Palm photos

[mike in kurtistown]

I have made Webshots files for two groups of photos: (1) pictures taken during the Biennial in Santo Domingo; and (2) pictures taken during the October 2006 Amazon field trip. They can be viewed at:

http://community.webshots.com/user/mmerritt113

While I do have pictures of trip happenings and human interest, most pictures are of the palms. No reflection on recent postings (from which I downloaded) is intended, just wanted to indicate what's in the files. Also, I include photos of less than stellar quality when they convey useful information not available in any other photo. Good viewing!

[Gileno Machado]

Beautiful pictures, thanks for sharing.

That Astrocaryum jauari is really a magnificent palm...I hope I can manage to germinate a few seeds of this species but they are rather difficult indeed.

I didn't notice that Oenocarpus minor and Geonoma aspidifolia both had new red emerging leaves. It's very nice to check how the species look in habitat.

[mike453]

Mike,                                                                                     Thanks for the link to your photos, very nice photography and subjects. Great Palms, I hope those ants are not carrying them away!

                Regards, Mike

Ps. I realy liked the pink Dolphin pics.

[deezpalms]

Great pics mike!! Wonderful pictures of the amazon and other locations. I looked at all your albums. Thanks!!

[MattyB]

That worm is huge!!!!!

[SubTropicRay]

Very nice photos Mike.  When can we see photos of beginnings in the Merritt Hawaiian Garden?  I will be visiting later this year.