Greetings from South Florida

[palmislandRandy]

Yup, they made it! I don't have time to post pics till Monday night (jury duty ) & my battery took a crap, but I'll post what I have! The boys under a Fairchild Carpoxlyn canopy

[DoomsDave]

Well, scream, obscenities . .

[Walter John]

Yup, they made it! I don't have time to post pics till Monday night (jury duty ) & my battery took a crap, but I'll post what I have! The boys under a Fairchild Carpoxlyn canopy

That's very impressive, the palm trees I mean.

and you blokes are looking fine as well.

[sur4z]

before the big show begins, here are a couple pics from my phone.

Pohonkelapa posing with a baby borassus

Jeff Searle with the P man getting a tee-shirt

Christian Faulkner showing his palms, Bubba, and Jeff Searle

[sur4z]

The gang looking for my golf ball...

[sur4z]

Ken Johnson, Randy (PalmIsland) and the P man looking at their shaddows

Matt B challenging Harry Dawg to a dypsis debate

[sur4z]

And now for some palm pics

up the skirt of a Copernicia baileyana

another

the best in show a copernicia fallaense

[sur4z]

a gaggle of Kerriodoxa elegans

Copernicia macroglossa

[sur4z]

an artsy shot

wild orchids

[bubba]

Paul and Matt are great guys and outstanding Palmsters. They truly know their stuff. Even Florida stuff. Here is a shot of Tikitiki(far left/all the way from Orlando), Matt, Paul and TikiRiki:

Here is a shot of Pedro(sur4z)and Tikitiki:

[bubba]

Woops:

Ken gave a great tour around a number of areas of Fairchild. He truly knoweth his stuff too:

He is like EF Hutton. When he talks,you listen. Alot of stuff not in the books.

[bubba]

We forgot Ken was a Palm tree hugger. Makes you feel bad for that 100 year old Pseudophoenix sargenti:

Paul was trying to keep it from happening...

At first I thought these Palms near Ken were Ravenas. Not even close. Something out of the ordinary. Does anyone remember?

[bubba]

Fairchild is a remarkable place. You could walk around for days and not take it fully in. Here is Harry Dawg from Costa Rica next to a Copernicia bailyana:

Here is another shot of a Copernicia macroglossa, which I believe Matt got a special upskirt shot on:

We all had a great day. In the afternoon we went down towards the Rain Forest area with Matt and Paul. We were joined by Geraldo of the Deerfield Arbitorium. Jerry really knows his stuff and it was great to have him point out many obscure specimens.

[Palmə häl′ik]

Syagrus amara?

[bubba]

Here are some Pseudophoenix vinifera and players:

Paul was shooting, Randy(Palmisland) was reloading and Ken was looking for the next venture into obscure Palmitis at Fairchild.

Paul at the base of a large Baobob?

I hope Paul and Matt enjoyed it as much as the Florida contingent. If you need your blood pressure lowered, go to Fairchild.

[bubba]

Here is some weird Vinifera that was about a foot tall that Matt found and said it was 100 years old. We believed him:

Get out of the way, Randy! Seriously, Matt really knew his stuff and reminded me of a Californian Christian Faulkner. He said he was going back to his Hawaian adventures to ID some of these obscurities.

We all found the Hyphaene thebaica(Gingerbread/Doum) interesting because of it's dry African lineage. Still grows in humid South Florida!

[Walter John]

We gotta get this back in the main forum...or maybe someone could start a new thread there..

great stuff and these are just phone pics I assume..

[bubba]

The Copernicia fallaense has a leaf color that is very different. Almost hyptnotizing:

Double Coconut with Harry Dawg and Pedro:

Copernicia tectorum,looking rather tectorumly:

[bubba]

Alot more Palmy stuff to come from much better Palmsters than me. Sorry about the blurry shots. I think it was caused by the wind. I think I heard it scream Mary!(Jimi Hendrix-all you youngsters look it up)

[BS Man about Palms]

Bubba- Thanks for capturing the moments.. Just heard briefly from the guys having a great time!

By the way, on post #100, I suspect Matty is looking at a 25 year old Pseudophoenix eckmanii. I just traded to him a nice 15year old one that was half that size... I think at 100 years old you wouldn't have to stoop to look at one.

