Poonsak Vatcharakorn Garden Part II

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I made another visit to his garden. As usual, a lot of rare palms. Here are some photos.

His collection of various fern species

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Iguanura speciosa

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Variegated C. renda

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Silver joey

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Arenga hookeriana split leaf form

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Arenga hookeriana small leaf form

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Another form

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Variegated A. hookeriana

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Group of Pinanga subintegra..Nice and small!!

[fiji jim]

Chalermchart,

Poonsak really does have some amazing palms that we don't hear of or see anywhere else.

The next time we go to Thailand we must check out his place. Lovely stuff!!!  

Thanks for posting them.

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Licuala filiformis entire leaf form

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Jim,

Yes and everytime I visited, there're always something new.  

Iguanura divergens

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Nice new leaf of Iguanura tenuis

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Licuala delicata

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some of the plants we got from him

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Then we went to a nearby nursery. They have many nice variegated specimen. Here are some examples.

Variegated Rhapis and Caryota

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Bonzai Arenga hookeriana

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Bonzai Dypsis lutescens

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That's all for now. Next time, I'll post more photos of Pholidocarpus and Maxburretia seedlings

[fiji jim]

Chalermchart

Does he actually bind the roots and do the progressive repotting techniques that bonsai needs for those plants to stay miniature ?

[paulgila]

thanks for posting these photos,chalermchart.definitely

some impressive palms!

[Gileno Machado]

Hi Chalermchart:

I haven't heard much about Poonsak Vatcharakorn except for the nice pictures you've shown here in Palmtalk. Is he a famous landscaper/collector in Asia?

I'll tell you: he sounds like the kind of friend I'd really like to have    

Ohh, if I only knew how to keep my Iguanuras alive...

[rthink]

Jim,

I have no idea about the Bonzai. I don't think they bind the root though. There are many dwarf varieties here of D. lutescens so it might be easier to make bonzai from dwarf varieties...

Gileno,

Poonsak is co-author of the book "Palm and Cycad of Thailand". He's probably the most knowledgable person about Thai forest. He also works at Nongnooch garden for several before retiring. He still discovers many new species from Thai jungle every day including palms,  ferns and orchids. For those who went to 1998 Biennial in Thailand may be familair with him as he's the one who lead the post tours to some palm habitats.

[Jeff Searle]

I was there for the 98 biennial. It was a great post trip, and really enjoyed romping through the forest. Thanks for showing us some unusual species of Thai palms.

Jeff

[MattyB]

That variegated A. hookeriana is outstanding!