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Palms and Volcanos


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Post your palms and volcano pics! Active, dormant or extinct. Extra points given if erupting!

I'll start off with this cute little Nikau with Mt Taranaki in the background.

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14 hours ago, greysrigging said:

A few days before the eruption.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Whoa!... That is a fantastic picture..

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Dramatic photos Doug! That’s a holiday you’ll never forget.

Tim

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Hilo, Hawaii

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A few from lava pools that I don’t believe exists anymore, unfortunately. D3206916-BCE8-49A8-B5BE-17C1BB97365C.thumb.jpeg.80dfbe32da4c45574b5f62fb17459ab7.jpeg7A22F319-FBCB-4BC1-B1C3-6DAA1CE87024.thumb.jpeg.c7d8e542a16409cc51e40fd0c909c373.jpeg

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Not in the same shot, but in the same area. Volcán Izalco, and some understory plants including a pretty chamaedorea and acrocomia  aculeata 20171128_135758.thumb.jpg.b5bdb780280c23273c1d3e83f2421b9a.jpg

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My neighbor happens to be the most active volcano in Central America. It has been active for the entire time I have lived in Guatemala. I am 15 kms from the crater . Three years ago we had a violent and deadly piroclastic explosion 300-500 people were instantly killed. The flow made it to less than three kms from my house.

Despite the risks, I love my garden and grow 100+ palm species in my cool highland garden.

The night photo was taken from my garage.

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El Oasis - beach garden, distinct wet/dry season ,year round 20-38c

Las Heliconias - jungle garden ,800m elevation,150+ inches rainfall, year round 15-28c

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As Australia is the most volcanically inert continent you won’t see any pictures of palms and active volcanoes from here, and certainly my area which has some of the oldest most infertile soils in the world. The east coast has ancient volcanoes and much better soil fertility too.

Although I would freak living near an active and angry Guatemalan volcano, I bet the soil is just amazing. Heaps of trace elements and nutrition. There’s gotta be an upside to living near a volcano. 

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Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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58 minutes ago, Tyrone said:

As Australia is the most volcanically inert continent you won’t see any pictures of palms and active volcanoes from here, and certainly my area which has some of the oldest most infertile soils in the world. The east coast has ancient volcanoes and much better soil fertility too.

Although I would freak living near an active and angry Guatemalan volcano, I bet the soil is just amazing. Heaps of trace elements and nutrition. There’s gotta be an upside to living near a volcano. 

This is true. My soil is rich black volcanic soil . Guatemala has some of the deepest layers of top soil in the world. It is strange that I can get 6-7 inches of rain night after night and my soil is never soggy/muddy . It is moist without being wet! 

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El Oasis - beach garden, distinct wet/dry season ,year round 20-38c

Las Heliconias - jungle garden ,800m elevation,150+ inches rainfall, year round 15-28c

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10 hours ago, Frond-friend42 said:

I once climbed Izalco. All loose scree near the top. Good times.

I wanted to climb Izalco! We got to the trailhead late and missed the guides (I'm used to free and open wilderness being from California, but I understand why any hikes in El Salvador must be done with guides.) So we climbed Illamatepec instead. The terrain changed pretty drastically with elevation - cloudforest vegetation down below (dahlia imperialis, montanoa, monstera adansonii, bromeliads, orchids, chamaedorea...) and tons of a really pretty agave (possibly seemaniana) near the top as the vegetation gave way to open, rocky terrain. 

13 hours ago, Really full garden said:

My neighbor happens to be the most active volcano in Central America. It has been active for the entire time I have lived in Guatemala. I am 15 kms from the crater . Three years ago we had a violent and deadly piroclastic explosion 300-500 people were instantly killed. The flow made it to less than three kms from my house.

Despite the risks, I love my garden and grow 100+ palm species in my cool highland garden.

The night photo was taken from my garage.

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Is this the same volcano that rises over Antigua? I remember seeing plumes of smoke from that one when I was in Guatemala years ago.  

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Yes, it is not the closest but the most obvious 

El Oasis - beach garden, distinct wet/dry season ,year round 20-38c

Las Heliconias - jungle garden ,800m elevation,150+ inches rainfall, year round 15-28c

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