Kom Thai Palm 43 Report post Posted March 5, 2007 Today I have some pics of traveling to Prachinburi Thailand, the last Habitat of Corypha lecomtei. Among group of Corypha, C.lecomtei is the most attractive in genus with very long light green black stripped and upright forming petiole. As same as others Corypha, C.lecomtei end their own life after extremely flowering. This way could make them endanger in few century, cause one thing C.lecomtei difference from others, it rarely to see and can be found only in the last habitat here in Prachineburi. Prachinburi is 4hrs east from Bangkok, here is the map we was going to. Let's tour!!! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Kom Thai Palm 43 Report post Posted March 5, 2007 And we ahead to Thaplan National Park to take some photo of ornamental corypha. All palm on next couple post is only Corypha lecomtei, no other species mix here. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kom Thai Palm 43 Report post Posted March 5, 2007 This photo show black stripped petiole on C.lecomtei, clearly difference from others Corypha. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Kom Thai Palm 43 Report post Posted March 5, 2007 After it end the life. So sad. burning. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Kom Thai Palm 43 Report post Posted March 5, 2007 My girlfriend Palsiri compare to whole plant. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kom Thai Palm 43 Report post Posted March 5, 2007 Old leaf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kom Thai Palm 43 Report post Posted March 5, 2007 Who plan to grow this plant should prepare a little more(much ) space for it's leaf falling. Me and my favorite palm. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kom Thai Palm 43 Report post Posted March 5, 2007 Old photo I've take since 2006 at Nong Nooch TBG 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paulgila 194 Report post Posted March 5, 2007 amazing photos,komkrit,as usual!i enjoyed them very much. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bgl 3,130 Report post Posted March 5, 2007 Komkrit, That's an amazing place with absolutely incredible palms. Coryphas are among my favorites and there's nothing like seeing them in their natural environment! Thanks for the great photos! Bo-Göran Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gileno Machado 200 Report post Posted March 5, 2007 Very nice palms Komkrit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zac in NC 6 Report post Posted March 5, 2007 Very nice pictures Komkrit. Thanks for sharing them. Zac Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
osideterry 84 Report post Posted March 6, 2007 Those get me every time I see them. Thanks for posting them I know I could never grow a Corypha in Southern California, but if I wanted to even get a kinda-sorta-similar effect, what would my best option be? My guess would be Sabal yapa or Sabal riverside. Any better ideas? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JakeK 12 Report post Posted March 6, 2007 Thanks for sharing the pictures. Hopefully it won't go extinct in the wild for a very long time if at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricky 2 Report post Posted March 6, 2007 hi komkrit fantastic pictures i never realised how huge these palms get i wish i could grow them here but i don't think they would like the uk climate and again thank you for the tour regards ricky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Al in Kona 577 Report post Posted March 6, 2007 Komkrit - thank you for showing all these great photos of Corypha lecomtei. This especially interests me as I do have a very small one growing in our garden here in Hawaii. I planted it directly in the ground as a small seedling and it has grown very slowly as a young plant. It is now about 1m (3 ft.) tall. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Utopia Palms 426 Report post Posted March 6, 2007 Great photos Komkrit Do you have a nick name? is it "Park"? I was looking at some photos of a Blue tassel fern Hupazia sp do you collect these as well? Thank you for all those great photos of Corypha lecomtei Clayton. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
STEVE IN SO CAL 14 Report post Posted March 6, 2007 Thank you for thinking of us when you go on tour...your pictures are the high point of Palmtalk !!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
STEVE IN SO CAL 14 Report post Posted March 6, 2007 (osideterry @ Mar. 05 2007,19:50)QUOTEThose get me every time I see them. Thanks for posting them I know I could never grow a Corypha in Southern California, but if I wanted to even get a kinda-sorta-similar effect, what would my best option be? My guess would be Sabal yapa or Sabal riverside. Any better ideas? Sabal Mauritiaformis would be my choice. In fact, it IS my choice... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mike453 1 Report post Posted March 6, 2007 (STEVE IN SO CAL @ Mar. 05 2007,23:07)QUOTEThank you for thinking of us when you go on tour...your pictures are the high point of Palmtalk !!!! I agree, the pictures are always great! Every time I see a new thread from komkrit, I know it will be good. Thanks Komkrit, Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amazondk 82 Report post Posted March 6, 2007 Komkrit, Thank you for the pictures. It looks quite dry there. What months are the dry season and how much rain per year do you get. dk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daryl 1,501 Report post Posted March 6, 2007 Real hard core palm porn! Corypha are such magnificent palms. Thanks for the photos! Daryl Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 1,365 Report post Posted March 6, 2007 Dear Friend no words in praise of your work_I was floored to the ground flat and with my hands worshipping those palms. an asian will understand what i ment_the devotion part of it. whenever i ask god where are you and i wish to see your grandeir_here comes the answer_son just look at these pictures from you asian brotherin.THIS IS WHERE IAM. I have on words since all the tail pot & its brother are all my favouriate under fan palms catagoury.i was just kissing my monitor_in awe & surprise. God you are every where and iam just humbled by seeing all your wonderful creations. Thank you very much Komikrit,you made my day"full of joy" This is what i call a tour ! Love, Kris(India). