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The Huntington

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The Huntington rugby pitch

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Bromeliad-lined path

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Aechmea distichantha

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Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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Kim Grand Master

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A fine place to view groups of mature palms

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It's difficult to capture the grandeur of a Caryota gigas in a photo; here compare to the very tall Howea forsteriana

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Why we love silver palms; see how the Brahea decumbens captures the sunlight to stand out in the garden

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The Lost Boys in the Enchanted Palm Forest

(l. to r. Bill, Paul, Matt, Bob)

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Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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Base of tree (note sign)

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The whole Ombu! (Can you find the sign?)

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Mature palms in the cactus/succulent garden, an amazing array of texture and color

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Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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Inside the glasshouse dome, the much-photographed Ficus damaropsis

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I can't get over the size of those leaves!

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I was intrigued by this spiraling plant

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Detail of a large display of mounted bromeliads and tillandsias

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Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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Wow, Kim, I wonder how I missed that Ombu when I was there in July. But then again, it was a fairly quick tour and I don't think one can see EVERYTHING in one go. I guess I'll have to make another trip out there. Thanks for sharing.

Zac

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Living to get back to Mexico

International Palm Society member since 2007

http://community.webshots.com/user/zacspics - My Webshots Gallery

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great pics kim!they all looked like you really thought about each one,whereas the pics taken by us "lost boys" seemd kinda random & "rapid-fire".(i meant to leave the "e" off of "seemed").

the "prince of snarkness."

 

still "warning-free."

 

san diego,california,left coast.

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Just a little history on that Ficus damm.  I dug it up as a rooted sucker from a large tree in Santa Barbara 3 years ago-it was probably about 6" tall with about the same amount of root.  I dug up about 6-7 similar suckers at the same time; 3 survived.  I gave the 'cutting' to Dylan at the Huntington where he nursed it along for about a year and a half before planting it out when the conservatory was opened.  The other 2 are living in my garden(although slightly damaged from the big freeze).

San Fernando Valley, California

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(pohonkelapa @ Jan. 27 2007,02:06)

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great pics kim!they all looked like you really thought about each one,whereas the pics taken by us "lost boys" seemd kinda random & "rapid-fire".(i meant to leave the "e" off of "seemed").

Um, yeah, well, plants stay still while you plan the shot.  I'm not so good at photographing people on the run and posed shots are so, you know, posed.  Next time I'll make you all turn around and on the count of three say, "Pseudophoenix ekmanii!" c l i c k

Peter, thanks for the backstory on the F. dammaropsis, I had no idea!  Nice work!

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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Kim,

Thanks for the excellent photos! Huntington is a great place. That's where I attended my very first PSSC meeting back in the early 90s. Didn't miss a single meeting after that spectacular introduction!

Bo-Göran

Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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Great photos Kim.  Thanks.

Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10A

Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10B

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Are those Livistona australis in the first photo?

Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10A

Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10B

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Kim , the spiral plant just below the Ficus dammaropsis pics you posted is a Costus , C. asplundii to be exact .

Can get to approx 2m high , I love the purple hairy stems , got a few clumps planted out here . There are many Costus , nearly 200 species I think , though many are being grown with just a common name as they can be difficult to ID .

Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

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Kim,

   Nice stuff! Your photos are very good, and thanks.

Jeff

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

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Kim are those pictures of the mature Caryota gigas after the 17F freeze?  They look untouched!

Bump on this question.

And Kim, these are truly fabulous photos.  Nice to have a woman's touch out there :) .

 San Francisco Bay Area, California

Zone 10a

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Kim Grand Master

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Oh, this is still alive, sorry, I wasn't paying attention!

Jacob and Kathy, these photos were taken January 20th after the freeze.  The older gigas, a whole group of them, were unfazed by the cold, but you may have seen photos of younger plants near the newer Conservatory building that were badly burned.

Michael, thanks for the id on the Costus, I would never have guessed!

Ray, I waded into the bushes looking for the name of those palms in the first photo, but any label is long gone, and I am not expert enough to discern the species from below.

Glad you all enjoyed the photos!  It was fun wandering through the gardens, something amazing at every turn.

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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That ombu tree was great.......I would love to try one here (would it be the first in Florida?)

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

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Kim

Awesome photos of a place I hope to see this year.  Love the decumbens!

C from NC

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Bone dry summers, wet winters, 2-3 days ea. winter in low teens.

Siler City, NC

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Kim Awesome pics! Beautiful scenery! thanks for sharing,

Scott

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San Fernando Valley, California

Sunset Climate Zone 18

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