Kim Posted October 6, 2022 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 Aloha! The IPS 2022 Biennial travels to Hawaii beginning with the pre-trip today, October 6 on Maui, followed by the main event beginning in Honolulu/Waikiki Sunday October 9th. After a visit to the extensive Ho'omaluhia Gardens on Tuesday, October 11, guests will be welcomed to Hilo on Hawaii Island (Big Island) for more exciting adventures through Saturday, October 15th. You are invited to share your experiences and photos in this thread for all to enjoy. Mahalo! 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted October 6, 2022 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 Thanks for starting this thread, Kim! Looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible the next week or so! If anyone wants to stop by and/or meet up for HH on the East Side, feel free to PM me. 1 Resident of San Diego, CA and Pahoa, HI. Former garden in Vista, CA. Garden Photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryLock Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 Here we are at the Hui Hui Restaurant on Maui, complete with a glowing sunset and Hula dancers. Nice to see everyone after so long! 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryLock Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 The garden tour day I was able to meet up with the group after lunch at Jerry Welch’s beautiful garden which was in peak shape. The group walked over to Jerry’s neighbor Artist Tom Sewell for a visit to his art estate featuring industrial art made from sugar mill parts and left over sheet metal from manufacturing tools and parts for the mill. Tom is showing how beautiful a machine part can be just in itself with no modification needed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Adair Posted October 9, 2022 Report Share Posted October 9, 2022 I should have posted in the Biennials section! Thanks for putting this topic where it belongs. Great photos and commentary here. 1 Cindy Adair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiffchichi Posted October 9, 2022 Report Share Posted October 9, 2022 Waikiki beginnings 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiffchichi Posted October 9, 2022 Report Share Posted October 9, 2022 Maui times 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiffchichi Posted October 11, 2022 Report Share Posted October 11, 2022 Amazing presentation by Dr. Wolf! + Lyon Arboretum 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Adair Posted October 11, 2022 Report Share Posted October 11, 2022 Wow! So many great photos! Thanks so much for posting them. 2 Cindy Adair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachy Posted October 11, 2022 Report Share Posted October 11, 2022 I am paying for my extended period of hibernation.....all those lovely palms and I could only name 4 of them. I came. I saw. I purchased 27.35 south. Warm subtropical, with occasional frosts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Adair Posted October 11, 2022 Report Share Posted October 11, 2022 Great to hear from you Peachy!! Once again short on time to post here properly in real time because we leave our suitcases with the tour company in about an hour, catch breakfast and then from the morning adventure we fly to the Big Island! However if I were to be forced to select just one favorite from yesterday this Sommieria would be it! Laz was equally enthusiastic. 6 1 Cindy Adair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Posted October 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2022 Enjoying all the photos! Thanks for including captions, Cindy! 1 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. George Posted October 11, 2022 Report Share Posted October 11, 2022 Hopped over to Oahu for the lectures and arboretum tours on Monday. The talks were great, the gardens are spectacular, and all of the folks attending are just as wonderful. Great time. - gmp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Adair Posted October 11, 2022 Report Share Posted October 11, 2022 This is the IPS group moments ago. 2 1 Cindy Adair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Adair Posted October 11, 2022 Report Share Posted October 11, 2022 Romeo with Verschaffeltia roots Lodoicea (male) with Cindy Juliano from Brazil with a double coconut seed! Look closely as below you see an attendee wearing a 30 year old IPS Miami Biennial tee shirt! So in 1992 I had never even planted a palm! He keeps them pristine by wearing them only on Biennials! I love this image with the Florida native palms! 