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Hi there

A few weeks ago I was in Costa Rica. I'm useless at identifying non-coldhardy palms so I'd appreciate your help.

The pictures were taken on Cerro Chato next to the Arenal volcano. Sorry for the picture quality.

1

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2

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Seeds of the same plant

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3

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4 And this one is in the Garden of the Arenal Observatory Lodge

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Thanks

Florian

I can't help with the IDs, but it looks like you had a great trip! Lots of beautiful palms. Jeff in Costa Rica should be able to help out...

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

My guess on #1 is some sort of Geonoma (?). Number two is most certainly a Chamaedorea species (tepejilote maybe?). Absolutely no clue on number three. Number four's spines remind me of a Pigafetta.

Please note the low confidence of these guesses...

Jason

Skell's Bells

 

 

Inland Central Florida, 28N, 81W. Humid-subtropical climate with occasional frosts and freezes. Zone 9b.

I agree with Jason.

The last one is Pigafetta filaris.

The third could be a Wettinia.

Jim

Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

yes Number two is Chamaedorea tepejilote

GIUSEPPE

I think the third one is a Prestoea decurrens
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I can't help with the IDs, but it looks like you had a great trip! Lots of beautiful palms. Jeff in Costa Rica should be able to help out...

Yeah, it was pretty awesome since during the rainy season there is no one around. For example all the tours and surf lessons we took were group lessons because it's much cheaper. But in the end there were always only my friend and I or two other people at most.

Also, it didn't even rain that much and mostly at night. And if you speak Spanish everybody loves you:-D.

After looking the names up on google I think you're all quite right, thanks a lot!

I've got another one. This looked like a fern and was quite big. I asked a guy and he told me they called it garra de leon (ie lion's claw) but when I look that up it gives me other results.

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Flo

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