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Catamaran Resort Hotel - Garden Pictorial

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February 16, 201016 yr

I attended a conference at the Catamaran last week and took some pics to share with ya'll. Enjoy.

Here's a cool aerial shot of the hotel from the internet.

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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February 16, 201016 yr

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Indoor garden with Cocos nucifera doing quite well.

Pritchardia sp., probably hillebrandii

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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February 16, 201016 yr

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Ptychosperma elegans

Ptychosperma macarthurii

Chrisophilla albida

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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February 16, 201016 yr

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Kentias

Rhopalostylis sapida.....huge!!!!!

Freak!!!!!

Raphia farinifera with my Dad for scale

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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February 16, 201016 yr

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Livistona saribus

Acacia xanthophloea in Winter dormancy....thorns only is a cool look

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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February 16, 201016 yr

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This was labled Brahea salvadorensis

Quack!

Trachycarpus wagnerianus

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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February 16, 201016 yr

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Huge tree aloe

Don't be Koi Roy! :blink:

Assorted Aloe species and Larry looking especially grumpy.

Draceana draco

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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February 16, 201016 yr

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Macrozamia sp.

Brahea armata

Livistona chinensis is always a good subject for the artsy fartsy "flower petals in the leaf" shot.

We've been bamboozled! :angry:

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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February 16, 201016 yr

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Sabal sp. Looked like S. dominguensis.

Hello

Rhopalostylis sp. doing it's best Carpoxylon impression.

The "peeping tom" path. Paul likes to look into guest rooms when we take this path. I look at the palm trees.

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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February 16, 201016 yr

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Name that fruit. It's Livistona chinensis. I'm right.

This would be jail on Gilligan's Island.

Brahea nitida

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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February 16, 201016 yr

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Sabal mauritiformis. Did I get it right Ken?

Xeri-garden

Jubzilla

Phoenix paludosa.....I've never heard of this one.

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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February 16, 201016 yr

you even took the "peeping tom" path. very complete.

the "prince of snarkness."

still "warning-free."

san diego,california,left coast.

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February 16, 201016 yr

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Hyphane looking good at the coast. Why do I have such trouble with these?

Butia all pruned up for a night on the town.

Veitchia in backgroound. I kept taking pix of the B. vulgaris vitatta so I could send artwork to Dean for PlantPrints.net

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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February 16, 201016 yr

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Paul, I'm coming to get you......ooooohhhhhh (that's the ghost of your old bamboo talking)

Kigelia africana. No big fat sauzige!!!!

Rhapidophylum histrix

A gazillion years old.

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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February 16, 201016 yr

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The western hemisphere's ulgiest Arenga pinnata

Jubeopsis caffra

I crushed the fruit and there was no seed inside. Wierd.

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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February 16, 201016 yr

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That's all, hope you enjoyed.

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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February 16, 201016 yr

Sabal mauritiformis. Did I get it right Ken?

Xeri-garden

Jubzilla

Phoenix paludosa.....I've never heard of this one.

you have heard of it--i told you about it before!

no wonder yer dad looked grumpy,he knew when you took all those pix that you would be posting them while you were supposed to be working!

p.s.sorry i re-posted those last 4 pix,blame the stupid pc at the office i am working at!

the "prince of snarkness."

still "warning-free."

san diego,california,left coast.

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February 16, 201016 yr

Cool trip Mister.

Man! that Arenga is looking WAY more ugly than the last time I saw it... Death does that...

Caffra on the other hand .... " luved it"

Thank you for your photojournalistic expedition.

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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February 16, 201016 yr

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Yeah, posting foul! 5 yard penalty, repeat face slap!

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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February 16, 201016 yr

Great!

But i did like most the JUBZILLA AND THE "QUACK"!

Regards!

Furadouro and Ovar, zone 9b/10a.
PORTUGAL
http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=20668
http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/31527-my-new-garden-ovar-january2012/

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February 17, 201016 yr

Great tour. Thanks Matt!

Oakley, California

55 Miles E-NE of San Francisco, CA

Solid zone 9, I can expect at least one night in the mid to low twenties every year.

Hot, dry summers. Cold, wet winters.

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February 17, 201016 yr

Hello MattyB...what great shots they were! And all of those palms at a hotel! Thanks for a wonderful post. Peter

Peter

hot and humid, short rainy season May through October, 14* latitude, 90* longitude

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February 17, 201016 yr

You say yous take the path togeather?

The Sabal is correct.

In the domingensis? pic are there 2 others, wierd looking?

The pic with the NAKED tree, is that an Everglades palm? related to the Copernicias?

I DIG PALMS

Call me anytime to chat about transplanting palms.

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February 17, 201016 yr

And is that a bar out on the dock?

I DIG PALMS

Call me anytime to chat about transplanting palms.

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February 17, 201016 yr

Nice coverage!

LA | NY | OC

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February 17, 201016 yr

you always take great pics and lots of them thanks

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February 17, 201016 yr

cheered me up on a cold day, thanks Matty!

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February 17, 201016 yr

........ Wow

rare flowering trees, palms and other exotics

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February 17, 201016 yr

A great post - excellent shots, loved the striped bamboos also

Thanks

Sol Cooper

Hobart Tasmania

42 degrees South

Mild climate - mostly frost free

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February 17, 201016 yr

Sweet, thanks for the tour Matt!

That Sabal sp. is pretty beefy, dis it have ligules up in the crown?

The Macrozamia is sweet too! Did they have other cycad species?

That butia has a nice trunk on it, is that P. reclinata growin in the same pic in the back on the far left?

Luke

Tallahassee, FL - USDA zone 8b/9a

63" rain annually

January avg 65/40 - July avg 92/73

North Florida Palm Society - http://palmsociety.blogspot.com/

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February 17, 201016 yr

Sweet, thanks for the tour Matt!

That Sabal sp. is pretty beefy, did it have ligules up in the crown? (looks similar to your neighbors?)

The Macrozamia is sweet too! Did they have other cycad species?

That butia has a nice trunk on it, is that P. reclinata growin in the same pic in the back on the far left?

Edited February 17, 201016 yr by FRITO

Luke

Tallahassee, FL - USDA zone 8b/9a

63" rain annually

January avg 65/40 - July avg 92/73

North Florida Palm Society - http://palmsociety.blogspot.com/

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February 17, 201016 yr

Very nice photos Matt! I especially like the Jubzilla. I hope to move to a higher elevation in Costa Rica someday so that I can try growing a Jubaea and a few others that won't grow here in the lowland tropics.

Formerly Jeff in Costa Rica

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February 17, 201016 yr

Very nice visuals..and i could see each still is perfectly focoused on its objects..I like that. :greenthumb:

Thanks & Love,

kris

love conquers all..

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February 17, 201016 yr

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I'm glad you guys enjoyed the tour.

Here's some responses to the questions:

Ken,

Post 9, photo 1: I think those other two palms are Latanias. I'm not sure though. They looked super wind tattered. Maybe Paul or Bill can confirm that.

Post 5, photo 4: There's a Livistona decora behind the Acacia, but on the left I'm not sure what that is. Probably Acceloeraphe like you said, I doubt they're Copernicia.

Luke,

Post 9, photo 1: There were no liguels on that huge Sabal, so that's why I eliminated S. causiarum. It just felt like S. dominguensis, but I guess it could be S. maritima too.

Post 13, photo 3: Yes, it's P. reclinata. There's lots of large ones around the grounds.

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)