Post your best darn palm pic.

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:17 am

Mike,
great photos!
Nice compositions with architecture and palm fronds. Rich colors. --Erik

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:38 am

Mike,
Amazing photos.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:21 am

Mike, thanks...from your most recent trip to FLA?
...and I thought people were complaining it was cold there.

Seeing his pics and now these, I'm surprised Billy came back.

Beautiful pictures...would have a heck of a time selecting only one as my fav.

Barb

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:52 pm

thanks guys...What I ike most about the boards is that no one on here thinks I'm odd for taking pictures of flora...LOL..
PS DOes anyone know the tree/w berries in this pic here? Its leaves are dusty and grey , almost powdery like a dusty miller plant??? It is all over South FL??
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeltra ... 952823690/

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:31 pm

no one on here thinks I'm odd for taking pictures of flora

You mean there are OTHER things to photograph?

Pretty plant and flowers, haven't a clue what it is.

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:59 pm

Barb,
that comment was just too tempting to pass up.
(note to mods: feel free to delete)

As for me, no, I only take photos of palms. Here are Cocos on the beach in Belize. Note the custom of painting the lower portion of trunks with white paint. The lime is said to discourage pests. Interesting, huh?

<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/g7 ... site"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_r-MvN4jW1sE/TUirm ... aulker.JPG" height="640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/terdalfarm/ ... te">Belize December 2010</a></td></tr></table>

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:14 pm

lucky1 wrote:
no one on here thinks I'm odd for taking pictures of flora
You mean there are OTHER things to photograph?

Pretty plant and flowers, haven't a clue what it is.

right...I hear ya...I'll find out what it is. It has the same texture as a n olive leaf almost, just thicker and waxier.

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:17 pm

TerdalFarm wrote:Barb,
that comment was just too tempting to pass up.
(note to mods: feel free to delete)

As for me, no, I only take photos of palms. Here are Cocos on the beach in Belize. Note the custom of painting the lower portion of trunks with white paint. The lime is said to discourage pests. Interesting, huh?

<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/g7 ... site"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_r-MvN4jW1sE/TUirm ... aulker.JPG" height="640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/terdalfarm/ ... te">Belize December 2010</a></td></tr></table>

And by cocos you mean...???

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:24 pm

And don't let me forget the retaining wall made of chit palm (Thrinax radiata) stems. They and Cocos are used for hurricane protection on the beach.
Chit palm is very important culturally.
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/tS ... site"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_r-MvN4jW1sE/TQZy6 ... AG0419.jpg" height="400" width="239" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/terdalfarm/ ... te">Belize December 2010</a></td></tr></table>
I assume that is what you meant, right?

Okanagan desert-palms · Post by **Okanagan desert-palms** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:11 pm

Erik the coconuts look great. Got to like the ones on the lower part of the pic as well!

John

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:15 pm

The one that was trunk cut?
Clearly, they need Jim to show them how to do it right.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:42 pm

Oh, THAT white trunk...
You devil, Erik..

Sheesh...doesn't look like a good candidate for looking after cocos...can't even look after her own.

(so there!)

Barb

Okanagan desert-palms · Post by **Okanagan desert-palms** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:33 pm

So much fun with coconuts!

Don`t know how we got on this topic. It`s all Erik`s fault. Bring on the beach.

John

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 5:53 am

lucky1 wrote:Oh, THAT white trunk...
You devil, Erik..

Sheesh...doesn't look like a good candidate for looking after cocos...can't even look after her own.

(so there!)

Barb

Snort!!!!!!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 4:37 pm

Our friends travelling in their 5th wheel sent a couple pics of where they're calling Home for a week: El Centro, California.

<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5136/544 ... 47c11f.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="el centro trailer park 002" />

<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5140/544 ... 3dd86c.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="el centro trailer park 015" />

ROBUSTA!!!!!!!!!!

More photos of their travels:
http://vernoncentral.ca/city/excellent-adventure.html

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 4:52 pm

lucky1 wrote: ROBUSTA!!!!!!!!!!

Barb

CTPalm · Post by **CTPalm** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 4:54 pm

I took this one in St. Kitts

Paul

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 5:01 pm

CTPalm wrote:I took this one in St. Kitts

Paul

Nice!

CTPalm · Post by **CTPalm** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 5:14 pm

DesertZone wrote:
CTPalm wrote:I took this one in St. Kitts

Paul
Nice!

Thanks

When I got home that winter 3 years ago - I placed my first order for palms. That's when the addiction began.

Paul

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 6:45 pm

About time, huh, Aaron?

Cocos in St. Kitts!

That's when the addiction began

and it doesn't end. Put palms in your will.

Barb

Jubaea · Post by **Jubaea** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:16 pm

Not the best picture but I still like this palm.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/5118499037/" title="Big Jubaea by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/511 ... b75125.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Big Jubaea" /></a>

bananieru · Post by **bananieru** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:06 pm

In the summer we went to Florida Fairchild Botanical Garden. It was amazing.

I have a few hundred pictures from there

not sure if this works:
http://s958.photobucket.com/albums/ae68 ... en%202010/

Tavi

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:07 pm

Jubaea wrote:Not the best picture but I still like this palm.

