Miscellaneous Coconut Photos

[Jeff in St Pete]

I've been taking a lot of coconut photos lately and thought I would share some of them.

Young shade grown plants near our beach gate. These have all sprouted from fallen nuts off the palm in the very center (you can only see the trunk).

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another near the beach

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Other coconut trunk is right in the center blocking the view of this one

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More in the forest near the beach

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One of my favorite specimens

Bren, this is the palm your sprouted nut came from.... Shhhhhhh

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Closeup of the crown

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Another shade grown coconut, the fronds get enormous

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Coconuts along the estuary at the corner of the property. This is where the dog-killing crocodile lives.

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Further down the beach

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I walked part way up a dirt road for this shot

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Monkey on a coconut frond - there was a family of them down at the edge of the beach today foraging.

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Coconuts in front of the property. You can see our new beach chairs lined up along the edge of the trees.

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Climbing up to get some pipas (green coconuts)

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Sprouting at the edge of the beach

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Curved trunk

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[Zeeth]

One of my favorite specimens

Bren, this is the palm your sprouted nut came from.... Shhhhhhh

Woah... look at how far apart those trunk rings are, that think must have lightning speed vegetative growth. Lucky Bren...

[Zeeth]

Coconuts in front of the property. You can see our new beach chairs lined up along the edge of the trees.

Wait... Your property?

[junglegalfla]

Nice pics Jeff! I saved that pic for when mine grows up. It's doing fine despite it being so cold for so long. What a great looking mama!

[Daryl]

Nice photos...Coconuts will always be an essential part of the tropical landscape!

Daryl

[floridasun]

wow i want some coconuts(to sprout), hey could you send me some, jk, hmmmmm wink wink they wash up on the beach and the lagoon all the time but its a drive.

Edited March 6, 2010 by floridasun

[Jeff in St Pete]

Keith, the property belongs to my friends. I just live here and take care of things for them since they live in the U.S. The total property is almost 50 acres with a large beach frontage.

Bren, glad to hear your sprout made it through the cold!

Thanks Daryl!

floridasun, I think my coconut smuggling days are over... One was enough

[Zeeth]

Keith, the property belongs to my friends. I just live here and take care of things for them since they live in the U.S. The total property is almost 50 acres with a large beach frontage.

Bren, glad to hear your sprout made it through the cold!

Thanks Daryl!

floridasun, I think my coconut smuggling days are over... One was enough

Cool, that must be pretty awesome to live on that much property on the beach

Coconut smuggling days over you say? I say nay! You know you want to bring me one next time you come to Fl I need all the varieties I can get!

[Jeff in St Pete]

Cool, that must be pretty awesome to live on that much property on the beach

Coconut smuggling days over you say? I say nay! You know you want to bring me one next time you come to Fl I need all the varieties I can get!

Keith, it IS pretty awesome. I know that living here is only temporary, so I am enjoying the beach as much as possible.

Since I am involved with the Costa Rica Palm Society and we are now becoming a legal entity here in Costa Rica, I think it's best if I refrain from attempting anything like that again.

[Zeeth]

Cool, that must be pretty awesome to live on that much property on the beach

Coconut smuggling days over you say? I say nay! You know you want to bring me one next time you come to Fl I need all the varieties I can get!

Keith, it IS pretty awesome. I know that living here is only temporary, so I am enjoying the beach as much as possible.

Since I am involved with the Costa Rica Palm Society and we are now becoming a legal entity here in Costa Rica, I think it's best if I refrain from attempting anything like that again.

Oh well, I guess my 8 other tall coconut palms will have to do for now

[floridasun]

floridasun, I think my coconut smuggling days are over... One was enough

oh well, i can find one on the beach.... i geius

[GTClover]

Coconuts along the estuary at the corner of the property. This is where the dog-killing crocodile lives.

Wow all these photos are incredibly beautiful! Thank you for the vacation. I'm particularly struck by the fact that the little guy here looks like he's growing right out of the mangrove!

Susan

[Kris]

love,

kris

Dear jeff nice stills hope our zeeth loved all those pictures...

[Ntheastpalms]

Nice Jeff

Coconuts really are the essence of the tropics

[Tyrone]

Thanks for the pics. I love coconuts. They look like Beccariophoenix.

Best regards

Tyrone

[ariscott]

It is supposed to be the other way around Tyrone...

[TikiRick]

Jeff,

You've captured my favorite palm perfectly. I can only imagine sitting in your new beach chairs beneath those 60' swaying coconut palms on that white sandy beach enjoying a tropical drink! Just remind me to always look overhead when positioning my beach chair, as ripening coconuts falling from that height can cause damage to my skull.

Beautiful photos! Enjoy it while you can.

[palmcurry]

I need to come surf there.....and maybe live there. I just met up with an old friend on FB I haven't seen in 18 years and he lives & surfs down there. Smart guy.

Thanks for the photos Jeff. Nice mental trip for me.

[Jeff in St Pete]

Thanks everyone for the nice comments.

Rick, speaking of falling coconuts... My buddy made this sign for me and brought it over today. We are going to hang it along the path to the beach. I've had a couple near misses with falling coconuts (and falling fronds which are just as dangerous), so I'm careful where I place the chairs and hammocks!

[tropicbreeze]

A lot of people don't realise how dangerous coconuts are. Some time ago all coconuts were cut out of school yards here for that reason. I've got about 40 to 50 on my place but none fruiting where I or other might normally walk near. I'm always warning visitors to keep clear of them. The ones within the garden are always dropping fronds and damaging other plants. Although a few weeks ago a lightning strike killed about 4 of those (some still have a few green fronds but I doubt they'll survive). So they've been raining down fronds wholesale. I won't be replacing them, the fewer in the garden the better. And I've plenty of others around the place, plus about another 30 sprouted up to 2 metres tall. Anyone's welcome to come and take one ....... or 30.