paul & matt visit dean in hawaii

[MattyB]

Some comparison

Caryota maxima

Caryota gigas

Cane toad.  Paul licked it and we didn't see him for days.  Oh, I changed my name to Paul right before the toad was licked.  Yaba daba doooooooooo!

[MattyB]

wierdness

We had a lovely dinner in downtown Hilo and came back to chat over a bottle of wine on Bo's lanai.

next morning

[MattyB]

This little Piggy went "up up up, all the way to the sky"

What kinda crazy freak could live here?  Oh, it's Steve in San Diego's house.

Steve's driveway.  That's all the pics I took.  You'll need to rent out the house to see more.  We peeked inside and it looks real nice.  What a great vacation house you guys have Steve.

[MattyB]

My new favorite palm:  Pinanga aristata

[MattyB]

I'm calling it the banana palm because the crownshaft looks like a little banana.

[MattyB]

[MattyB]

Next we're off for a drive around Leilani Estates and over to Jerry Andersen's house.  I'll stop here and let Paul finish with his pics of Bo's.

[paulgila]

some more from the 1st afternoon...

[paulgila]

matt,i thought you called it the banana palm cuz you peeled it & ate it like a banana.don't worry,i won't tell bo. ::

how many of these have i killed now in socal?

the number is staggering.

[paulgila]

the plantings seem to be more organized in this area.

maybe he planned it that way.

this makes my eyes roll back in my head & say things that sound like "blurghzofstaminozenfassen".

[paulgila]

lets zoom in on metroxylon...

close...

closer...

closest!

it hurts!!!aaaaarrrrgggghhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!

[paulgila]

(more unintelligable mewlings from "post-er".)

"siiiiiiiiiiiii-ngin' in the rain!"...come everybody,sing along!

there were only 2 umbrellas.don't worry the camera didn't get wet,i kept it in my pants & took the pix thru the fly. :cool:

[MattyB]

this is me not commenting

[paulgila]

for once!

[MattyB]

Raining at Bo's movie

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums....MG]

http://s146.photobucket.com/albums....336.flv

[Carlo Morici]

What a thread!

Bo, your Lodoiceas are getting really large! They grew a lot since I was there in 2004. Now one can walk beneath them.

[Al in Kona]

That Euterpe precatoria at Bo's (see Post #317) is beautiful "fo sho"!  Gotta be one of my most favorite looking palms.  Bo, don't let that Acai fruit go to waste either.

Love those Lodiceas too!  Do you think I could get one of those seeds when it produces next year!  LOL.  I keep looking for a Lodicea at Wal Mart, Home Depot, Lowes and other local nurseries but for some reason they are never available.  Guess there's not much call for them - probably most feel the leaves get too big for their gardens.  Could be dangerous as both the leaves and fruit fall to the ground!

[paulgila]

that euterpe is one of matts favorites.you couldn't tell by all the moaning he did when he posted that pic,could ya?

[MattyB]

The Euterpe precatoria hasn't produced seed yet!   Otherwise I would have left Paul in Hawaii, filled a dummy with seed, and set it next to me on the plane to get a bunch home.

"Affirmative captain, I hear Euterpe precatoria seeds inside.  We must intabate!"

[paulgila]

   

what was in yer coffee today,matt?

[Urban Rainforest]

(MattyB @ Nov. 27 2007,12:58)

QUOTE

This little Piggy went "up up up, all the way to the sky"

What kinda crazy freak could live here?  Oh, it's Steve in San Diego's house.

Steve's driveway.  That's all the pics I took.  You'll need to rent out the house to see more.  We peeked inside and it looks real nice.  What a great vacation house you guys have Steve.

What could they possibly be growing that they would need a fence so high? It looks like something some hippies threw together   . Seriously though thanks for the kind words Matty about our hale. I could actually see one of my Neoveichia Storkii's in the second pic. I thought it would be 10 ft. tall by now   ! If any of you palm freaks wanna stay in paridise right next to one of the premier palm gardens in the world and see what rain looks like again LMK and we'll hook it up. Thanks again Matty and paul for posting all of your awesome pics but it is making me home sick!

Steve

[Scott]

Wow. So many gorgeous palms! I love that you included some of the towns and houses there.

That Arenga pinnata is amazing! How old do you think it is.

Nice shuttle-cock too ???

[bgl]

Scott,

The Arenga pinnata (post 271) was planted in April 1996 from a 35 G pot. It was about 12 ft tall at the time and came from Palms of Paradise. It was probably about 8 years old at the time, give or take a year, so as of right now, probably 18-20 years since germination. Overall height as of right now at least 50-55 ft.

Bo-Göran

[MattyB]

Also a note I forgot to mention about Steve's variegated pandanus on the right of his entrance gate; it's unarmed.  I thought that was strange and a nice change from the usual vicious serations the Pandanus leaves usually have.

[freakypalmguy]

Killer tour gents. Thank you.

Matt

[paulgila]

lets continue the tour of bo's garden.

[paulgila]

[Carlo Morici]

(pohonkelapa @ Nov. 29 2007,21:55)

QUOTE

According to Fiji Jim, unripe fruits of Neoveitchia storckii are chewed as chewing gum by the locals! I'd give a try.

Carlo

[paulgila]

the man,the myth,the legend!

[paulgila]

"can't talk--getting seeds".

[paulgila]

a forest of carpoxylons.

[paulgila]

nice 'brolly,dewd!

"beware the Tongans"!

[paulgila]

palm porn.

waning light.

[paulgila]

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums....MG]

watch this movie!

[paulgila]

[paulgila]

its time for "all about lodoicea"!

the size of that seed was quite similiar to my hat size--

7 1/2 to 7 3/4.

spear.

[paulgila]

newly cleared.

inside bo's greenhouse.he made us weed for hours before we could leave.

[Kim]

That's really clever how you planted the microphone in your shoes for the video...

[paulgila]

that wasn't my shoe...

[paulgila]

get ready to DROOL.

a bucket may be in order.

say "uncle".

"you know you want me..."