Here are some photos of South Florida!

Dypsis psammophila

Burretiokentia hapala flowering and fruiting!!

Calyptrocalyx leptostachys

Calyptrocalyx albertisianus

Heterospathe... ramulosa? If anyone could help ID, that would be great!

Copernicia gigas (meaning giant!) and me!

Attalea crassispatha.... one of my favorite palms at Fairchild. From Haiti!

Another palm from Haiti.... Copernicia ekmanii!

Pseudophoenix vinifera

Pseudophoenix lediniana

Copernicia fallaensis

The new bluest palm? Hyphaene petersiana

Itaya amoricum

Dransfieldia micrantha

Neonicholsonia watsonii

Neonicholsonia watsonii inflorescence

Nephrosperma vanhoutteanum

Sommieria leucophylla

Iguanura elegans

Pholidostachys pulchra

Chelyocarpus ulei

Orania palindan

Clinostigma savoryanum doing well in Florida!

Corypha utan.... spiraling trunk!!

Palm porn! A nekked Copernicia macroglossa [without the petticoat]!

Roystonea princeps

Bentinckia nicobarica

Chuniophoenix hainanensis flowers - you can see some fruits forming too!

Me in front of a Borassus aethiopum holding a seed! They are huge!

Native Roystonea regia poking out of the forest

Here are some of the tallest ones I have ever seen!

That's it!

Kyle, Thanks for going to the effort of posting such wonderfull shots.Where they all taken at Fairchild Gardens? Definitely a must see. My favourites i think were the pseudophoenix vinifera and copernicia macroglossa. One thing that amazes me about mature palms is that they each develop their own unique character over period of time, no two are exactaly the same, even though they may be the same species(Bentinckia,copernicia macroglossa ect)

Craig.

my friend kyle ! beautiful photos

Simply Spectacular photography! I fell off my chair many times, ... I never realised bentinckia nicobarica gets so pinnate - my juvenile at 2 metres height still has very chunky leaves. The pseudophoenix are great - i'm immediately placing them on my Palms-to-get list. Thanks!

Pseudophoenix lediniana

Copernicia fallaensis

Great shots Kyle, I've been dying to go there, but it's quite a trip from where I live, Ed

Are you sure that's it?? Please... you must have more....

Regards, Ari

"Sweet" thanks for sharing those great photo's

Love it... More More more....

Regards Mikey..

Thise shots were great Kyle Hopefully I will get to Fairchild and see sone of those palms up close and personal soon THanks for sharing.

Laura

Kyle, fabulous photos. If that's Fairchild I got to go there. Thanks for the tour.

Great stuff Kyle, a veritable "Who's Who" of rarities. BTW, what's up with you? You got BIG!

Thanks Kyle, a treat of treats.

Very, very special palm treats, Kyle!

Gracias!

Paul PD

Kyle, Did you take home the Borassus fruit?

THANK YOU! Thank you!

Great photos Kyle.

Corypha lecomtei

Burretiokentia hapala

Borassus flabellifer

Corypha umbraculifera leaf

I do! Kentiopsis pyriformis

Dypsis pembana

Areca vestiara

Arenga brevipes

Beccariophoenix madagascriensis

Calyptrocalyx hollrungii.... this might be wrong, so someone please chime in if you know better!

Dypsis albofarinosa! Albo = white, farinosa = flour!

Dypsis plumosa

Hey Kyle -

Yes those are great pictures! I make it down to Fairchild most summers for the Mango Festival, and Fairchild is definitely a great small spot in Miami/Dade, a great big area overall for unusual palms. Some of your trees I know well; they have become friends I go visit each year to say Hi. You bring back good memories!

Coccothrinax argentea

Guihaia argyrata

Guihaia grossefibrosa

A potted Cyrtostachys renda.... these palms don't get old for me!

Here is a close up of the base of the palm! I guess it has a rhizome that stretches to the left that looks pretty cool.

Licuala mattanensis "mapu" - you can see it's cute little trunk!

Linospadix minor

A close-up of Dransfieldia micrantha

Archontophoenix myolensis

Copernicia hybrid

Satakentia liukiuensis

Allogoptera caudescens, but with plumose leaves... so I think it's actually something new!

Calyptrocalyx forbesii

Salacca zalacca

Plectocomia elongata

Dypsis crinita with new leaf!

A pair of unidentified Sabal

Ok - I think that is it now! Thank you so much everyone for the comments! I do it because I love palms!!

Hi Kyle,

thanks for the pics.

first pic in post #26 is not K.pyriformis but K.oliviformis.

Burretiokentia hapala...

Mat.

Palm in post #1 and #25 cannot be B.hapala essentialy cause of the missing hairs on inflorescence.

It seems very close to B.dumasii regarding inflorescences only.

B.vieillardi/grandiflora/koghiensis are all exluded.

Does anyone else own any other pic of this particular palm. A new red leaf pic would be especialy appreciated...

Thanks again Kyle !

Mat.

These are wonderful palms and i must say the best quality pics i have seen here.

Thanks!

Thanks so much! I kind of cheat, because I take lots of photos and then only choose the better ones to share.

Thank you Mat for all of the helpful information! Unfortunately, I have no other photos of that palm

Wonderful pics Kyle and a great collection of palms. Peter

very enjoyable pix,dewd!

Thanks so much Kyle. I've enjoyed this thread with your professional quality photography more than any other recently.