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Wow, there are some talented photographers here! B)

Just a few for now, quick snaps from my garden during a stressful time.

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Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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    Here's a couple pics from my recent trip to Maui last week. 

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    @JohnStraz what kind of palm is that?

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    That one reminded me of this Trachycarpus in my last garden.

     

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    Nice cool summer spot.

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    Port Macquarie NSW Australia

    Warm temperate to subtropical

    Record low of -2C at airport 2006

    Pushing the limit of palm survivabilities

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    Not mine, but too good not to share

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    Both photos from my garden. Frog the other month. Butterfly couple years ago :)

     

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    I always like this one when it pops up on my screen.  FL land crab on a coconut frond, as always ready to attack.

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    Jupiter FL

    in the Zone formally known as 10A

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    Wow Tracy, love those waves.  Cecile

    Santa Barbara Courthouse, Santa Barbara, California:

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    Four Mile Cove Ecological Park, Cape Coral, Florida:

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    California State Capitol, Sacramento, California:

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    La Jolla, California:

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    Dubois Park, Jupiter, Florida:

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    Balboa Park, San Diego, California:

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    River Bend Park, Jupiter, Florida:

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    Dubois Park, Jupiter, Florida:

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    Balboa Park, San Diego, California:

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    Dubois Park, Jupiter, Florida:

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    Rotary Park, Cape Coral, Florida:

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    Balboa Park, San Diego, California:

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    Causeway, Sanibel Island, Florida:

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    Matanzas Pass Preserve, Fort Myers Beach, Florida:

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    Dubois Park, Jupiter, Florida:

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    Causeway, Sanibel Island, Florida:

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    Highland Hammock State Park, Florida:

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    Unified Theory of Palm Seed Germination

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    (Where: bh = bottom heat, fs = fresh seed, L = love, m = magic, p = patience, and t = time)

    DISCLAIMER: Working theory; not yet peer reviewed.

    "Fronds come and go; the spear is life!" - Anonymous Palmtalker

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    Mid Day Moon..  Not bad..  Share - worthy for sure.

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    Resurrecting….what are we looking at here @steve99

     

    -dale

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    The Palm Mahal

    Hollywood Fla

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    12 hours ago, Billeb said:

    Resurrecting….what are we looking at here @steve99

     

    -dale

    Top to bottom...Dypsis Prestoniana,  Dypsis "dark mealy bug" & Dypsis Pembana

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    3 hours ago, steve99 said:

    Top to bottom...Dypsis Prestoniana,  Dypsis "dark mealy bug" & Dypsis Pembana

    The dark mealy bug got me. I was pretty sure about the Prestoniana & Pembana. They all look awesome! :shaka-2:

    -dale

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    My beach garden in Guatemala.

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    El Oasis - beach garden, distinct wet/dry season ,year round 20-38c

    Las Heliconias - jungle garden ,800m elevation,150+ inches rainfall, year round 15-28c

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    As requested!

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    Melbourne Beach, Florida on the barrier island -two blocks from the Atlantic Ocean and 6 homes from the Indian River Lagoon

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    In person these images I took were much more spectacular.

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    @Stelios the pictures look pretty spectacular to me!! :yay:

    -dale

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    1 hour ago, Billeb said:

    @Stelios the pictures look pretty spectacular to me!! :yay:

    -dale

    Thanks Dale!

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    My favorite palm

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    My favorite palm

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    Ok, so I haven’t been on a Vacation in years, I can only share what I created with my home landscape, Zone 8. No real picture adjustments. Pre-2021 Texas devastating freeze of the century ( for me). 
     

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    Santa Barbara,  California. Zone 10b

    Ryan (Paleoclimatologist Since 4 billion Years ago, Meteorologist/Earth Scientist/Physicist Since 1995, Savy Horticulturist Since Birth.)

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    Texas Legend, the San Antonio Riverwalk Jubaea x?

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    Santa Barbara,  California. Zone 10b

    Ryan (Paleoclimatologist Since 4 billion Years ago, Meteorologist/Earth Scientist/Physicist Since 1995, Savy Horticulturist Since Birth.)

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    The ever - changing canvas of sun down..

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    Borrowed landscape, Brugmansia flowers hanging over the fence from my neighbors in Hawaii. 
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    Kim Cyr

    Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
    and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
    All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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    On 3/29/2022 at 5:25 PM, JohnStraz said:

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    what do you guys think made this happen?

    My Youtube: Click to go to my YT Channel!
    Plants in Ground Currently: Rhapidophyllum Hystrix (x1), Cycas Revoluta (x1).
    Recent Lows: 2026: -9F 2025:     -5F 2024: -3F 2023: 5F 2022: -5F 2021: -5F

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    Recent nice one from Coachella Valley

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    Not at quite the level i wish they were ( # 2 and 3 a bit too grainy/ blurred, & panned a touch too far to the left for starts ),  ...but not the worst snaps either.

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    Western alligator lizard lounging in my Rhapidophyllum hystrix (Needle Palm), circa 2022.

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    Starting '23 on a good note...

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    Roystonea borinquena

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    www.mediterraneannature.com

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    Just saw this topic. I am posting photos of my original Cocos nucifera Dwarf Red Spicata coconut from 2013-2015. This is a In Memoriam posting as I lost this fabulous palm to Hurricane Irma in 2017. Fortunately, I have two of her offspring in my Garden Lot: a solitary and twins I hope will come back after Hurricane Ian

    Cocos nucifera Dwarf Red Spicata, Cape Coral, FL, 2013-2015

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    Meg

    Palms of Victory I shall wear

    Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
    Florida
    Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
    Elevation: 15 feet

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

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