Erik thanks for the heads up on the Christmas palm seedlings. I`ll keep a closer eye on them.

John

Thanks for the ID, Erik,

Looked up Attalea cohune in my Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms.
An excerpt...

"They inhabit both wet and semiarid climates and vary from above--and subterranean-trunked--species to colossally tall and mammoth trunked forms....zones 10 or 11 😆 😆 They need as much sun as they can get for faster growth and better appearance. The growing point of the large, trunk-forming species remains below ground for several years...it is not unusual to see gigantic specimens with 20- to 30-foot-tall leaves springing straight from the soil. 'Cohune' has the marvelous midpoint twist to the vertical of its great leaves, and is now the most available and widely planted Attalea species in the US."

Barb

Thanks for the ID, Erik,

Looked up Attalea cohune in my Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms.
An excerpt...

"They inhabit both wet and semiarid climates and vary from above--and subterranean-trunked--species to colossally tall and mammoth trunked forms....zones 10 or 11 😆 😆 They need as much sun as they can get for faster growth and better appearance. The growing point of the large, trunk-forming species remains below ground for several years...it is not unusual to see gigantic specimens with 20- to 30-foot-tall leaves springing straight from the soil. 'Cohune' has the marvelous midpoint twist to the vertical of its great leaves, and is now the most available and widely planted Attalea species in the US."

Barb

WOw, you'se all know some crazy Stuff about palms! I feel so....well...juvenile. It would be amazing if we could all talk in person some day about our palms!!

I'd love a palms north meeting!

I feel so....well...juvenile.

:sad5:

Nope, Mike, we just have the books to look up stuff that we haven't got a clue about 😆
My books' pages are dog-eared from all the look ups.

amazing if we could all talk in person some day about our palms

That would be cool!!!!

Whad'ya say before we all get oldwe meet mid-continent?
I'd have to leave now...

Seriously, Mike, that would be wonderful.

:glasses9: :glasses10: :glasses11: :happy5: :hello2: :tongue1: :tongue3: :tongue10: :wav:

Barb

Thanks Barb for looking up the Cohune palm . Time will tell if the seeds we have will pop.

John

I feel so....well...juvenile.

:sad5:

Nope, Mike, we just have the books to look up stuff that we haven't got a clue about 😆
My books' pages are dog-eared from all the look ups.

amazing if we could all talk in person some day about our palms

That would be cool!!!!

Whad'ya say before we all get oldwe meet mid-continent?
I'd have to leave now...

Seriously, Mike, that would be wonderful.

:glasses9: :glasses10: :glasses11: :happy5: :hello2: :tongue1: :tongue3: :tongue10: :wav:

Barb

Funny , I'm a teacher, but not a reader. I learned my gardening (like cooking) from my family and never follow "recipes" I am an avid internet surfer for info though on things I need to know. I never bake: hate measuring and following directions! I'm the guy that always has extra parts when the IKEA furniture gets put together.

Yes, a reunion would be cool! I'd be game!

😕 🙂 🙂

I learned my gardening (like cooking) from my family and never follow "recipes" I am an avid internet surfer for info though on things I need to know. I never bake: hate measuring and following directions! I'm the guy that always has extra parts when the IKEA furniture gets put together. 😕 🙂 🙂

Mike, you have drawn my portrait! Thanks! 😆

I learned my gardening (like cooking) from my family and never follow "recipes" I am an avid internet surfer for info though on things I need to know. I never bake: hate measuring and following directions! I'm the guy that always has extra parts when the IKEA furniture gets put together. 😕 🙂 🙂

Mike, you have drawn my portrait! Thanks! 😆

LOL

We spent the first day of the New Year surrounded by palms. I made a blog entry to embed photos and videos. Only a little text, so you can scroll through fast. There are a few palm pics but most deals with the ancient Maya.
Don, yes, we looked for the Crystal Skull.
http://terdalfarm.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-years-day-2012-year-of-maya-begins.html

Erik and Rhea, lovely photos you've captured.

Magnificent museum contents ! 😯

It would've been fabulous to get a "rubbing" on a huge roll of paper of one of those museum stelae!
A friend of ours did that, brought it home, framed it on a sheet of plywood.
What a treasure.

Thanks for great travelogue, you two.
Barb

PS--I'll have to move out if my seeds of Attalea cohune from John's trip pop. 😯

We spent the first day of the New Year surrounded by palms. I made a blog entry to embed photos and videos. Only a little text, so you can scroll through fast. There are a few palm pics but most deals with the ancient Maya.
Don, yes, we looked for the Crystal Skull.
http://terdalfarm.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-years-day-2012-year-of-maya-begins.html

Awesome blog 8) all the cool vids and pics makes a person almost feel like they are there. Thanks for the trip! 😉

I made another blog entry. This one features a particular resort we were invited to.
http://terdalfarm.blogspot.com/2012/01/hidden-valley-inn.html

Of interest here, there is a mystery part way through: an unknown (to me) palm of great beauty.
I made a guess for the blog (Maya palm, aka Rain palm) but have been told by FB msg. that I am wrong. But still don't know what it is. Any suggestions welcome....

Great blog entry again, Erik and Rhea.

No palm ID guess from me...remember the trouble I had distinguishing W. filifera from W.robusta? 😆 😆 😆

I found an online key to palms of Belize:
http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/palmkey/belizekey/belizekey.htm
and using that, I'm thinking
Euterpe precatoria Mart. var. longevaginata (Mart.) Henderson