Palms that begged to be photographed

[Cindy Adair]

With good intentions of adding on to the excellent topic under Biennials, it became daunting to figure out the who, what and where to add to that story. 

So I decided to focus on the palms (and a few other plants) that caught my eye wherever/whenever while traveling with the IPS this month.
 

Please pardon any duplicate posts.
 

Also please share any information or photos you have on any of these plants.
 

Many were unfamiliar and are now on my newly expanded wish list!

Here are some from Cindy and Jerry Andersen’s amazing garden.

Dypsis ambositrae near the end of their tour.

FYI I will consult the updated list of genus names and edit as indicated later…

 

Caryota zebrina.

I’m a sucker for these aptly named palms.

Tracy S kindly provided scale

Pinanga glaucifolia which was new to me.

Sabinaria magnifica, one of a newly planted grouping. Definitely bigger than mine.

Ptychosperma ‘paddle leaf’ palm in pots with grower Mike Street

 

Gregg Hamann from CA with his namesake Zamia hamannii which I saw first in Florida. 

 

 

Please help me out with a name for this beauty?

[Cindy Adair]

I believe these are from the first Lundkvist garden but by now heavily into palm heaven so could be mistaken…

Bentinckia condapanna

So many amazing aroids that make mine seem like babies.

Could be Anthurium waroqueanum-or not as I am an Aroid novice.

Anybody want to name this one? So pretty! It should go on my wish list.

 

I love this photo with Arlene and Andy Hurwitz (note his shirt!) in front of groundcover Licuala peltata v. sumawongii (that’s my guess).

Maybe an Acalypha??

 

[Looking Glass]

What was this one that @LP305 posted?   Is this Bentinkia also?   That trunk though.  
 

[Cindy Adair]

19 minutes ago, Looking Glass said:

What was this one that @LP305 posted?   Is this Bentinkia also?   That trunk though.  
 

This looks like Dypsis ambositrae from Dean Ouer’s garden which he told us splits normally. I also wrote down that Dean thought this palm “should be in every garden.”

[Kim]

The final photo in your first post would be Cyphophoenix alba. Photo of mine for comparison. 

[Kim]

Really enjoying the photos! Glad you decided to post some here where they will get more attention. 😎

[Cindy Adair]

Thanks so much Kim for naming that previously unknown to me palm!
 

Yours are stunning!
 

Someday I hope to have the chance to see your collection and try to grow one of these at my place!

[Dartolution]

3 hours ago, Cindy Adair said:

Anybody want to name this one? So pretty! It should go on my wish list.

Hey @Cindy Adair! This one is philodendron verrucosum!

 

3 hours ago, Cindy Adair said:

Could be Anthurium waroqueanum-or not as I am an Aroid novice.

This one could possibly be a waroqueanum ecotype, but looks more like metallicum to me. 

What say you @metalfan? 

[Cindy Adair]

Dartolution, thanks so much! I see several forms of Philo. verrucosum online and I clearly am struck by the surface pattern (venation?) of the one in this photo. 
 

Seems like I should wait until I can see the leaf of the one I want rather than trying for an online vendor?

Usually several Aroid vendors at the bigger orchid shows in FL or of course the September Aroid show at Fairchild gardens.

[Cindy Adair]

Another interesting plant from the Andersen garden. This is an angel wing type begonia with an edible flower drawn to me by Cindy Andersen herself. I love plant anecdotes and had never heard of begonia flowers used in cooking!

Moving to the Kona side (actually the day before our Andersen trip) I loved so many things about the Ouer garden.

Many people chose to attend several of the HIPS members’ gardens rather than another bus ride across the Big Island. Many amazing photos in the Biennials section. But meeting Dean and Angela and seeing their beautifully designed and meticulously maintained collection was something I could not miss.

That’s a Marojejyi darianii to the right below. I can only hope mine grow fast and I live long enough to see them trunk! Note the arrangement of color and shape and the path that calls you to follow it.

So many photo opportunities but my neighbor Nelsie (below, next to a Mad Fox) and I had fun helping serve delicious food from a local caterer arranged by Dean. Nelsie and I could only guess at the names and ingredients of what we were serving, but the folks returning for seconds gave them all high praise.

Sorry, I failed to record the name of this one but hope Dean will help out. Maybe Geonoma atrovirens?

Begonias make such nice accents and this one is new to me.

I looked at many Amherstias while in Hawaii and did not grow tired of the pendulous handkerchief new leaves or the blooms but failed to find any seed pods to admire. I have seen only two and both were in PR on different trees.

Silver Joeys when sited for admiration as in this case demand a photo.

Pinanga aristata is very slow for me and outside of Sarawak in Borneo Dean’s is big.

Cycads are another plant group I am trying to learn. I loved this one again spaced to admire properly and seeming to pose.

The purple crownshaft of Dictyocaryums always looks unreal but like the Areca macrocalyx in the same photo below I swear the colors are true.

More than one happy Anthurium seemed to coexist everywhere.

Calyptrocalyx albertisianus which I believe Dean remarked had the best new leaf color of any of his Calyptrocalyx spp.

Note the Ficus dammaropsis in the background below.

Here we are new and old friends happy and well fed with some of us ready to nap on the bus ride back to our hotel before another evening seminar.

Thanks so much Dean and Angela!

[Looking Glass]

It’s amazing what some plants become in certain areas of Hawaii.  The perfect balance of warm weather and water and acidic soil.   Some of the forms that plants achieve under these conditions are almost otherworldly.   Great photos.  

[metalfan]

11 hours ago, Dartolution said:

Hey @Cindy Adair! This one is philodendron verrucosum!

 

This one could possibly be a waroqueanum ecotype, but looks more like metallicum to me. 

What say you @metalfan? 

These photos are so magical. THANK YOU for sharing. I don't think that is metallicum. This is my metallicum. It may be a waroc hybrid, maybe waroc x cirinoi...? Anyone else???

[Cindy Adair]

Don’t forget, lots more photos here

and 

but now back (after some digression) to palms that begged to be photographed at Floribunda!

This is Chamaerops humilis cerifera (I think) which is noteworthy in that I did not think it could grow so well in the tropics. I have one that I have kept trapped in a pot and maybe I will now be brave enough to try it in the ground?

 

Areca gurita grouping. I would definitely try growing these.

 

Calyptrocalyx reflexus 

A favorite-Cyphosperma tanga!

 

[Cindy Adair]

Basselinia tomentosa 

Licuala kuchingensis 

Colpothrinax aphanopetala

Iriartella setigera 

Ravanea glauca ‘ Andringitra’

Chrysalidocarpus onilahensis

Check back later for more!

[palmfriend]

Cindy,

 

Thank you for this after-tour, great photos!

Especially this one - almost unreal - absolutely fascinating!

 

Lars

 

[Cindy Adair]

 

Basselinia velutina

Dypsis angustifolia!

No we were not touring the shade houses but these were just samplings of where the palms we all order spend their first months.

[Cindy Adair]

Cyphophoenix nucele 

 

Basselinia vestida

Vonitra perrierii

Licuala bífida