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Half Century of Date Palm Growth (not very much!).

Walt
Walt
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The movie For A Few Dollars More was made in 1965 (49 years ago), one of my all-time favorites. I saw the movie for the first time in while serving in the US Navy during the late 1960s. I had no idea then that the movie was made in Spain (outdoor scenes) and not the American Southwest. When various scenes came up showing date palms, I remember thinking I had no idea such palms were growing in outlying desert locations near El Paso, Texas (during the civil war period, the time period that the movie was set in), and was intrigued by these palms. It was only about 10 years or so ago I learned these palms were actually growing in a desert region of Spain and were planted there for the movie Lawrence of Arabia (made in 1962).

At the link below, there are some then and now photos showing what the palms and the area around them look like. I'm sure many posters here have seen this classic movie and have noted these Phoenix dactilifera palms.

I was surprised to see that the palms really haven't grown all that much, nor does there appear to be any more (volunteers) around them. I guess they were not cross-pollenated and/or the environmental conditions there aren't conducive to propogation.

In any event, check out the photos if interested:

http://thebadnet.blogspot.com/2014/02/location-tabernas-las-palmeras.html

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    They look like they were frozen in time ! I guess not alot of water doesn't help

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    About 5-10 years ago there was a guy who had a website devoted to spaghetti westerns, used to travel in Spain to many of the locations these movies were made, so as to document how these locations looked now. One location he went to was Las Palmeras. Not only did he have still photos at his website, but he also had color videos, where he walked around the site. It was a sunny day and you could hear birds chirping. It was all very tranquil.

    As a palm hobbyist (and fan of the movie, For A Few Dollars More), I would love to have a descendent of these palms in my garden.

    Mad about palms

    First of all I estimate that larger trees in the clump have put up about 2 meters of new growth, admittedly not much for the decades passed since the make of the movie, but date palms grow fairly fast with wet feet and fairly slow in dry soil.

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