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Palms in Italy

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Last August we spent a few weeks in Italy and spent time in regions north of Rome through to Milan.

We enjoyed fine food and wine and checked out the old historic places and some city sites.

There were not many palms to be seen except for Med fans and some CIDP. I guess that more would have been seen in the south.

The best display that we found was in the Florence Orto Botanico, Giardino Dei Botanico.

They have a large glasshouse there where they store all the potted plants during the colder months.

there were only a few palms in the ground in the garden, this one should be well known.

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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Brahea armata in flower

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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Chamaerops elatior

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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A tall Trachycarpus fortunei

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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Cycas revoluta

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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and his mate

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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A  nice pair of trachy

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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cidp Hortex Chabaud

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Many Cycads in pots

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My favorite, Encephalartos horridia

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Dear Jim  :)

Lovely coverage and beautiful plants and my favouriate still will be that of the blue cycas above_that one still just fentastic..

thanks & love,

Kris  :)

love conquers all..

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Among the cycad section one was seeding.

E. villoses Lem.

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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Some of their big ones were supported bt a steel pipe frome and tied on.

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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More of the big fellas

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Back to some palms.

Butia yatay

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A common 1

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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Also

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Phoenix rupicola

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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Ravenea rivularis

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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Sabal palmetto

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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Rhapidophyllum hystrix

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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Cham. stolonifera

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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palm pot alley

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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Hey Jim, looks like you found more palms in Italy than I did.  I might have been distracted by the art, architecture, food, and wine, I don't know... :;):

I went to a botanical garden in Lucca that had a Livistona chinensis on proud display (potted), and a collection of Howea forsteriana (potted), and in a glasshouse a few Dypsis lutescens (potted! of course).  

In my wanderings, I did come across a few palms bravely planted out in the wilds of Rome:

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These people are really into vertical gardening:

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Palm sighting!!

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And look, here in Cortona, just outside the Pasta Fresca:

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Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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Let's see, any palms in view from the hotel?

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Mmmm....no.  How about around Calcinaio?

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Mmmmm...............no, I guess not.

Well how about here, in Montefiascone?

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Lots of grapes and olives, anyway....

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and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
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great pix from both of you!

i need a glass of wine all of a sudden ???

the "prince of snarkness."

 

still "warning-free."

 

san diego,california,left coast.

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Kim,

Italy really is a great gastronomic delight but not the best trip for a palm fanatic.

We also enjoyed Lucca as it was a quiet public holiday when we were there and much was closed so not much of the ever-present tourist hustle and bustle.

I will post more pics when time permits.

You do also please.

Jim

Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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Still in the Orto Botanico in Florence.

Arenga caudata

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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Brahea brandeggi

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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That was about it for the more interesting palms or the ones in good condition.

But there were other plants as well

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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Cacti collection

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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Nelumbo nucifera

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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sculptured fleur de lis

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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This was sharp

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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This nice orchid bloom is the last pic of these gardens

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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Some parlor palms in Orvieto

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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This med fan was at Allerona in north Umbria. A very dry area

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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More fans, in San Gimingano this time.

That is about it for the palms that we found in Italy.

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Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

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