Rare palms of Thailand in habitats

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I know what palm photo i'll show to celebrate my 500th post.

So until then, I'll post some other pictures of other species that i still haven't posted for the 2nd day of this trip.

A beautiful new spear of Pinanga perakensis...

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Pinanga disticha seedling surrounded by P. simplicifrons.

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Caryota bacsonensis seedling

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Caryota bacsonensis big tree

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Another form of Pinanga disticha

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Pinanga glaucescens, juvenile...

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Poonsak found some seeds in water...he definitely has good eyes...

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Firstly, i thought it is a variegated rattan seedling. But when we looked carefully, it's just nutrient deficiency.

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This is real variegated....oops not a palm!

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And this is my 500th post!! I'm now trunking!!

Let's celebrate with my most favorite picture for this trip.

Will have many more pictures of this species but I'll post later. It's too late in the night now.

Do you wanna guess what it is? Genus or Species?

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Poonsak found some seeds in wate

[Gbarce]

Pretty palm for your 500th post.

Is it an Iguanura Borneensis?? Perhaps a Calyptrocalyx???

[fiji jim]

Great pics Chalermchart

Thanks and please show more

Jim

[bubba]

Chalermchart,Thank you for an incredible journey.To see those rare palms in their natural setting is amazing.A client of my father's is from KL(Kuala Lumpur)and has a large Palm Oil Plantation.How do local people view Palm Oil Plantations?

[palmcurry]

Chalermchart, thank you for posting these pictures. Those Pinangas growing in habitat had me frothing

Some of your wide angle shots make good wallpapers, too.

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The first clump of Pinanga simplicifrons we found. There are plenty of them here.

oh ! ! ! god.......please let it live in his heaven please..............

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bubba,

Oil palm plantations are everywhere in the area also. This area survived because it's on the border of Thai-Malaysia so no one can use it. However, it is quite dangerous to get into the area because the soldiers always patrol along the border and you never know what will happen.

Gene,

Good guess but you haven't got it yet. Keep trying!!

The tallest plant for this species is about 2 meter...It has a long, pencil-like stem.

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Various leaf forms can also be found in this species

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Some of the new leaves are red ...

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and pale green in some plants...

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This is how they are scattered in habitat.

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And some showing red leaves at the same time..

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the inflorescence is bright red

[Gileno Machado]

Wow Chalermchart, I always look for your threads when I first log on here...

Is the mystery species Pinanga paradoxa?? Beautiful small palms...

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Gileno,

You came so close!... This species used to be Pinanga paradoxa var. Subintegra. Now it is Pinanga subintegra.

It's growing side by side with P.simplicifrons

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Seeds!!

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Those are pictures for my 2nd day trip. In just a small space, we found 10 palm species and some rattan species, it's easily a palm heaven for me.

The 3rd day we left Betong and went a bit up north to Had Yai mainly to see another species of Licuala. But the first palm we saw is this one. Orania sylvicola

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another one, they are everywhere in this forest.

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seedlings are growing like weeds. I can say that they are main plants for this forest.

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more seedlings

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a nice specimen...

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a germinated seed is trying to be alive....you can see that it's a remote germination...

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Another form for Pinanga disticha is also found here..

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with immature seeds

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Iguanura wallchiana This Iguanura species is widespread throughout the southern part of thailand. I think it is well-adapted to cultivation also.

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Seedlings of Oncosperma horridum

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Areca montana only one plant found..

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Our mission accomplished when we saw this species....Licuala stenophylla (it's now a synonym of Licuala triphylla but to me it's totally different)

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leaf details...

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this is the mature plant..