Fairchild Tropical Gardens (just a bunch of pics)

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I told Wal I was gonna pot up a bunch of palms this weekend...  I woke up Saturday morning and decided against labor.  Instead I hopped into the truck and drove down to Fairchild Tropical Gardens.  I won't bore with detials from my day but here's a bunch of the photos I took...

Zombia antillarum

Thrinax morrisii

Schippia concolor

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Salacca zalacca

(a new red leaf on S. zalacca!)

a couple hurricane beaten Sabal mexicana

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Pseudophoenix vinifera

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Pseudophoenix sargentii

(this is the largest oldest specimen of P. sargentii I have ever seen!)

Pinanga sp.  anyone care to take a guess?

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Pinanga caesia

Lodoicea maldivica (man this seedling was HUGE!)

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Livistonia benthamii (cool leaf bases)

Licuala sp.

Licuala ramsayii

Licuala peltata

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Licuala peltata (not quite ready for pickin')

Licuala grandis

Kerriodoxa elegans (very ready for pickin and very temptin'...  but I refrained)

Itaya amicorum

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Hyaphane coracea (I'm almost certain I mispelled that one!)

Not a palm but lovely none the less! Eucalyptus deglupta

Dypsis pembana

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Dypsis madagascariensis

Dypsis leptocheilos

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Dypsis lanceolata

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Dictyosperma album

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Ok boys and girls, that's it for today...  That's about half of the photos...  I will upload and post all the A - C palms tomorrow...  I took lots of pics of the Coccothrinax and the Copernicia...  Stay tuned!

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[bubba]

William, Thank you for the great shots! Any possibility of some of those incredible Copernicia Bailyiana in the next batch?

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Definately

[Walter John]

If that's a Dypsis pembana, I'll be a monkeys uncle.

Nephew Marty Marmoset, please don't post.

[bubba]

William, I also wanted to know how old the specimens of Licuala Grandis are in your or any other persons opinion. I bought my Licuala at Fairchild five years ago and it is only 2 to 3 feet tall.I never see pictures in any palm books that show the incredible trunking of these Fairchild specimens.

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Wal, I thought the exact same thing, but the metal tag was shoved in the bush...  perhaps it was simply mislabeled!  Looks like a licuala sp. to me...

Bubba, I'm certainly no expert, but if I had to take a guess I would say anywhere from 30-40 years old!

[Kris]

Dear William  

terrefic coverage and iam waiting eagerly for that second

dosage of this palm heaven.

Thanks & Love,

Kris  

[paulgila]

amazing palms & impressive photography!i REALLY enjoyed these shots.i need to come out & see this place in person!

BTW,does anyone ever confuse you with "willem defoe",the actor?i have to admit that the 1st time i saw yer name on the board i had to do a double-take!

the pinanga are spectacular!

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Thanks guy, glad your enjoying them...  This trip was the first time I had a better appreciation for these plants.  My palm knowledge has been increasing from hanging out on the board, and my skills have been increasing...  So I was actually able to identify most of the palms before reading the tags!!  It really is a special place, I won't spoil the history of the garden in case you decide to visit one day, but I highly recommend that any palm-head plan a trip if at all possible!  And yeah Paul, I have a couple freinds that don't even recognize my name, they just call me "Willem."  Anyhow ladies and gents, let the show go on!

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Copernicia yarey

Copernicia rigida

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Copernicia macroglossa

I am soooo going back to pick these in a couple weeks!  Shhhhh!

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Copernicia hospita

Copernicia fallaensis

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These are for you Bubba!

Copernicia baileyana

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Coccothrinax jamaicensis

Coccothrinax spissa

Coccothrinax scoparia

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Coccothrinax miraguama ssp. havanensis

I saw this one for the first time and now I can't wait to get my hands on one!  The woven fiber on the crownshaft was so soft to touch, very deifferent from most of the other very coarse fibers on Caribbean palms.

Coccothrinax hiorami

Coccothrinax cupularis

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And the ever popular...

Coccothrinax crinita

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Another of my favorites...

Coccothrinax borhidiana

This is a C. borhidiana with a varigated leaf...  not my preference but attractive none the less!  (Why oh why did they remove the dead leaves?! )

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Coccothrinax barbadensis

Coccothrinax argentata

Chambeyronia macrocarpa (another one I thought mislabeled Wal, it looked very much hookeri to me...  but maybe FTG doesn't recognize hookeri?)

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Chaemadorea pinnatifrons

(mmmmm.... jelly beans)

Caryota ophiopellis

[bubba]

thank you berry much

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Carpoxylon macrospermum

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Calyptrocalyx sp.

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Burretiokentia hapala

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Borassus madagascariensis

Borassus flabellifer

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Borassus aethiopum

I don't know how this got into my containers back at the shade house!?

Attalea butyracea

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Astrocaryum mexicana

Arenga caudata

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Areca catechu

Aiphanes minima

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Acanthophoenix rubra

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A photo from the interior of The Rainforest canopy

I just about walked into this bad boy!

Some pretty flowering thing

An orchid