paul & matt visit dean in hawaii

[paulgila]

attalea seed.

[paulgila]

plumeria flower pic i took for someone special.

side view.

hey matt,its 7-11 calling & they want their sunglasses back!

can you say"carpoxylon"?i think you can...

[paulgila]

carpoxylon lagi.

d.pembana i think...

r. xerophila.

[paulgila]

allogaptera sp.

they are SO slow in socal!

closer...

d.saintelucei.yes,thats how its spelled.

[paulgila]

arenga pinnata--one of my favorites!

thats the end of the pix of al's garden!

thanks SO much al,for yer incredible hospitality!

i'm a sucker fer old buildings!

[paulgila]

"d'oh!"

the "love shack".its a little old place where...you know the rest.

where do you GET paint that red?

[paulgila]

crack shack.

hippieism/capitalism...together at last.

ghostly bowling.

creepy jepun reflection.

[BS Man about Palms]

Cool additions, Paul, but you tend to repeat yourself at 1am in the morning....

[Peter]

What is the palm in #238 that Matt is 'hiding' behind please?  Great pics-keep 'em coming, and great garden Al!

[paulgila]

BS i realize i posted the same pix twice but i could not delete either of them.

peter that palm is a pseudophoenix sp.

matt may have ID'd it when he posted his pix earlier in the thread.

[paulgila]

"manapua" we picked up at costco.matt's always hungry.

the artificial coloring of the filling was the best part.

as we said earlier,it was hard to walk by this palm without

taking some pix.

lunchtime.

[paulgila]

its all about "the SAUS"(sauce)!

driving around looking for trouble.

i mean palms.

everything in this pic is actual size.

[paulgila]

"not now,i'm BIZZIE"!hahaha!

ugh.

i accidently got a few of these bismarckia seeds(about 30) stuck in my shoe & didn't notice till i got home.

[paulgila]

if this palm ever escapes...

[paulgila]

lunch at the marina.just like the rich folks.

"look at yeeeewwwwww!!!!!"

[paulgila]

beach day but i left the camera in the car so there are only pix from when we got there & when we left.

[paulgila]

driving to the wet side of he big island to visit bo!

"lets roll!"

finally arrived at bo's & the cameras got a work-out.

[paulgila]

[MattyB]

(pohonkelapa @ Nov. 26 2007,00:38)

QUOTE

That's an incredible shot!

[Scott]

The food.... The Bizzies!!!!!

Wow Paul, you certainly took care of that Bizzie craving! and tha Manapua... Hmmmmm very interesting. Was it good? Did you find any chewy unidentifiable meat parts in the bun? Or was it good?

Awesome pics dude! More!!!

[paulgila]

[paulgila]

unidentified vagrant accosts bo.right after this photo was taken bo dispatched him with swedish jiu jitsu.

[paulgila]

glad you liked that shot matt--i knocked you down trying to get it before you & you cried like a little girl.

scott i found that ones enjoyment of the manapua was directly proportionate to alcohol consumption.

[paulgila]

see if you can guess this one.

d'oh!

nevermind.

[paulgila]

some kind of fungus or lichen which was growing between matts toes.

[paulgila]

salacca magnifica.

[paulgila]

[paulgila]

[paulgila]

man or animal?you be the judge.

[paulgila]

[paulgila]

macro,my new favorite "m" word.

arenga pinnata.its hard to get it all in the frame unless yer about a mile away.

[paulgila]

this is an amazing palm!a cyrtostachys sp.if i remember correctly.the length between the rings was fascinating!

this shots kinda dark but i love the elegant way this palm holds its leaves.

[paulgila]

many a lonesome traveller has been grabbed by these roots & never heard from again...

or not.

borrasadendron machiodonis.i almost certainly messed that spelling up.

[paulgila]

the new caledonia section.

crossroads.

[paulgila]

some palms from the seychelles area.

my new best friend is from the seychelles.he's an ex-military officer who was kicked out of the country for taking part in an attempted coup & now drives a cab.

i'm not making this up.

[paulgila]

[paulgila]

ever see the movie "day of the triffids"?its about man-eating plants that drag themselves around on tentacles searching for human victims.

theres one right behind you!!!

[paulgila]

this palm deserves a thread of its own.

maybe later.

[paulgila]

this palm is so beautiful it actually hurts to look at it.

see,i told you!

[paulgila]