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Ceroxylon echinulatum in Ecuador

bgl

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bgl Grand Master

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I'm fairly certain that these are Ceroxylon echinulatum. Photos taken last Sunday, December 16th, on the road from Quito to Mindo. And there are LOTS of them in habitat in this entire area. :)

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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

 

PalmTreeDude Grand Master

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Wow, that's a sight! 

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richnorm Grand Master

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Thanks for the pics. This is my favourite of the genus. 

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palmfriend Grand Master

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Great habitat pictures! 

Thank you very much for sharing!

Best regards from Okinawa -

Lars

 

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bgl Grand Master

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Thanks for your comments! And I should add that the photos were taken from a moving bus! :)

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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

 

Palm Tree Jim Grand Master

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55 minutes ago, bgl said:

Thanks for your comments! And I should add that the photos were taken from a moving bus! :)

Great pictures Bo.....and while moving no less.

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realarch Grand Master

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Thanks for the photos Bo, it's about the only way I can keep track of you nowadays. :)

Tim

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Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

Darold Petty Grand Master

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Bo, were the leaflets pendulous, as in Euterpe precatoria ?  (Looks that way from your photos) Supposedly, this is a major characteristic for this species.  I saw C. echinulatum in 1996 but my brain doesn't work so well now ! :D

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bgl Grand Master

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Again, thanks for the comments! And Darold, I have to admit that I had enough difficulties getting clean shots from the moving bus on a very winding road without attempting to check for pendulous leaflets! :lol: My assumption that these are C. echinulatum is based on an older thread here on PalmTalk by JakeK, who has a ranch in Mindo, and he posted photos at the time.

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

 

mike in kurtistown Veteran

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Great pictures, Bo. Especially from a moving bus, which I have never done successfully. Is there some character to distinguish echinulatum from quindiuense? Don't both have pendulous leaflets?

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Mike Merritt

Big Island of Hawaii, windward, rainy side, 740 feet (225 meters) elevation

165 inches (4,200 mm) of rain per year, 66 to 83 deg F (20 to 28 deg C) in summer, 62 to 80 deg F (16.7 to 26.7 Deg C) in winter.

bgl Grand Master

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Mike,

The short answer is that I don't know! :rolleyes: That being said, C. quindiuense grows at higher elevations (2,000-3,000 metres a.s.l.) and is also a much taller palm. The Ceroxylons that I saw near Mindo are growing around the 1,500-1,600 metres elevation and there were no individuals that were all that tall. In other words, not a single palm that was approaching what we saw in Colombia during the IPS Biennial back in May/June this year.

Bo-Göran

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

 

Darold Petty Grand Master

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C. quindiuense has mildly plumose rankings of the leaflets, not so much as C. vogelianum.  The C. quindiuense leaflets are pendulous, but only the distal half of the leaflet length.  Pictures to follow, I am really jammed today, hosting a dinner party tonight.  ( I have promised photos in other threads, also ! )   :mrlooney:  

Mele Kalikimaka to all !  

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Cindy Adair Grand Master

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Great photos! Thanks!

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Cindy Adair

Darold Petty Grand Master

Darold Petty

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Here is a photo taken today of my Ceroxylon quindiuense 

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