Fairchild Botanical Gardens

[Gbarce]

See what I mean?

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Here's a closer look

[Gileno Machado]

Marvelous pictures Gene. It's really hard to find adjectives for this pictorial thread...

I visited Fairchild last year during the winter but didn't have enough time to check so many beautiful plants in detail. You pictures reveal your great taste for plants, extreme sensibility and perfect photographic skill. Let us droll a little more...

[Gbarce]

These cycads are in the "Cycad Circle" a lot of the m are Encephalartos - which is my favorite Genus- Particularly the blue varieties.

They just look out of this world.

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I didn't get the name of this one but here's a closer look at the leaves

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I thought it was E Lehmanii but it should have smooth edges on the leaflets

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THis one is a little less blue but still nice

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Closer  look at the leaves

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I shoved my camera inside the leaves to get a shot of teh caudex.  Nice and plump!!

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I think this one is Encephalartos Trispinosus?

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This cluster of Encephalartos had one that rotted away.

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Close up of the cycad cadaver.

I guess when this big one died it produced a lot of the smaller pups around it.

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another blue cluster

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close up

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Here's a shot looking into the leaves

[Jeff Searle]

Gene,

     Thanks for all the great pics. I can tell you really had a great time, and again, it was nice for Ryan and I to meet you at the sale.

Jeff

[Gbarce]

Really big cone

about 2 feet long

I wonder if Fairchild actively hybridizes them

[Gbarce]

Encephalartos Ferox.  Looks like a Christmas Cycad with the bright red cone and holly like leaves

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Here's a close of the Cone.

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An Apatosaurus was walking by and I was able to get a shot of his foot

Actually thats the bas of a ponytail palm  - which is not actually a palm

[Gbarce]

OK THis is one of my favorite cycads- Encephalartos horridus

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The leaves are just awesomely weird and the color is just so blue-- unreal!!

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Closer shot of the leaves just so you appreciate the uniqueness of this plant

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another angle

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more

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Here's a big cluster.

I don't know the species though.

[Gbarce]

One last cycad

[Gbarce]

This is a very nice place to sit.

Tomorrow I'll post pictures of the Spiny Madagascar Garden.  

It sucks!!!

I mean it has a lot of succulents.

[bubba]

Gene, Thank you for the tremendous shots.For us, Fairchild is great but I have no doubt that Bo's is in a league of it's own.

[Gbarce]

Bubba - yeah you can say that again.  I have been going over Paul and Matty's travelog of Hawaii  and there are so many new palms that I never knew about.  

I'd love to try growing the Pinaga Aristata and the Geonoma Epetiolata.

But Fairchilds does have the only mature specimens some of my favorite palms  outside of their natural habitat --particularly a lot of the Cuban Palms (coccothrinax Boridiana, Copernicia Baileyana, Fallaensis and Macroglossa).

Also since Fairchilds is around 70 years old you really get to see large mature specimens of all sorts of palms and plants

[www.dadluvsu.com]

Awesome thread Gene!  I know you had a good time...  I can imagine you were giddy like a kid in a candy store, running around wide eyed and drooling at all the scrumtious treats!  Thanks for sharing your photos with us!  I prefer the C. macroglossa with the skirts on too!

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[bubba]

Bill, You are a young guy. When you get my age,you prefer looking up the skirt!Being a dirty old man has it's just rewards!

[Gbarce]

Bubba- I think Bill and I prefer lookin up the skirt of the human sort.  For palms the skirt look best when they are on  

Will - I had a grand time!!  The fist day (only had 2 hours) was actually panicky for me.  Palm overload and everything was a blur.  Good thing I took a lot of pictures.  Remember that I did not even spot the mapu at the conservatoty ( thanks for pointing out where it was by the way).

Saturday was for the whole day and was much more relaxed - Plus I met Jeff and Ryan in the sale.

Too bad I was not able to go back that Sunday.  I would have liked to have met you in person- just to say 'hi" and exchange notes on germinating seeds.

More pitures tomorrow-  I had to take work home tonight

[www.dadluvsu.com]

BUBBA!!!  You dirty old man!  Stay on topic!  

If we are gonna talk about females' skirts, we are gonna need to take the conversation to the Ohanannanaan NEWWWEEEEEIIII!!!!

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[Gbarce]

OK Just 1 picture before I say good night :cool:

The madagascar garden.

Good night!

[Gbarce]

Mr. Deboe - you will post pictures of course?!>

[Gbarce]

Closer look at the big aloe.  

I just want to let you guys know that I did not have time to take the names of these plants as this was already near closing time at Fairchilds--plus I don't know anything about succulents so can't identify most if not all of these.

But I am sure there are forum member here that know a thing or two about these intriguing plants

[Gbarce]

This is how ground covers look in Madagascar

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twins!!

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I never realised there were so many different kinds of aloes.  We only have Aloe Vera here in Manila