6 Cindy Adair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Adair Posted October 12, 2022 Report Share Posted October 12, 2022 In HI it is dawn now and I am awaiting breakfast at our Hilo hotel eagerly anticipating today’s adventures! As I have a few minutes to spare (and caffeinated already) I will share some more impressions. Since my mind has not grasped either pronunciation or spelling of this garden it is better that I share this sign from our morning yesterday. The photos in my previous reply came from this garden too. Although I do love palms, I also love many others plants and this Sterculia species caught my eye. The red three part seed pods are so distinctive that I guessed the genus correctly. However I was wrong on the species. The one I had seen (and smelled!) before was S.foetida. The flowers of that species rightly deserve that name. However as one of the attendees enlightened me, this and some other species of this genus while not useful for perfume, might be less repellent to my senses. Definitely no editing with this red color! I believe this lovely flower may be a Randsia? but if you know the full name please post it. Definitely one I’d like to grow. Like double coconuts, Amherstias always make me pause to take their photo. This one was not in flower but the handkerchief leaves are enough! Many many views better viewed big than on my iPhone mini I am using to post. However you get the idea with this one. We went straight to the Honolulu airport where we were reunited with our luggage. Those who have traveled with me know that I am not good at sitting still and enjoy wandering even inside an airport. I enjoyed the decor such as this: My good friend and PR neighbor and I played with the efficient hand washing stations in the airport bathroom. As you might be able to tell, the faucet and hand dryer are all part of one device. We think the horizontal dryer portion looks like plane wings too. k The evening included another excellent speaker Jason Dewees, whose excellent book “Designing with Palms” is a frequent reference for me at planting time. I wanted to bring my copy to ask for an autograph but since I am traveling with carry ons only I could not spare the room/weight. https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Palms-Jason-Dewees/dp/1604695439 I will continue to add photos when I can and encourage others to do the same. Thanks to Tiffany too! 1 2 Cindy Adair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Adair Posted October 12, 2022 Report Share Posted October 12, 2022 Our hotel views, sunrise photo courtesy of Glenn Franklin. 3 3 Cindy Adair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dypsisdean Posted October 12, 2022 Report Share Posted October 12, 2022 Thanks for all the pics. It is fun to watch the progression of your daily events - and welcome to the Big Island. Looking forward to everyone's visit to our garden on Friday. 1 Kona, on The Big Island Hawaii - Land of Volcanoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxin Posted October 12, 2022 Report Share Posted October 12, 2022 Mauna Kea from the hotel dining room, please zoom in to see the observatories at the top. I was told that this is a very rare sight, a great omen I am sure 3 Fragrant Hill Design www.fragranthill.com Mountain View, California Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrew968 Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Chrysolidocarpus lastelianus and Chrysolidocarpus leptocheilos. Forgive me if the spelling is not correct-redneck on the left, teddy bear on the right. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrew968 Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Today, at the former Carlsmith garden, with the namesake palm. Thank you to the new owners who were so gracious to let us see their wonderful, historic garden. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Adair Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Before I sleep I will just whet your appetite with a few photos from today! Our first garden is one of the National Tropical Gardens I was fortunate to enlist several attendees to provide scale and enthusiasm to several photos. Thanks to you all! Here is Peter Warner with the Queen Anthurium (A. waroqueanum). And Frank Van Twist with a fruiting Pelagodoxa Horace Hobbs (past president of the IPS and current Director) with a Corypha Debby Hamann with a Marojejya darianii Stay tuned…. 9 2 Cindy Adair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Adair Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 I am counting on others to add more descriptions and photos as sadly I ran through even my back up phone battery yesterday. Daniela Noblick with Dypsis/Chrysalidocarpus pilulifera aka Orange Crush at the former Carlsmith garden Below are Cindy and Rick Kelley, president of HIPS who has done so much to enhance our experience in Hawaii. Note the black box that he carried around to amplify his voice helping us to tour this fantastic garden. I am personally so appreciative of his work and kindness! Look for more information here 3 2 Cindy Adair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Adair Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Mr.Rare as he is known on PalmTalk, was kind enough to take this photo of me and this amazing Johannesteijsmannia altifrons at the above garden. 