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2014 PACSOA Show

Daryl

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Daryl Grand Master

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Well, today was day 1 of the show...plenty of great palms on display and for sale...

How about these beauties...

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It was also a great opportunity for everyone to catch up and talk palms...here's a few Palmtalkers that were present on the day...unfortunately we couldn't tie down Colin (Palmtreeforpleasure) long enough to get him in our group shot...

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L-R Palmtalkers AndyG, Newcal, Mark Wuschke, Daryl, Walter John, NApalm, Comic097, Kennybenjamin

A couple of other Palmtalkers were also in attendance...Neil C came and said hello...NthEastpalms and Steve99....this must be the largest gathering of Aussie Palmtalkers ever...12 if my calculations are correct...

More photos to come...

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Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

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NApalm Mentor

NApalm

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Great day out! Nice to talk palms to people that actually want to listen. Looking forward to next year

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Rafael Grand Master

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Great day out! Nice to talk palms to people that actually want to listen. Looking forward to next year

Thats pretty much important :D

Nice to see so many palmtalkers together! Hi Wal!

Looking forward to more pics :)

Furadouro and Ovar, zone 9b/10a.
PORTUGAL
http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=20668
http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/31527-my-new-garden-ovar-january2012/

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Cindy Adair Grand Master

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Great to match some faces with PT names and even better to see familiar ones from the Thailand Biennial! Not too late to register for Florida!

I look forward to even more photos since I have nothing at all like this ever in Virginia.

Cindy Adair

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Neil C Mentor

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Here are a couple more photos from the show although I'm sure some better ones will also be posted.

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and finally my spoils. Group photo of Lanonia dasyantha (looking for one of these for a while and found it tucked away in the middle of many other palms), Rhapis multifida (anything other than excelsa is pretty rare here) and Chamaerops humils var cerifera (again anything other than the usual humilis is a good find, in fact any Chamaerops is quite rare.)

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My biggest steal was this variegated Rhapis "tree" for the princely sum of $45. The more discerning Rhapis collector might cherish the smaller bushier varieties but I'm stoked with this. I'd hate to think how old it is!

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Regards Neil

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Tassie_Troy1971 Grand Master

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Looks like a great day was had by all . I chatted over the phone with Daryl ,andy and Colin last night when they were back at Daryl's sinking a few cold ones !

Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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Looks like it was a great weekend.......haven't been to one for many years now, oh well maybe next year !!

Andrew,
Airlie Beach, Whitsundays

Tropical Queensland

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Walter John Grand Master

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Here's a couple of pics I took.

Aussie way of selling palms and sharing palm tree advice, relaxed, don't worry, be happy.

Andy G and Newcal, and Roscoe from Rocky with some customers.

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Colin Wilson, legend.

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Some lovely Areca vestiarias this year

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Down at the "Booth of Truth", once again proving to be an outstanding feature to the show weekend.

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These two rated high for best tropical dressed.....maybe.... :lol2:

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Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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Daryl Grand Master

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A few more....

The tension builds as we approach opening time...surprisingly the crowds were very well behaved and didn't flood through the door until they were told to do so...

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Sales activity in the cycad area

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Palmtreesforpleasure about to go into sales mode in the palm area...

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More 'Booth of Truth'...the PACSOA Helpdesk...the palm sales area behind was packed out with eager collectors.

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Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

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Back to some more palm photos...

It is customary for us to take a wander through the actual botanical gardens and check out the growth of the palms there. Nothing like a bit of fresh air and peaceful setting to sooth the soul...

Nearby, there is this nice lawn area where they do weddings etc and it is surrounded by all kinds of Dypsis, as well as Livistonas, Archontophoenix and Carpentaria, Rhapis...what a beaut place to get married...

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There are many spectacular palms growing there...here Wal lends scale to this trunk base with his foot...any guesses as to what this? How thick are those roots!

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The same palm has a very robust trunk and long reins coming off the leaves...here Wal 'tolls the bell'

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Just past the sales area is a group of Pritchardia hillebrandii ' Blue Dwarf'...this one is really starting to colour up...surprisingly there were no seeds on these mature plants...

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Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

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I wasn't on the walk around so I'm going to to have a guess at the robust palm...... Satakentia luikensis?

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Walter John Grand Master

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I had a coffee Sun morning at the botanical gardens cafe, here's the view from the tables.

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Right near where I parked there lay a fallen soldier,,,Archontophoenix has to try again.

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Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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Walter John Grand Master

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Well, today was day 1 of the show...plenty of great palms on display and for sale...

How about these beauties...

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It was also a great opportunity for everyone to catch up and talk palms...here's a few Palmtalkers that were present on the day...unfortunately we couldn't tie down Colin (Palmtreeforpleasure) long enough to get him in our group shot...

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L-R Palmtalkers AndyG, Newcal, Mark Wuschke, Daryl, Walter John, NApalm, Comic097, Kennybenjamin

A couple of other Palmtalkers were also in attendance...Neil C came and said hello...NthEastpalms and Steve99....this must be the largest gathering of Aussie Palmtalkers ever...12 if my calculations are correct...

More photos to come...

There's some common denominators with Aussie Palm People, they either love cars or music or both, most dig sports and anything to do with the sea and ocean, they love a country drive anywhere in Australia (preferably towards plants in habitat) but most of all, they have a wicked sense of humour, and of course they're all good looking, that goes without saying, too late, I said it. :laugh2:

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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