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kom Thai Palm 43 Report post Posted March 7, 2007 Thanks everyone very much for a kind word. I really love Corypha and glad to know someone love the same thing. There are lot of Thai Palms in habitat I haven't explore yet such as Metroxylon sagu, Eleiodoxa conferta, Pholidocarpus macrocarpus, Kerriodoxa elegans, Maxburretia furtadoana. Plan to take all just once in my life. If have chance I will share them to everyone in next occasion. Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kom Thai Palm 43 Report post Posted March 7, 2007 (osideterry @ Mar. 06 2007,02:50)QUOTEThose get me every time I see them. Thanks for posting them I know I could never grow a Corypha in Southern California, but if I wanted to even get a kinda-sorta-similar effect, what would my best option be? My guess would be Sabal yapa or Sabal riverside. Any better ideas? I don't really know which palm can survive there in California. Anyway following palm is not similar to Corypha, but the same thing them have is long upright leaf form. I love both :: . Nypa fruticans Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kom Thai Palm 43 Report post Posted March 7, 2007 (Al in Kona @ Mar. 06 2007,05:14)QUOTEKomkrit - thank you for showing all these great photos of Corypha lecomtei. This especially interests me as I do have a very small one growing in our garden here in Hawaii. I planted it directly in the ground as a small seedling and it has grown very slowly as a young plant. It is now about 1m (3 ft.) tall. Hello Al I know you are one(& Bo) who are growing this palm and your plant is very nice. I have serveral seedlings but small in pot. Seem they very slow growing when seedling. Maybe they are busy developing root system for prepare a larger size, think. In habitat they are one palm that hard drought tolerant. Native people told me when Corypah sprout, they won't die anyway even natural fire burning. That's true story. See above picture having burning some Corypha, they still alive and will push new leaf on next rain. Cause their extra deep root system. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kom Thai Palm 43 Report post Posted March 7, 2007 (Utopia Palms @ Mar. 06 2007,05:34)QUOTEGreat photos Komkrit Do you have a nick name? is it "Park"? I was looking at some photos of a Blue tassel fern Hupazia sp do you collect these as well? Thank you for all those great photos of Corypha lecomtei Clayton. I have not much knowledge of fern common name. Do you have Botanical name that one? I don't found any result by using google search that fern. Do you collect fern as well? Here Thai market have more amazing fern if you interest. "Park" ..... it sound like good one. Although that one not mine but I like. Thanks Clayton Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kom Thai Palm 43 Report post Posted March 7, 2007 (amazondk @ Mar. 06 2007,13:52)QUOTEKomkrit, Thank you for the pictures. It looks quite dry there. What months are the dry season and how much rain per year do you get. dk Hello Don, In Thai, season may not same like US or Europe. Summer here start form March - May, very hot and dry, everyone fear!! Unlike US, seem everyone enjoy summer :laugh: Rain here is more amount to make everything green start from June - October especially southern Thailand is extra rain to Febuary, it's truely wet-hot tropical climate. And 80% of Thai palms there :laugh: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kom Thai Palm 43 Report post Posted March 7, 2007 Hello Kris Thanks for your word, my friend. How about your Nypa seeds? Are them fine? Would love to know. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jam99 1 Report post Posted March 7, 2007 Great detailed photos! I wonder if the long petiole is a result of palm's adaptation to growing in a species rich habitat where it tries to outrun its competitors in search of the sun light. I notice older specimens with longer trunks have shorter petioles. Keep them coming. Cheers, Jan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bgl 3,130 Report post Posted March 7, 2007 Komkrit, Photos of Maxburretia in habitat would definitely be interesting (well, ALL the palms that you mentioned would of course be of interest...! ). I think very few people are actually able to grow this palm. I tried a few of them here a number of years ago (acquired from Floribunda), but unfortunately, they were never happy and subsequently died. I believe they grow on limestone in the wild, and, thus have very unique soil requirements. Bo-Göran Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan_Tampa 181 Report post Posted March 7, 2007 Eleiodoxa conferta must see, please!?! Alan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 1,365 Report post Posted March 8, 2007 (redvdox @ Mar. 07 2007,10:02)QUOTEHello Kris Thanks for your word, my friend. How about your Nypa seeds? Are them fine? Would love to know. Dear Komikrit I have good news & bad news regarding those Nypa Fruticas seeds that you sent me. Good news is that all the seeds germinated in well water,these seeds are left floating in a container. bad news is that amoung them one seed its root spindle assembly just feel off into water.this seems to be S.O.S situation since the germinated seeds should be saved from furthur damage.i want to know what am i doing wrong ? Should i place the germinated seed in pots with soil covered and them submursing the pot into a barrel of water,giving it a sought of a pond effect. komikrit if you know any nypa growers will you ask them how can i save those germinated seeds from dieying... kindly help me out on this man ! i will post stills of those seeds in a new thread. should i D.A.P fertilizer to the water in which its floating ? Help needed soon... Thanks & Love, Kris. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SubTropicRay 120 Report post Posted March 10, 2007 Maxburretia sounds like one for limestone rich south Florida. Great Corypha photos. I was unaware of this palms tolerance to fire. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philinsydney 61 Report post Posted March 19, 2007 Komkrit, There used to be a Thai contributor called bangsoon on this site; do you know him? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kom Thai Palm 43 Report post Posted March 19, 2007 Komkrit, There used to be a Thai contributor called bangsoon on this site; do you know him? Philip, Many Thai(s) I've known are often read this forum, ...and almost don't reveal himself/herself. I don't know why ??? . Maybe him/her need to read only. "bangsoon" is actually thai name meaning for "Johannesteijsmannia" and maybe I know if you notice me his real name. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites