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Palm Garden in Sergipe, Brazil


Gileno Machado

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We travelled last weekend to visit and enjoy the hospitality of some friends who invited us to visit their nice palm collection in their cattle ranch. The property is located 450 km to the south of Recife, in the State of Sergipe, close to the Rio São Francisco mouth.

Hoover and Liana are still in the process of landscaping the areas around the main houses and shadehouse. They've started planting the first palms some 9 years ago and then went buying seedlings of every different species available, first in their State, then in the region, the Country, etc...now they're in the seed germinating advanced stage (I've seen another similar story...).

Anyway, their palm collection is simply sensational and surprisingly diverse, considering the location...They are great enthusiasts of palm and cycad cultivation and I've certainly enjoyed and learned a lot visiting them (and bringing back home more than 20 new different species thanks to their incredible generosity...).

Let's see some of their palms:

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Dypsis madagascariensis

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Beccariophoenix madagascariensis windows

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Liana and the latania loddigesii

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Young Dypsis onilahensis

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Brahea armata in foreground

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Syagrus cearensis

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Bismarckia nobilis silver

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Barbara and kids among the royals

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Euterpe oleracea clump

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Large Phoenix roebellenii, maybe a hybrid

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Ravenea rivularis

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Livistona decipiens

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Heliconias

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Phoenicophorium borsigianum

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Aiphanes aculeata

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Well, I`ll post other pictures tomorrow...they have more than 200 palm species in the ground...and many new treasures in their shadehouse.

Ravenea hildebrandtii

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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yes,beautiful pics & an unbelievable garden!

i am living in the wrong hemisphere :angry:

the "prince of snarkness."

 

still "warning-free."

 

san diego,california,left coast.

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Beautiful gardens.I love that Beccariophoenix.You may have persuaded me to buy one.Some many palms,so little time,(sigh).Thanx for the great shots.

Chuck Bailey

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Good looking garden!!!

On post  #17, there is a palm to the right and behind the person walking that looks like it has an orange crownshaft.  Is that an Areca vestiaria?

One thing I notice is that the garden doesn't have much canopy is the form of trees.  Looks like most palms in the garden take at least 3/4 day of full sun.

Oh, and I love the color of the house!!!

Jeffrey

Jeffrey

Apollo Beach, FL

zone 9b/10a

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Gallery style with grass! I love it!

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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Dear Gileano  :)

My head is spinning seeing that beautiful garden and most perticularly your still resolution,how did you accomplish it...can we all know that secreat ?

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lots of love,

Kris  :)

And by the way the terracotta & pottery work is amazing !And i noticed that your stills are shiviring and resizing as though its linked to photobucket account...have you done what i think you have done ? _ God you are Good !  ???

love conquers all..

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Thanks Gileno, that's an awesome looking garden. Some are always so against lawn, but when I see pics like these it definitely makes me think otherwise. Very lush.

Matt

Matt in Temecula, CA

Hot and dry in the summer, cold with light frost in the winter. Halfway between the desert and ocean

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Gileno,

Great pictures and great looking palms, and that's an outstanding garden! Always nice to see photos from "new" palm gardens. What kind of rainfall do they get in that area? Is it seasonal?

Bo-Göran

Jeffrey - palm to the right in post#17 looks like a Cyrtostachys renda.

Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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Love seeing palm gardens from around the world.  They are all different in their own way and that is what makes each one so unique, interesting and in this case very beautiful as well.  

Tho' a well kept weed and insect free lawn is beautiful, it can be a lot of work to keep it that way and also a big water user, which leads me to the question of rainfall in that area?  Do they have to do a lot of supplemental watering at times?  Anyway, they certainly know what they are doing - proof is in the pictures!  Thanks Gileno for sharing this very nice garden with us and we look forward to more pics yet.

Hawaii Island (Big Island), leeward coast, 19 degrees N. latitude, south Kona mauka at approx. 380m (1,250 ft.) and about 1.6 km (1-mile) upslope from ocean.

 

No record of a hurricane passing over this island (yet!).  

Summer maximum rainfall - variable averaging 900-1150mm (35-45") - Perfect drainage on black volcanic rocky soil.  

Nice sunsets!

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What is the orange coloration on the trunks?  It looks like the wood beam has it too?  Is that like the orange algae stuff that grows on the Koa trees in Hawaii?

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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What is the orange coloration on the trunks?  It looks like the wood beam has it too?  Is that like the orange algae stuff that grows on the Koa trees in Hawaii?

Its from minerals in the irrigation system. It will stain anything.

With a tin cup for a chalice

Fill it up with good red wine,

And I'm-a chewin' on a honeysuckle vine.

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It is iron in the well water. Many cars and buildings here in SoFla have it too.

Rick Leitner

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

26.07N/80.15W

Zone 10B

Average Annual Low 67 F

Average Annual High 84 F

Average Annual Rainfall 62"

 

Riverfront exposure, 1 mile from Atlantic Ocean

Part time in the western mountains of North Carolina

Gratefully, the best of both worlds!

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:) WOW, nice garden .What a trip that would have

been  EXCELLENT, thanks for that Gileno.

Cheers Mikey. :)

M.H.Edwards

"Living in the Tropic's

And loving it".............. smilie.gif

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Thanks for the show, they have realy done a great job. I can imagine how it will look in 10 years :D  Looking forward to more!

                           Regards, Mike

Zone 5? East Lansing MI

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