Detail Quiz

[Gileno Machado]

Half a point for the correct genus only, one point for the right species

# 1

[Gileno Machado]

# 2

[Gileno Machado]

# 3 fronds

[Gileno Machado]

# 4

[Gileno Machado]

# 5

[Gileno Machado]

# 6

[Gileno Machado]

# 7

[Gileno Machado]

# 8

[Gileno Machado]

# 9

[Gileno Machado]

Last one # 10

[Palmarum]

1. Bismarckia nobilis

2. Ptychosperma schefferi?

3. Heterospathe elata

4. Salacca wallichiana

5. Ptychosperma elegans

6. Livistona chinensis

7. Chamaedorea brachypoda

8. Rhapis excelsa

9. Cocos nucifera

10. Caryota maxima

Hopefully some will be correct,

Ryan

[Jeff Searle]

Ryan,

    Your pretty damn good! This is some hard i d'ing if you ask me. But I think your close.

    I notice you haven't chimed in much on the forum,hope you will add more imput in the near future.

[SunnyFl]

Maybe I'm getting mixed up with names, but is this the Ryan we've seen at Rainforest on your 2ce-a-year events?

Am amazed at how you ID'd those.

And to Gileno:

That first picture is so artistic.  Very beautiful!

[Kris]

Nice close-up photos & a good Quiz By Gileno

and a Smart Identification by Palmarum.

One Man One Tree...

[Palmy]

5 looks like an arenga

[Gileno Machado]

Great, Ryan...

# 7 Chamaedorea brachypoda

# 9 Cocos nucifera

partial points:

# 3 Salacca (?)

# 10 Caryota (?)

Come on guys...# 1 is not a Bizzie !! and it's quite common in Florida...

You really made me think about my # 5...maybe I'm wrong but I didn't buy it as a Ptychosperma...look:

[Palmarum]

1. Latania loddigesii (should have been my first guess since I spent the day before trimming my Latania's leaves)

2. No idea, looks like a young Ptychosperma or even

   a Reinhardtia I've never seen before.

3. Ravenea sp.?

4. Salacca zalacca?

5. It really looks like a Ptychosperma with large leaflets,

   like P. elegans or P. schefferi

6. Copernicia beteroana?

7. Chamaedorea brachypoda

8. Chelyocarpus chuco?

9. Cocos nucifera

10. Caryota cumingii?

Yes SunnyFl, I'm that Ryan from Jeff's twice a year sales.

Ryan

[Zac in NC]

1 is a Sabal all the way. Palmetto or minor is my guess. BTW Gileno, still nothing popping on the seeds you sent. I cracked the botryophora seeds, so they should be up soon.

Zac

[MattyB]

If 5 isn't Ptychosperma then is it a Veitchia?

6. Pritchardia

1. Latania

10. Caryota for sure.....is that 2 stems I see...mitis?

[tim_brissy_13]

5. Veitchia arecina

8. Chelyocarpus chuco (have you posted this before Gileno?)

10. Caryota gigas

[Gileno Machado]

Well, let's see...

# 1 Sabal (?) Zac

# 2 Reinhardtia (?) Ryan

# 3 (?)

# 4 Salacca zalacca - Ryan

# 5 Veitchia- MattyB, arecina - Tim

# 6 Pritchardia (?) MattyB

# 7 Chamaedorea brachypoda - Ryan

# 8 Chelyocarpus chuco - Ryan (yes Tim, posted before...)

# 9 Cocos nucifera -Ryan

# 10 Caryota mitis- MattyB

Zac, welcome back, how was the trip to tacolandia? any pictures in habitat? The botryophoras seem to germinate sporadically, very few of mine are starting to show up now, be patient...ask MattyB what were his results so far, after the seed cracking surgery he tried...

Any guesses for my darlings (# 3) ?

Zooming out of mysterious # 1:

[jam99]

How about S. etonia?

[Zac in NC]

Gileno- The trips to tacolandia were great. I have pics but I haven't gotten any of them up yet. Check the palms of Sonora ThreadPalms of Sonora Here Richard has some pics of Washingtonia robusta, Brahea elegans, and Sabal uresana in habitat in Nacapule Canyon outside of San Carlos, Sonora. I will try to have pics up within a week or so. I just got back home finally last night, after 4 weeks on the road.

Zac

[Zac in NC]

Oh hell I'll give 3 a shot. a Ravenea perhaps R Glauca or xerophylla?

Zac

[Palmarum]

1. Sabal mauritiiformis?

2. Reinhardtia simplex?

3. Still no idea, how about a clue like country of origin or something?

Ryan

[Zac in NC]

(jam99 @ Jul. 24 2006,09:24)

QUOTE

How about S. etonia?

I could accept that it could be etonia, But Ryan, it is Def not mauritiiformis. That one is very distinct.

[Palmarum]

Shows how long since I've seen a group of Sabals other than palmetto.

S. causiarum would be my last guess out of right field...

Ryan

[Walter John]

# 1 Sabal minor

# 2 Reinhardtia simplex

# 3 Dypsis lutescens

# 6 Pritchardia hildebrantei

[Walter John]

well Gileno, and the answers are ?

[Gileno Machado]

# 1 Sabal domingensis

# 2 Reinhardtia simplex

# 3 I plan to drink from them soon (?)

# 6 Pritchardia pacifica

Here's my R. simplex again:

[Palmarum]

# 3 I plan to drink from them soon (?)

hmm....Euterpe edulis?

Ryan

[Gileno Machado]

Actually Euterpe oleracea, Ryan.

And you are the ID champ, thanks...

[Kamipalms]

BUGGER!.... I missed this one Gileno...

I recon I would have had a good shot at this lot.....

J.

[Jeff Searle]

Gileno,

     Now that Ryan has been crowned the champion, what does he win? Was there a prize? Like a new car?