bali redux

[paulgila]

livistona sp. outside taipei airport.

[paulgila]

livistona rotundifolia leaf.

[paulgila]

[MattyB]

Love the pics Paul, keep em coming.  Nothing like a tropics grown D. lut.

[Jeff Searle]

I like the night shot looking up into the crown of the Pritchardia palm. Keep them coming, thanks.

Jeff

[Zac in NC]

Thanks for the pics.

Zac

[pq_bob]

Great looking clump of Dypsis.  Thanks!

-Bob-

[iwan]

Lagi Paul lagi !

[MattyB]

In case anyone is wondering, Paul's internet connection went down.  I know he took more than 8 pictures over 2 weeks in tropical Bali.  Stay tuned....

[paulgila]

yes,technology is no longer my friend.

[paulgila]

the ONLY syagrus i saw in bali.

more pritchardia pics...

[paulgila]

dypsisi lutescens roots.

[paulgila]

l.rotundifolia.

d.lutescens that outgrew its pot on the street.

[paulgila]

no palms but i was impressed by the crotons.

street lined with roystonea sp,denpasar bali.

[MattyB]

Whoah....I guess the tropics are pretty forgiving as far as exposed roots go.

[paulgila]

wodyetia in the upscale galleria,denpasar,bali.

bismarckia nobilis at the galleria.

pohonkelapa with climbing palnt.

[paulgila]

c.nucifera.

up close & personal.

[paulgila]

lotus flower.

enjula(balinese spelling)enjoying the scenery & local beer.

[paulgila]

palem botol.

someone needs to clean the pool.& fill it.

[paulgila]

huge champaca tree.

[paulgila]

rice field.the hotel we stayed in is directly above me.

[paulgila]

pritchardia sp.

[paulgila]

what do you think this is?

[paulgila]

flower of "mystery plant".

enjula is a prolific seed-hunter.

[Palmarum]

what do you think this is?

The mystery plant above is none-other than the Panama Hat Plant, Carludovica palmata. A popular palm look-a-like in the tropics.

Ryan

[MattyB]

Kerridoxa elegans and Licuala ramsayi had a love child and that's it.

[paulgila]

ryan you are correct! i had never heard of it before so was racking my limited brain capacity to try & figure it out.i asked one of the staff at the hotel what it was & she ripped out a hunk & gave it to me.when i saw that the bottom of the plant was tuberose-looking i realized it wasn't a palm.phil bergman knew what it was,too,just from my verbal description.

[paulgila]

i think this little one crawled into enjula's luggage,somehow.

pool over-looking river valley.

[paulgila]

licuala grandis.

l.grandis fruit.

[paulgila]

cocos nucifera roots busting out of a wall.

[paulgila]

pinanga time!

[paulgila]

we went on a river walk,also to see the "quiet village"

as our guide put it.

solid wall of salacca.

[paulgila]

[deezpalms]

sweet pics brutha!! keep em comin'!!! By the way, I am so jealous of you and all your bali trips!!!

[Kathy]

Just beautiful.  Really love the vista shots showing the terrain there.

[ariscott]

Did you stay at Ubud? It has been a while since we went to Bali. Usually just straight to Jakarta to visit my family. I think a few days stop over next time would be nice .

Regards, Ari

[BS Man about Palms]

Whoa! AWESOME Pics!  And you were hiding Enjula the Hand from me when I was there huh????  P

[bgl]

Looks like a great trip! Thanks for all the photos!

[aussiearoids]

(pohonkelapa @ Dec. 04 2006,15:31)

QUOTE

what do you think this is?

Greg , its a Panama Hat Plant , Carloduvica palmata .

It should grow for you , I used to grow them down near Brisbane .

[paulgila]

thanks everyone for the kind words.bali is such a lovely place & the people are so kind & artistic.its really a "must visit" at least once in your life.

ari:most of the pics so far are in & around ubud,although the first ones are from jimbaran.

bs:enjula can be quite elusive.