I agree.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:51 pm

Jubaeas are fabulous, always amazed at the sheer size of those trunks.

bananieru, that Copernicia is a beauty in the first pic.
I tried to get the slide show to work in your photo album, pictures wouldn't advance, so I've bookmarked it to try again.
Very nice. BILLMA was at Fairchild recently too. Hope he sees your pics.

Thanks!
Barb

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:42 pm

The pics keep getting better! Jubaea, that Jubaea is fantastic

BILL MA · Post by **BILL MA** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:56 am

Jubaea,

Nice pictures, isn't Fairchild out of this world, it's amazing what can be grown in S. Fla. I'm heading back in a week or two, I'll check them out for you. I noticed a little more palm damage this year over last. Last year all the exotic BLE's where dropping leaves like crazy.

Check out picture 4 on this post page 1, look familiar?

Here a kapok tree in Palm Beach, very cool tree.

Bill

bananieru · Post by **bananieru** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:08 am

Bill, yes, Fairchild place is unreal. Enough palms, their image keeps me happy during the Canadian winter.

bananieru · Post by **bananieru** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:14 am

BILL MA · Post by **BILL MA** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:35 am

I meant to write bananieru, my bad

I can't wait to go back, my girl and I signed up for a year membership so we can go anytime were down there. Can't wait to go back.

Bill

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 6:27 pm

Bill,
I had no idea kapok (Ceiba) grew there, but I guess not surprising. Definitely a neat tree.
There is one indoors in Tulsa (at the zoo) but it is threatening to bust the roof. Can you say, "emergent"?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 5:55 am

bananieru wrote:In the summer we went to Florida Fairchild Botanical Garden. It was amazing.

I have a few hundred pictures from there

Tavi

Awesome pics, post away.

bananieru · Post by **bananieru** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:01 am

DesertZone wrote: Awesome pics, post away.

Thank you. Some of the more interesting. Remember, it was very hot and sunny. The light was different for every single shot, I was sweaty, kids were tired, wife was thirsty (or the other way, I forgot).... You get the picture

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:27 am

Those Pachypodium flowering...wonderful.

Thanks! keep pics coming please.
Barb

bananieru · Post by **bananieru** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:09 pm

lucky1 wrote: Thanks! keep pics coming please.
Barb

bananieru · Post by **bananieru** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:29 pm

It was a great vacation, but it was good to get home as well. Look what we found home:

oops, I have no idea who put this in my car in Floida

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:15 am

Great pics...oooh, could feel the warmth!

Those "dinner plates" on the pond, wow.

And what a lovely Adenium you brought home!
I've got the desert rose too, and freaked when all the leaves fell off in Fall, but they're deciduous even indoors. (phew!)
Has yours got a big swollen contorted trunk?

What are those white flowers in your first pic at home?

The second pic looks like Malva? really invasive here, I've been chopping at the ground with a mattock for five years to get rid of it.
It's still winning

coming up in gravel paths, etc.

Looks like the cat didn't starve while you were away

Barb

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:47 am

More pics from our RV-ing friends:

<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5131/545 ... 736012.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="el centro- palm springs 028" />

<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5254/545 ... 8cf3af.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="el centro- palm springs 014" />

<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5173/545 ... 0e9f9c.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="el centro- palm springs 006" />

Barb

bananieru · Post by **bananieru** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:37 am

lucky1 wrote: ...
I've got the desert rose too, and freaked when all the leaves fell off in Fall, but they're deciduous even indoors. (phew!)
Has yours got a big swollen contorted trunk?

What are those white flowers in your first pic at home?

The second pic looks like Malva? really invasive here, I've been chopping at the ground with a mattock for five years to get rid of it.
It's still winning coming up in gravel paths, etc.

Looks like the cat didn't starve while you were away
Barb

Barb,

In the first pictures it's an echinopsis eyriesii. It had three flowers only all year long, all in the same time. I caught them open only in the first night we got home. (it has a lot of pups now, all less than 1", I can offer some in Canada if anybody is interested)
In the second one is a rose of sharon. It flowers all summer long and it's a very low maintainance bush. We prune it quite heavy in the spring, and it's always full of buds till the first frost.

It's true, even though the desert rose it's in a south facing window it lost all the leaves. I thought I lost it. Now it has a lot of them coming back, but it's like a meallybugs magnet.

Tavi

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:53 pm

oh yes please, put me on your list for echinopsis in spring

.
When the time comes, will see if there's something I can send you...

oops...rose of sharon, the flowers/stems/leaves look exactly like our malva.

The second time my adenium lost its leaves I knew not to worry.
I placed it in a cooler spot in a north window and withheld water for about 4 or 5 weeks.
Then back into a south window (and hopefully outside soon), more watering and a bit of fert.

I'll keep an eye out for mealybugs...seems my plants have everything else that crawls, flies, hops...

thanks Tavi.
Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:31 am

lucky1 wrote:More pics from our RV-ing friends:

<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5254/545 ... 8cf3af.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="el centro- palm springs 014" />

<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5173/545 ... 0e9f9c.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="el centro- palm springs 006" />

Barb

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Nice pics, makes me want to travel.

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