Hello

To start this new year, I offer you an overview of the fantastic Analalava Reserve we had the chance to visit during the last trip of Palmeraie Union Society to the east coast of Madagascar in October.

This reserve is managed by a local association, in partnership with the Missouri Botanical Garden: http://analalavareserve.com . It presents an absolutely amazing variety of palm species which some of them are one of the rarest in the world ....

Good virtual tour!

Dypsis lastelliana :

Dypsis pinnatifrons :

Dypsis poivreana :

Dypsis fibrosa :

Dypsis paludosa :

Dypsis fanjana and Dypsis paludosa :

Dypsis fanjana :

Dypsis pinnatifrons and Dypsis paludosa :

Ravenea sp. :

Orania longisquama :

Dypsis sp. Interrupta ? :

Dypsis tokoravina :

Dypsis bosseri :

Marojejya darianii :

Dypsis sp. :

Dypsis sp. (D. carlsmithii when young ?) :

Dypsis carlsmithii :

These photos are stunning and are part of what I love about this forum! Thank you so much for posting them!

Angraecum sesquipedale on a Dypsis carlsmithii :

Dypsis sp. :

Masoala madagascariensis :

Dypsis sp. (a probably not described species) :

Dypsis psammophila :

Ravenea sambiranensis :

Dypsis sp. :

Orania trispatha :

Dypsis fanjana:

Dypsis sp. (a probably not described species) :

Dypsis hovomantsina :

All photos of this fantastic reserve here :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/88672295@N02/sets/72157637390190333/10712036334/

Of course, please do not use them without my permission .. : wink:

Edited January 9, 201412 yr by olivier971

Wow, Thanks for posting photos of these magnificent palms.

Oliver,

Your photography is some of the best, if not THEE best I have ever seen here. Truly amazing. For somebody like myself that has been there, I can really appreciate the beauty and time and energy you have given us all by posting your pictures. many thanks!

Jeff

Oliver,

Your photography is some of the best, if not THEE best I have ever seen here. Truly amazing. For somebody like myself that has been there, I can really appreciate the beauty and time and energy you have given us all by posting your pictures. many thanks!

Jeff

Thanks a lot !!!

This is what Palmtalk is all about. Heaps and heaps of in your face palm pics from the most amazing island on earth, Madagascar.

I never get sick of staring at Dypsis lastelliana. It is different to leptocheilos in many ways. (I love lepto though)

Thanks for posting.

Absolutely wonderful - thank you very much! - gmp

Thanks for taking the time to post all these photos. Amazing.

Olivier, thank you for blowing my mind with your photos, they are absolutely stunning! I completely agree with Jeff, your habitat photos are superb. I wonder how accessible these palms are? I notice a worn footpath in one photo -- they are easily visited? I also wonder how well protected the palms are in the Reserve?

Many of us are feeling deep envy for your frequent excursions within Madagascar!

Olivier,

Absolutely outstanding photography from what surely must be one of the most unique and exciting places on the planet when it comes palm diversity. Thanks for posting all these photos - great way to begin the day! (It's only 06:10 here in Hawaii).

Bo-Göran

Incredible! Thanks for posting. Those huge Carlsmithii are amazing!

Olivier, you are very lucky to live so close to Madagascar, thanks for sharing the beauty through all these photos.

Your photos are amazing! Now that the IPS owns them I'll make sure to ask them if I can use the photos. : wink:

THANKS OLIVIER! amazing just amazing , gotta love those carlsmithii , can't help but wonder how old they must be??? I know I will be returning to this post many times.

I agree with previous posters. These are amazingly good habitat pictures, and I will add many to my personal library (for my own use of course.....,wink).

It's so nice to see them in their real wild state, with damaged leaves, squashed between other plants and with epiphytes. It's going to change the way I'm planting some of my Madagascar species. Thank you.

Every time I see pictures of Madagascar I want to get on the next plane to Africa. You've posted the largest and most beautiful collection of pictures I've ever seen! My heart is aflutter!

Lee

Wow, so beautiful. So cool to see. Thank You

aloha

Thanks a lot for all your congratulations !!

For more information on identification of those palms species, i invite you to go and see the scientific article published in Palms in 2010 about Analalava reserve at the following address :

https://www.palms.org/palmsjournal/2010/v54n3p141-151.pdf

THANKS OLIVIER! amazing just amazing , gotta love those carlsmithii , can't help but wonder how old they must be??? I know I will be returning to this post many times.

DITTO / My sentiments exactly as Bill's post Oliver.

After seeing these pics, esp of Carlsmithii Oliver, Im so , so glad I bought plenty more of these busting out of 8" pots for a "bargain" ( Thanks Digby @ Rosebudfarm)

Thanks Oliver, for "sharing your pics" and keep'n us "Enthused"

Pete

Madagascar is DEFINITELY on my list. The lastelliana just incredible. There were some unnamed palms, looked like mature ambositrae?

What an absolute stunning thread, always good to see palms in there habitat, and yes that Dypsis carlsmithii looks AMAZING, another great thread, thanks Oliver

Edited January 10, 201412 yr by comic097

Thank you for sharing.

Awesome stuff Oliver!

Outstanding palms and photos. I have just bought my carlsmithii today and am looking forward to many enjoyable years watching it grow. Thanks Olivier.