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Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid


necturus

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I was recently in Madrid and got to spend about an hour in the botanical garden there. They have a nice collection of palms in USDA zone 9a. I didn't take many pictures but thought I would share a few. I was especially impressed by the Trachycarpus martianus, Butia sp. gigantea and Parajubaea torallyi.

 

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Dear Necturus, 

wonderful pictures of "my" garden. Would like  you to be aware that a trio of aficionados is building up a photo inventory of all plants within the Royal Botanic Gdn of Madrid:

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/real-jardin-botanico-csic  . It is actually a Work in Progress so you will not find much information as yet on it, just some 4,500 entries for the time being. 

I presume that you know what iNaturalist is already: https://www.inaturalist.org/home 

whichever your position is, should you care to upload your pictures into iNaturalist with their location, they will automatically be part of our Project and our effort. 

Please do no hesitate to mail me at jaimebraschi@gmail.com for anything realted with the RBG. I would be delighted to respond.

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If you are on Facebook it's worth checking out the Palm Planet group.  Javier García Púa posted a video of these palms after the terrible winter storm they experienced (lows in the teens, couple feet of snow). It looks horrible. Hopefully some will survive and provide good evidence for this group.

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Madrid and its surroundings had many inches of snow and over a week of near freezing highs with single digit lows even just a few weeks ago. Things probably look much different there rn.

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Yup. While I was there I saw some interesting succulents growing on balconies, etc. Some were so overgrown I suspected they must stay out all year. When you read about their typical weather it makes sense. Hope they were moved inside for this storm.

I also read they lost a lot of trees too. Since they mostly grow temperate trees it must be from the snow weighing them down.

It gives perspective to the old pictures shared on here of palm-lined streets in Madrid. Easy to understand why they are no longer there.

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