Cocos nucifera Madeira islands

[Pargomad]

Hi everybody, I'm new in this site and I want to create this topic to speak about the cocos in Madeira. I've seen many topics about those from the Canary islands with a lot of pics and I want to do the same with Madeira so if someone has some information or pics I'm here ! (sorry for my english xD I created the same topic in the spanish forum but there's nobody there xD)

[doranakandawatta]

Hello Kevin,

Welcome on Palmtalk!

Have you seen cocos in Madeira? and many other palm species? You must be patient for seeing a reply on your post,

it can take a week before someone write something on your thread .

Where do you live in Switzerland? what is your language? french? german?

Kindest regards

Philippe

[Pargomad]

Hi Philippe ^^ I live in the french part of the country. I speak french portuguese and spanish. I've been in Madeira a few times (my mom comes from the island) and i saw a lot of phoenix and washingtonias, syagrus, archontophoenix, howeas, dypsis, chambeyronias, livistonas, roystoneas (for me these are the most common palms i saw there). I also saw a few cocos on the southern coastline.

[Hammer]

I am not familiar with the flora of the islands. Nevertheless, welcome to Palmtalk! I hope you stick around awhile. Lots of good people and information on this forum!

[Pargomad]

Thank you Hammer

[doranakandawatta]

Kevin,

Did you make photographs of all these palms on Madeira?

BTW; I am living close to Montreux, too many palms there!

[Rafael]

Hi Kevin, do you have portuguese nationality?

[Pargomad]

doranakandawatta : yes i took a few pics and i live in Romont Fribourg

Rafael : yes 100 % portuguese (my father is from lisbon and my mother from madeira)

[Rafael]

Wow, excelent! Welcome aboard!

You know, we are not that much here.

As a portuguese IPS member i have being almost the only one in the recent years. Like here in this forum.

[Pargomad]

Really rafael ? Ahahaha xD where do you live ?

[Rafael]

I live near Oporto.

Lets focus this thread on the topic. I will PM you.

[Pargomad]

Hahaha ok thx

[Pargomad]

So does anyone have any pics or pieces of information about the cocos in Madeira ? Or even about the flora of the island ?

[Rafael]

Kevin, check this thread

http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/16028-cocoteros-mas-al-norte-hn-y-al-sur-hs-del-mundo/

[Pargomad]

I've already seen it thank you

[Xenon]

Hi Kevin, would love to see your pics of palms in Madeira xD Looks very tropical from google street view...

[Pargomad]

Ahahh why not ? but i don't know how to add some pics here

[Pargomad]

Here we have some archontophoenix cunninghamiana (very common on the island)

And also one Chambeyronia Macrocarpa

And in the last pic we can see some washingtonias robusta, phoenix dactyliferas and hyophorbe verschaffeltii.

[Pargomad]

Cocos nucifera

Roystoneas (regias?)

Sorry for the poor quality, the photos were taken from the car.

[Pargomad]

I agree with you Xenon the island looks very tropical ^^ especially in the southern coast

[doranakandawatta]

I'll show this picture to my Roystonea in Sri Lanka, so they can learn how to grow.

Thank you for posting Madeira palms pics, Kevin, don't stop!

Do you have palms in your house? (I mean seedlings... )

I know some young europeans starting a real botanic garden from seeds, indoor, as you met two of them in the PT chat room!

Palm-addiction is the illness we share!

bonne soirée

Philippe

[Pargomad]

Ahahahahha ^^

No I don't have any palms at home (even seedlings) sorry Philippe...

Nobody has more information about palms in Madeira or Porto Santo ??