[Ken Johnson]

I am sure there will be a MattyB and Dewd thread Wal, as soon as Matty stops screaming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gbarce]

We forgot Ken was a Palm tree hugger. Makes you feel bad for that 100 year old Pseudophoenix sargenti:

Paul was trying to keep it from happening...

At first I thought these Palms near Ken were Ravenas. Not even close. Something out of the ordinary. Does anyone remember?

On the last picture-- Attaleas I think.

[bubba]

Gene, You are right! I was looking through Rainforest Robert's Post and he ID's this Palm as an Attalea crassothopia(Sp?), a highly endangered Palm indigenous to Haiti.

[www.dadluvsu.com]

Here is some weird Vinifera that was about a foot tall that Matt found and said it was 100 years old. We believed him:

WOWZ! That Pseudophoenix ekamanii has grown quite a bit! They must pick up speed as they get older...

Matt & Paul, hate that I missed you guys. We got h1n1 and sat around in our pj's all weekend. Looks like ya'll had a super duper swell-a-riffic time. Lookin forward to the threadz...

[tikitiki]

This was by far one of my favorite days in fairchild ( my kids are usually trying to pull me out.) It was great meeting all of you and we will need to do it again. Thanks again for lunch Bubba.

[palmislandRandy]

Sorry so late, but visitors & jury duty prevailed (luckely not picked for a high profile murder trial) & a few camera battery problems.

Jeff, Bubba & Christian plot to get a look at whatever is in Paul's secret backpack, while Pedro keeps a lookout for da boyz.

[palmislandRandy]

Ryan's a mean photographer (mean in the good way) & will probably post a few photos of the South Florida Palm Society Sale conviently in progress.

Paul & Matt meet FM TikiRick.

[palmislandRandy]

Paul carries the backpack on odd days of the month & Matt on the evens........weird, maybe some sort of California thing as Dave looks on.

[palmislandRandy]

A variegated Pseudophoenix & Copernicias galore

[palmislandRandy]

Paul, Ken, Matty & Bubba ponder lunch without beer & I forgot what this was with the strange leaves.

[palmislandRandy]

As Matt runs yelling yippie through the Carrabean palms, the PRA gang looks on in amazement.

[palmislandRandy]

Some random garden photos. Battery issues caused the loss of 42 photos

[palmislandRandy]

I had the same thought as Tikitiki. I've been to Fairchild many times, but none were as satisfying as spending the day with all these knowledgeable palmheads! Also in attendance was Tree Zoo Jerry among the missing photos. One last one.

[BS Man about Palms]

"I have come to avenge my father....prepare to die..."....

[MattyB]

Great pics everyone! What an exciting and busy week we've had. Sorry to all who we didn't have time to visit. Paul and I will start a travel log thread when we get back.

[Palmarum]

palmisland Posted Yesterday, 10:17 PM

Ryan's a mean photographer (mean in the good way) & will probably post a few photos of the South Florida Palm Society Sale conviently in progress....

I am sorting through and editing the photos right now actually and will post them soon. It was great to meet Matt and Paul in person and to see so many Forum members in one place at one time. The show at Fairchild was too short as I could have taken way more photos than I did.

Ryan

[Tassie_Troy1971]

Great thread ,a real whirlwind tour of So Fla.

[palmislandRandy]

Anyone get a photo of Dr Dransfield? I shoulda got his autograph!

[Jeff Searle]

Anyone get a photo of Dr Dransfield? I shoulda got his autograph!

Randy,

You missed it. John and Scott Zona sort of caught us all off guard and came strolling through the booth. As we were all talking, I grabbed a nice 1gallon size Dransfieldia micrantha off my table and sort of gave John a quiz on his "own palm". Lol! He passed with flying colors! Quite a few pictures were instantly taken by all standing there. It was a clssic moment.

PS......next time I'm grabbing a Dypsis seedling, It was a pleasure seeing you.

Jeff

[Kim]

Yeah, Carpoxylon! Thanks for the preliminary photos, guys. The Copernicia are impressive and the Pseudophoenix vinifera are very impressive. Looking forward to more from Ryan and Paul and everyone else.