Which palm makes YOUR heart pound?
Barb

W. Filifera
These are in Bisbee AZ

Here are a few of my favorites. If you've read my posts you know that I find W. robusta rather unappealing. However, the more robust, hardier, 'rougher' W. filifera, I find quite exquisite!
From natural habitat, quite a sight to see in the middle of the desert. Moapa, NV.
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Ya, they're pretty tough.
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My other favorite palm is a well grown Sabal palmetto. This is probably due to family trips to FLA as a youngster... Some habitat shots from South FLA (sorry for the orientation):
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(Is the palm in the middle there S. palmetto? I don't know that it is...)
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Cocos nucifera

I love palms at sunset at the beach. These are backlit, but the foreground makes it a favorite shot for me.

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The is the "split" on Caye Caulker, Belize. The little village had an economy based on coconut harvest for 100 years until they discovered they could make a living selling lobster about 50 yrs ago. Tourism has been taking off for the past decade.

Why can't I open Terdal's image? Darn! 🙁

No secret which is my fav:
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photo from pacsoa.org.
Barb

Too many favorites to pick just one................... here is today's 😆

Rhopalostylis sapida, New Zealand's only native Palm (growing with tree ferns)

http://www.nzpalmandcycad.com/?pg=73

Palm and Cycad Society of New Zealand http://www.nzpalmandcycad.com/

Steve

Hi Guys,

Butia yatay. Love this majestic palm, among dozens of others. This picture (not the best, sorry) is from my trip to South America last fall. This specimen lives in the Buenos Aires Botanical Garden (whose official name in Spanish is Jardín Botánico Carlos Thays de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires).

By the way Barb, is your Trachy staying out this winter? Would love to see some pics!

Thanks!

Duncan

Yes, Duncan, my Trachy's finally out, permanently.
Here she be:

http://www.palmsnorth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2062&start=75

Barb

Hi Barb,

If only wives could be so supportive of palm obsessions! Seriously, that is one cool set-up. That will be gold in your relatively warm climate! Nice work...thanks for the link!

Duncan

Or husbands, Duncan 😆 😆

And for those who can't decide, here's a site where you just place your cursor OVER a palm name (but don't click), and the picture pops up.

http://www.tropicalcentre.com/tropicalcentre/dev/productlist.php?cat_id=1&sub_id=5

Barb

Palm site with some cool stuff.
http://www.palmter.com/htm/fotos.htm

Aaron thanks for that fabulous link.

Great palm pics. Wow!

And those Chorisia (kapok trees) are stunning.
Never saw one before.

Barb

One of my favs,these(Ceroxylon)can grow 200+'

And another fav Bismarckia

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