Palms of the Miami biennial in 150 photos

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I've finally sorted through my photos from the biennial, which I'll now post in more or less chronological order. I have IDs for almost everything, bug please correct any mistakes you see.

Our first stop was Highland Hammock State Park, which contains an amazing old growth forest. The mid day light was brutal for photos, but here's a couple (mainly with Sabal palmetto in them).

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Next stop was Archbold Biological Station, which had both Sabal etonia

And Serenoa repens

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We were then off to Jeff Searle's nursery, where we were greater in style with cold drinks and fantastic food! In addition to all the palms in containers for sale, there is an amazing collection planted out as a garden.

Jeff's famous Dypsis carlsmithii

A Cyphophoenix elegans

Caryota ophiopelis

Burretiokentia hapala

Rows of Areca catechu "dwarf"

Basselinia (I think either favieri or pancheri, but I can't remember)

Kentiopsis pyriformis

Burretiokentia hapala

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We started day two with a quick stop at Pinecrest gardens. Among other things, they had a lot of very nice Licuala

Livistona saribus

Licuala lauterbachii

Licuala elegans

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Next stop was Fairchild, which had a few decent plants to look at... I actually ended up spending most of the day in the Caribbean section, so I didn't see most of the gardens. Maybe next time I'm in Miami...

Copernicia macroglossa

Hyphaene sp. with some Cocos nucifera in the background

Copernicia x vespertilionum

Sabal causiarum

Copernicia hospita, C. baileyana, and friends

Coccothrinax macroglossa

Coccothrinax miraguama ssp havanensis

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Pseudophoenix vinifera

Copernicia fallaensis

Copernicia gigas and C. hospita

Copernicia gigas

Copernicia x textilis

Pseudophoenix ekmanii

Cocos nucifera

Copernicia baileyana

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Copernicia baileyana

Copernicia hospita

Copernicia sp

Copernicia ekmanii

Copernicia baileyana

Overall views late in the afternoon

A small lizard hanging out in the palms...

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The next day we were off to Key West, with a couple of stops on the way. First was Mahogany Hammock in Everglades National Park.

There were quite a few very nice Acoelorrhaphe wrightii on the boardwalk trail, with some Sabal palmettos mixed in as well.

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Next stop was Royal Hammock in Everglades National Park. There were quite a few nice Roystonea regias, although they were almost impossible to photograph...

We also saw a wide range of wildlife in Royal Hammock

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The last stop before Key West was Bahia Honda State Park. It was filled with amazing (and huge!) Coccothrinax argentata. There were also a few Leucothrinax morrisii (see the foreground leaf in the last photo).

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[Kim 3,022]

Enjoying your palm survey, Jack. Excellent photos.

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The next day was free, and Mike Lock, Larry Black, and I rented a car to head over to Key Deer National Wildlife Refuge. It was mind blowing, with Leucothrinax morrisii stretching for miles in all directions. There were also some Serenoa repens, Sabal palmetto, and Coccothrinax argentata. We ended up spending about 6 hours exploring the refuge...

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The refuge also had a lot of nice wildlife, including, of course, Key Deer. I saw quite a few of the deer, and one of them even let me follow him around for almost an hour while he grazed!

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When we finished at the Wildlife Refuge we decided to head back to Bahia Honda State Park. When we had visited the previous day the wind was blowing pretty hard, which made it difficult to take decent photos. Unfortunately, we arrived at the state park around 2:00, and the harsh sun made photography difficult (although, I of course still took a few photos).

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I decided to wake up very early the next morning to try to get a photo of a classic Key West sunrise. The clouds didn't cooperate, but it was still fairly nice.

After checking out of the hotel we made the short ride over to the Punta Roquena private garden. First up is an Arenga pinnata.

Dypsis madagascariensis

Get rid of that awful concrete wall and this would have been a postcard view...

