my sunday feeling

[paulgila]

sunday morning,9:00am.too wet for yard work so i grabbed my camera & headed out,not quite knowing where i'd end up.

1st stop was the "city of the dead",mount hope cemetary just east of downtown san diego.

variegated juniper?

seemingly abandoned mortuary.

[paulgila]

it could be haunted.

the new building across the street just doesn't have the same "panache".

[paulgila]

appropriate businesses nearby.

i ended up in the jewish section.

this is the gravestone equivalent of the "i'm with stupid"

t-shirt slogan.

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downtown SD in the distance.

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next stop--gateway center,just a block or so north of mount hope.the coral trees are spectacular,blooming all over the city.

there is an office complex in this industrial park that is planted with palms you'd never expect.

some common ones,first.

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licuala spinosa,looking fairly well cared-for.

[osideterry]

The "I'm with Stupid" equivalent had me cackling. You know how to show travel companions a good time. I'm planning a tour of Oceanside, but likely won't start with Fire Mountain Cemetary. That is unless it has a bitchin' trachy!

[paulgila]

there are 2.

livistona sp.

dypsis.

[paulgila]

just scraping by.

d.decaryi.

[paulgila]

back to the licuala,just couldn't get enough...

[paulgila]

i will never take d.lutescens for granted again.

[paulgila]

heres the "main event".the one in the front wasn't looking so good last year,but seems to have recovered

nicely.

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a nearby caryota mitis begged me to take its picture.

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i need to get a job at this place.can you imagine rolling into this parking lot every morning?

[MattyB]

Did we decide that those are Spindle x Bottle hybrids?  They look great now, and even after the winter from hell.  I thought one of those crowns rotted off.  Was it one of those or was it a now removed palm?  Nice pics Paul, no wonder you called me 800 times yesterday.

[palmsrgreat]

Thanks for the pics Paul. I love going to your city and seeing the many variety of palms.

Your pics do a great job of representing that.

[elHoagie]

Well done Paul!

[osideterry]

I'm also curious about which Hyophorbe or hybrid is in the photos. That collection is pretty intentional, and you have to wonder whose behind it.

[LJG]

(osideterry @ Apr. 09 2007,18:29)

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I'm also curious about which Hyophorbe or hybrid is in the photos. That collection is pretty intentional, and you have to wonder whose behind it.

Funny. I was just going to ask the same thing.

That old Dypsis leptocheilos had to of come from seed Mardy Darian collected back in the day. Art at Oasis has 5 a little smaller he pulled from a job he did over 20 years ago from seed Mardy gave him. The freeze fried them unfortunately. But a few look like they will pull through.

[epicure3]

They sure look like hybrids to me. Bottle crown and body spindle.

[paulgila]

i talked to phil bergman about this place a few years ago

& he seems to know or know of the person who planted this urban wonder.

[SubTropicRay]

Nice photos Paul.

[paulgila]

the obligatory "self-portait against palm trunk".its my new trademark.

[deezpalms]

Wow Paul!! I never thought any business around here would have quite a nice selection of palms. Very impressive! Where abouts is this place?

[paulgila]

by the costco thats near market & i-15,just north of the cemetary.

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heading west on market towards downtown.heres a nice little fixer-upper.

new buildings downtown.only a few years ago it was the domain of the shadier elements of society.

there are still a few old houses left...

but they are increasingly isolated.

[paulgila]

i found myself in balboa park near palm canyon(imagine that).

c.tepejilote in flower.

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"international houses"(not of pancakes )

the chinese one was the coolest.

"southwestern style" building.

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size 10 converse.high tops.

[Zac in NC]

Wow. Am I going to hell because I laughed at the "I'm with stupid" thing? I liked seeing what was it, Trithrinax brasiliensis or acanthacoma? Thanks for sharing these Paul.

Zac

[osideterry]

You and I are in the clear, Zac. Paul takes the hit on this one for coming up with it. Not even sure he's in too much danger. That marker is hilarious all by itself. I had to look at it again just now and laughed harder than the first time.

[Scott]

Paul - Once again a great tour! The palms just keep getting better and better.

That house next the the grave marker place in post #3 - looks like a "Tales From the Crypt" episode I remember

The "i'm with stupid" grave stones look like they open up at night!

That DHL place ought to get a IPS/ PSSC award it's really fantastic to see when landscapers/ companies use a nice variety of palms. My favorites are the Spindle x Bottle hybrids that MattyB ID'd, And the second photo in post #31. Is that a ceroxylon?

Thanks for the tour!

[paulgila]

scott  the palm you were asking about is a huge

roystonea.

those hyophorbes are my faves,too.i go there every 6 mos.or so to stand & drool in front of them.

[kylecawazafla]

great photos! I really like those bottles, although they should be given a different name if they grow like that in CA. Do you know how long those or the Licuala's have been there for?

[paulgila]

i have heard they were planted around the mid 80s???

[amazondk]

Nice pictures Paul.  Maybe I will put some cemetary shots on the new Amazon Life thread that I am working on.  After all it is a part of life everywhere.

dk