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Palmy Day at Montgomery Botanic Center

Kim
Kim
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Saying it with pictures...

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Hyphaenae sp....... Pseudophoenix vinifera

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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.

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...a few more.

Nypa fruticans

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Allagoptera arenaria, was this Copernicia ekmanii?

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Corypha taliera

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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.

Yes, that's a Cop. ek. Pretty nice huh?

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.
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Extremely nice, Jeff. :) I'd have thought some of these very rare palms might have drawn some attention.

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.

They always have my attention! Was so nice to meet you, Kim!

Beautiful pictures Kim!

Peter

hot and humid, short rainy season May through October, 14* latitude, 90* longitude
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It was a pleasure and a surprise to meet you at the Block garden, Andrew. :)

Peter, we missed you! :)

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.

Wow, those Nypa fruticans are very cool! Thanks for the photos Kim.

Formerly Jeff in Costa Rica
 

Thanks Scott.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

Thanks! Nice photo!

Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

 

I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

A few more photos of the Nypa fruticans

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Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

Roystonea lenis from Cuba

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Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

Hyphaene petersiana (left) and Hyphaene coriacea (right)

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Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

Syagrus cearensis - apparently every single seed will produce a double! Very unusual.

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Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

And a couple of general views. Montgomery Botanical Center on 120 acres is an absolutely incredible garden! And "garden" is a bit of an understatement! :)

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Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

Great pictures, Kim. Thanks for posting. I had a great time. It was very nice meeting you and other palm fanatics from all over the world. A big thank for you and all others who organised this palm event. You did a great job.

I didn’t know the word ‘palmy’, nice word. When I told my friends and colleagues that I spent a week looking at palms in Florida some thought that I had been drinking a lot of beers! The Belgian beer brand Palm is very popular in the Netherlands. We have the expression: 'een Palmpje pakken', which means having a Palm beer.


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Wow, those Nypa fruticans are very cool! Thanks for the photos Kim.

I agree, great looking palm when you get up close!
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Just an FYI... recent online article by Donna Shelley with great palm pictures from the collections: AN OASIS OF DISCOVERY -THE MONTGOMERY BOTANICAL CENTER http://somimag.com/an-oasis-of-discovery-the-montgomery-botanical-center/

 

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