Coccothrinax borhidiana

General scene at the garden

Copernicia macroglossa

Latania sp in the sun

Dypsis leptochielos

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Next stop was the Villa Paradiso private garden, which also had a Cocus nucifera on the beach...

Dictyosperma sp

Nice plumeria

Pseudophoenix vinifera

Pseudophoenix lediniana

Pseudophoenix sargentii

Coccothrinax alexandrii

Copernicia fallaense

Copernicia ekmanii

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Our final palm-related stop for the day was the private Bait Shack garden.

Coccothrinax saxicola

Coccothrinax alexandrii

Copernicia ekmanii

Pseudophoenix sargentii

Copernicia macroglossa

Pseudophoenix vinifera

Zombia antillerum

Licuala grandis

Borassus sp

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The next, and final, day of the biennial started at the Block Botanical Gardens

Chambeyronia macrocarpa

Coccothrinax borhidiana

Beccariophoenix madagascariensis

Zombia antillarum

Serenoa repens "Hobe Sound dwarf"

Wallichia disticha

Chambeyronia sp Houailou

Caryota rumphiana - I tried for a VERY long time to get a decent photo of this palm, which probably looks as good as it every will. Unfortunately, the light was just terrible...

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The next stop was Montgomery, where we spent the better part of the day.

Satakentia liukiuensis

Hyphaene sp

Arenga pinnata

Gaussia gomez-pompae

Ravenea xerophila

Gaussia maya

Hemithrinax ekmaniana

Coccothrinax alexandrii ssp alexandrii

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Trithrinax campestris

Caryota gigas

Copernicia curtissii

Acoelorrhaphe wrightii

Caryota ophiopellis

Butia eriospatha

Attalea crassispatha

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Sabal causiarum

Serenoa repens

Butia noblickii

Butia yatay

Coccothrinax miraguama ssp havanensis

Serenoa repens

Acoelorrhaphe wrightii

Chambeyronia macrocarpa

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Hemithrinax ekmanii

Copernicia baileyana

Cocos nucifera

Sabal minor

Pseudophoenix sargentii

Coccothrinax miraguama

Coccothrinax spissa

Copernicia baileyana - is the tilt from a hurricane??

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That's all I have, I hope you enjoy!

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Jack,

Thanks a lot for posting all these great photos and giving me an opportunity to visually re-visit all these spectacular gardens!

Bo-Göran

[Walter John 212]

Fabulous photography Jack, publication worthy, thanks for the effort of posting.

[avanza 53]

Thank you very much Jack.

[Cindy Adair 2,628]

Perfect palm portraits! Thanks so much.

[palmislandRandy 276]

Great photos, Thanks Jack.

[Jeff Searle 1,027]

Jack,

What a "flashback" of a great biennial here in the Miami and surrounding areas. Your pictures are really nice. Thanks for sharing with us.

[BS Man about Palms 2,238]

Excellent work Jack! Thanks for your stellar reporting!

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Thanks for all the replies! It was a fantastic biennial - many thanks to Ray, Scott, Paul, Susan, and everyone else who played a role in setting it up!

[rick 85]

Awesome pictures! It was nice to meet you at MBC. I can see the extra time walking around paid off.

[realarch 4,010]

Thanks Jack, your patience setting up for the right shot is evident. Thanks for the photographic record.

Tim

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Rick - Thanks for staying late and giving me a ride back to the hotel! And thanks again to everyone for the kind words.

[NApalm 28]

These photos are out of this world! Great stuff

[Tassie_Troy1971 1,044]

Great work Jack - a real feast for the eyes ~

For someone like me who hasn't had a lot of exposure to the palms of the Caribbean it's a great thread .

Troy

[GTClover 24]

Wow really love your photo journal! And thanks especially for all the ID's! It's great for us beginners!

Susan

[Mike Evans 467]

Great post Jack. Thanks for the great photo tour and time spent on IDs.

[JasonD 167]

Phenomenal shots. Thank you.