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Photos of cultivated and wild palms in Puerto Rico in December 2020


kylecawazafla

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I was lucky enough to visit a friend who recently moved to Puerto Rico! For obvious reasons, I spent most of the time hanging out and doing walks through their neighborhood, however we did get the chance to go to El Yunque, which was previously ravaged by Hurricane Maria. To my surprise, the rainforest has made a rapid recovery, and you must look rather hard in order to find evidence of the recent storm! I have photos from the neighborhood, which was very fond of Cyrtostachys renda as well as our day trip to the rainforest.

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Beautiful Prestoea acuminata in habitat in El Yunque

Prestoea acuminata with Torre Britton in the background

 

Pristine fronds with a strong resemblance to Archontophoenix

Prestoea acuminata

 

Younger specimens have less prominent crownshafts and red ribbing

Prestoea acuminata

 

 

Prestoea acuminata

 

Statuesque Roystonea borinquena

Roystonea borinquena

 

One of the many Cyrtostachys renda in my friend's neighborhood - I tried hard to convince her how lucky she was to be surrounded by them

Cyrtostachys renda

 

Some rather tall Pritchardia pacifica

Pritchardia pacifica

 

 

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I'm always up for learning new things!

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Wow, they are very lovely pictures.

Your pics make it look like I have updated my screen. :D

Cheers Steve

It is not dead, it is just senescence.

   

 

 

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I agree, nice photos. Those Prestoea are handsome palms, especially in habitat. 

Tim

Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

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