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Weird French Riviera Cocos... are these even real plants?

knell

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I follow many palm related hashtags on instagram, which occasionally can provide very strange and interesting results. Im used to seeing Dracena and Yucca getting posted as palms, as well as the people who use the hastags with no plants in sight (blasphemy).

This model tagged her location as Côte d’Azur, and from her other photos (very scientific research and whatnot) she seems to tag the location where the photo was taken and not where it was uploaded (which has confused me before).

At first I thought that these were fake plants, but they have some strangely dynamic leaflets for a manufactured palm.

I searched the forum but came up empty, maybe one of our French members can help me? Are these even real? I swear if there is a Butia/Cocos hybrid just hanging out on the French Riviera i will lose my mind haha

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what in the heckin heck are these? thanks in advance. also LOL at the guys head peeking out from behind a trunk

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GottmitAlex Grand Master

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Real palms. But not coco nucifera. The nuts aren't real.

 

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bubba Grand Master

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What palm trees?

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What you look for is what is looking

5150cycad Experienced

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I can’t stop laughing at the kids head peeking around the corner. No idea on the palms. Sorry 

knell Mentor

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So they are __?__ with fake coconuts hanging on them? 

haha i didnt even consider that the palms could be real with fake cocos attached... that is hilarious, tricky landscape designers, touché

knell Mentor

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1 minute ago, bubba said:

What palm trees?

haha i was waiting for this comment, glad we got it out of the way early :floor:

knell Mentor

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7 minutes ago, 5150cycad said:

I can’t stop laughing at the kids head peeking around the corner. No idea on the palms. Sorry 

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RedRabbit Grand Master

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It seems doubtful anything is real in that picture... :rolleyes:

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Howdy 🤠

UK_Palms Grand Master

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I think they're plastic coconuts. 

The ones hanging on the trees look plastic as well.

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Stevetoad Grand Master

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Took me a while but I see the trees now. My money is that they are fake. There is no new growth or spikes. The trunks look goofy where the leaves start and there isn’t one damaged leaf. 

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"it's not dead it's sleeping"

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Darold Petty Grand Master

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In the Photoshop era this just shows that you can never trust an image again.  :bummed: 

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PalmatierMeg Grand Master

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I doubt real coconuts can survive there long term. Everything about the place looks fake.

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Palms of Victory I shall wear

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Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

DoomsDave Grand Master

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Fake!

But who cares?

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Real or fake... those palms are ugly 

Zone 8a/8b Greenville, NC 

Zone 9a/9b Bluffton, SC

GottmitAlex Grand Master

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Honestly, everything in that pictograph is fake. From the nuts upward.....

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Matt N- Dallas Proficient

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They don’t look real, but they are lookers

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Kim Grand Master

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I can see why you are confused.

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