down for a week and mellow out.Well it was more like a IPS trip go,go,go, We had ball. As soon as you drive out of the Airport you see palms in abundance A. cohune's and Acrocomia's. Oh! a Mailbox USA . Jeff hopefully will post some photos for me of our hosts garden 10 miles north of P.V. I will have to post two more times on Brahea hunting in the state of Nayarit.John in a chilly 47degs in Old Miakka.