I spent last weekend at the Bali House taking new photos for the rental web sites. While I was there I checked out some of the palms that I planted over the last 6 years.

Potted palms on the pool deck

Areca vestiaria, Rhopaloblaste augusta, and Licuala grandis in the back

Mono Titi Monkey on a Coconut frond

Cyrtostachys renda

Prestoea sp.

Potted Licuala grandis

Licuala grandis growing in the outside shower

Cyrtostachys renda and Adonidia merrillii

Areca vestiaria maroon leaf form

Unknown palm I planted as a seedling

View of Licuala peltata from upper deck. Euterpe precatoria peaking out on the left.

The Licuala was producing it's first seeds

Looking over towards the pool deck

Palm in the center with the frond towards the camera is Clinostigma savoryanum

Veitchia arecina

Cyrtostachys renda

A row of Saribus rotundifolius along the driveway growing in shade

A pair of Adonidia merrillii

Areca triandra leaf

Another shot of one of the potted Areca vestiaria

Bentinckia nicobarica

Wodyetia bifurcata

Dypsis leptocheilos

Another C. renda that I planted a few years ago

Chamaedorea tepejilote grown from seed

Tahina spectabilis also from seed

Coconuts in front of the Bali House

from further back

I planted this Licuala peltata sumawongii last year. It struggled at first but is looking good now.

Wallichia disticha

Bentinckia nicobarica

I stuck a tiny two leaf Royal seedling in the ground next to this tree (on the left) and figured if it lived I would move it later... that was about 5 years ago and it's still there.

A couple Cycads

Dypsis tokoravina

Row of Dypsis leptocheilos

Metroxylon warburgii

Areca triandra

Balaka sp.

Asterogyne martiana

And some palms in Quepos

C. renda

Phoenix roebelenii and Licuala grandis

Roystonea oleracea, Bismarckia nobilis, and Carpentaria acuminata

Carpentaria

Wodyetia bifurcata

Areca catechu

A row of small Adonidia merrillii

Royals on the ridge top above town

Bismarckia and Foxtails in front of the Central Market

Another C. renda

The Bali House Gardens have put on plenty go growth Jeff, especially the "Tahina" and the now seeding Peltata. Pete

Great looking garden, Jeff. Thanks for the pics. - gmp

I have to agree with Pete, the Tahina is especially cool. Hope one of my seeds

look that good down the road some day. Thanks for sharing, very nice pics.

aloha

WOW, great pics. Loving those vestiaras

Jeff,

Everything at the Bali House looks pretty perfect - very lush and healthy! And yes, the Tahina is outstanding!

Bo-Göran

Good to see everything growing so well Jeff. The potted palms look really good, you don't see may A. vestiaria in pots.

The Bentinckia's look great with that nice green color on the crown shaft. We've talked before about how different they look

with yours having some shade and mine in full sun. Still the case, mine are chunky with more upright leaves and a shorter

crown shaft. The internodes lengths are much smaller on mine as well, but this could be a function of your 'warm' tropical

climate and more sun protection.

BTW, that Bactris is still chugging along, two survived and getting nice looking. I'm hoping it's still B. glandulosa.

Tim

Thanks everyone for the nice comments.

Tim, glad to hear the Bactris are doing well. Are they still entire leafed? The few I could get to germinate ended up being the split leaf form.

Thanks for posting the great pic. of your Bali house great job of landscaping.

Jeff, yes they are still entire leaf and will probably get planted out soon.

Awesome! Like.

Every time you do a post like this I feel an urge to fly to Costa Rica. Your collection has added much beauty to an already beautiful place. Thanks for the update.

Every time you do a post like this I feel an urge to fly to Costa Rica. Your collection has added much beauty to an already beautiful place. Thanks for the update.

Kim, you've been saying that since the CR Biennial. I'm still waiting for you to come back for a visit.

Fantastic Jeff, thanks for posting, renews the palm faith surely does...

Love the cycads