5 2 Cindy Adair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Adair Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 It was great to see Kim Cyr (former IPS Director) and Bo Lundkvist (past president of the IPS) at the evening dinner/speaker events and also look forward to visiting Bo’s first garden on Saturday! For those if you lucky enough to visit Kim Cyr’s garden on Friday check out this topic. 1 Cindy Adair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Adair Posted October 15, 2022 Report Share Posted October 15, 2022 Probably not a surprise to those who have attended previous IPS Biennials that I have just not been able to keep up with posting in real time! I have so much I want to share with anecdotes and free day activities covering a wide spectrum beyond what I could possibly fit in myself. Happily I have photos shared from others so you will see glimpses of many others island adventures. Yesterday for my group was Casa de las Palmas in the morning with splendor and exceptional food. One of us was caught on camera worshiping the Marojejyi darianii palms and everything else. I will certainly add other photos when time/energy permits but the color of this Cochliostemma odoratissima made the cut to start. and Floribunda in the afternoon. To start a mere three photos among dozens as I must get some sleep! Licuala kuchingensis Cindy with Cyphosperma tanga and Colpothrinax aphanopetala Yes, my power pack was exhausted again! Today I opted to visit an amazing Cloud Forest garden in Kona followed by a gourmet traditional Hawaiian lunch and awe inspiring tour of own Palmtalk moderator’s garden. There is no way to do these gardens justice with just one photo each but just to leave you all wanting more I will try. Here are Norm and Voltaire Cloud Forest Garden in front of a rare Pritchardia schattaueri. This tree was part of a planting group from the last IPS HI trip! Last for today is a photo of the moment I meet (in person) our PalmTalk Moderator. Yes, that is one of several Ouer garden Mad Fox palms in the background. Plus I am proudly wearing a Tahina fundraiser 2020 collectible tee shirt. As part of my role as volunteer Director/IPS Chair of Palm Talk, he has spent many hours (over years) of virtual exchanges with me. I believe our smiles tell the story of one of the best parts of the IPS-the people. I solemnly promise many more photos,and enthusiastic public appreciation to everyone involved, but it is past my bedtime and another early start for our last day of garden tours. 5 1 Cindy Adair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LP305 Posted October 15, 2022 Report Share Posted October 15, 2022 At Dean Ouer’s garden. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PALM MOD Posted October 15, 2022 Report Share Posted October 15, 2022 12 hours ago, Cindy Adair said: Probably not a surprise to those who have attended previous IPS Biennials that I have just not been able to keep up with posting in real time! I have so much I want to share with anecdotes and free day activities covering a wide spectrum beyond what I could possibly fit in myself. Happily I have photos shared from others so you will see glimpses of many others island adventures. Yesterday for my group was Casa de las Palmas in the morning with splendor and exceptional food. One of us was caught on camera worshiping the Marojejyi darianii palms and everything else. I will certainly add other photos when time/energy permits but the color of this Cochliostemma odoratissima made the cut to start. and Floribunda in the afternoon. To start a mere three photos among dozens as I must get some sleep! Licuala kuchingensis Cindy with Cyphosperma tanga and Colpothrinax aphanopetala Yes, my power pack was exhausted again! Today I opted to visit an amazing Cloud Forest garden in Kona followed by a gourmet traditional Hawaiian lunch and awe inspiring tour of own Palmtalk moderator’s garden. There is no way to do these gardens justice with just one photo each but just to leave you all wanting more I will try. Here are Norm and Voltaire Cloud Forest Garden in front of a rare Pritchardia schattaueri. This tree was part of a planting group from the last IPS HI trip! Last for today is a photo of the moment I meet (in person) our PalmTalk Moderator. Yes, that is one of several Ouer garden Mad Fox palms in the background. Plus I am proudly wearing a Tahina fundraiser 2020 collectible tee shirt. As part of my role as volunteer Director/IPS Chair of Palm Talk, he has spent many hours (over years) of virtual exchanges with me. I believe our smiles tell the story of one of the best parts of the IPS-the people. I solemnly promise many more photos,and enthusiastic public appreciation to everyone involved, but it is past my bedtime and another early start for our last day of garden tours. Cindy, Looking forward to more pics of a fun day - the highlight of which was finally meeting you in person for the first time after benefiting from many years of your time and energy helping to make PalmTalk and the IPS a better place. Thanks to those of you who help make this a fun and friendly forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dypsisdean Posted October 15, 2022 Report Share Posted October 15, 2022 3 hours ago, LP305 said: At Dean Ouer’s garden. Laz, nice meeting you along with your obvious enthusiasm and knowledge of palms/plants. It is always great being surrounded by so many kindred spirits. Thanks for posting. 2 Kona, on The Big Island Hawaii - Land of Volcanoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrew968 Posted October 16, 2022 Report Share Posted October 16, 2022 What a blast of a time! It's been a colorful and eclectic experience-the 50th State coming strong! Thank you everyone 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LP305 Posted October 16, 2022 Report Share Posted October 16, 2022 12 hours ago, Dypsisdean said: Laz, nice meeting you along with your obvious enthusiasm and knowledge of palms/plants. It is always great being surrounded by so many kindred spirits. Thanks for posting. It was lovely meeting you and your lovely wife with the best food and the best palms. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LP305 Posted October 16, 2022 Report Share Posted October 16, 2022 On 10/15/2022 at 12:28 PM, LP305 said: At Dean Ouer’s garden. At Andersen Garden. I was blown away by this Ravenea julietta from Madagascar. I have seen a lot of cycads that resemble palms but never a palm that resembles a cycad! 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrew968 Posted October 16, 2022 Report Share Posted October 16, 2022 Watching as an old leaf falls off this giant carlsmith, at the Carlsmith garden. Thanks Laz! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith N Tampa (ex SoJax) Posted October 16, 2022 Report Share Posted October 16, 2022 This is how I feel today. This year’s biennial has been the best week I’ve had in years. I don’t want it to be over. I’ll add palm more pics as I get organized. 1 Land O Lakes FL, a suburb on the North Side of Tampa, FL Summers are great, 90f/32c in the day & 70f/21c at night with plentiful rain & sun Winters are subtropical with occasional frosts and freezes. Tropical cyclones happen. We have a few Royal palms in the warm microclimates but Coconuts freeze. I am a Kayaker, Hiker, Bicyclist, and amateur Photographer that loves the outdoors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrew968 Posted October 16, 2022 Report Share Posted October 16, 2022 Keith is right. I have a bit of sadness as well-the camaraderie with this group is strong; friendships made on these trips are meaningful, lifelong and I wouldn't trade it for 3 wishes! One of those life-long friends, Elvis Cruz-palm hero, and candidate for most interesting man in the world, standing next to Colpothrinax wrightii. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrew968 Posted October 16, 2022 Report Share Posted October 16, 2022 One of our board members, Anthony Glomski, looking cool, next to Ceroxylon alpinum 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrew968 Posted October 16, 2022 Report Share Posted October 16, 2022 Lemurophoenix hallouexi in fruit, at Bill Austin's garden aka Bill AWESOME! So glad I got to meet you, Bill-fan for life! Zoom in to see how big-Bill is a tall guy too! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Posted October 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2022 It was my pleasure to welcome two groups of visitors to my garden on the free day. It was quite flattering that people would choose to spend sone of their few free hours in my garden, so I did my best to spiff it up. Unfortunately I only took one photo of the morning group in my garden and a few more pix when the tour segued into Bo’s garden. Maybe Elvis, Andrew, or others can add a photo or two? The Chrysalidocarpus mananjarensis had dropped a frond overnight, revealing a crownshaft in a luscious shade of pastel orange, and I would love to have a photo of it. Morning group posing in front of a Tahina spectabilis: …and chatting about palms (what else?!?) in Bo’s garden. The Biennial trip was a wonderful way to form new friendships and renew old ones. 3 1 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrew968 Posted October 16, 2022 Report Share Posted October 16, 2022 Thank you Kim and Bo! We had a wonderful time visiting your gardens and getting to chat and laugh about pandas-BTW, Kim gets recognition for biggest Forest Coconut seen on the Islands! Modestly, she says she has seen larger ones on the Island and she can prove that if she wants to, but this is the best one I saw-several others were not far behind. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrew968 Posted October 16, 2022 Report Share Posted October 16, 2022 Also at Kim's, a few Loxococcus rupicola. One had ripe seed and she was gracious enough to let us have seeds! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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