These photos were also taken in Omar's garden. They are *Corypha elata *about 12 years old. You can tell *C. elata *from *C. umbraculifera *quite easily, *C....
Last weekend I visited the garden of Dr. Omar Dominguez, a transplant surgeon - although I think he spends more time transplanting palms than transplanting...
The Palm and Cycad Society of New Zealand has a new website which can be found here It has areas for membership, photos palm descriptions, articles and more. ...
I thought I might post an interesting article I came across on the internet describing the discovery of a "wild" coconut in the Southern Philippines and would...
Perhaps not truly wild because coconuts are cultivated in that locality but probably "wild-type" because these have previously been reported from similar...
In Genera palmarum the genus Syagrus contains 32 species all located in the South American area. As this genus is the most similar to Cocos nucifera it is...
Sven One of the distinguishing characteristics of the truly wild coconut palm is the ability to float oceanic instances and then independently establish on a...
Hi Sven, The coconut was introduced to South America by the Spanish in the 1500s to be cultivated as a food source that they could use on their voyages from...
I spotted this palm growing within the boundaries of the Mt Kanlaon National Park, on Negros Island, Philippines and this is so far the only place that I have...
Hello Josef, It appears to me to be a Heterospathe. As to which species, it is difficult to say since several are native to the Philippines and look quite...
hell paul! If its any help at all the palm is quite massive and large. I would estimate the height to be around 15m in height and the trunk at around about...
David, Estas bienvenido como miembro del comité de zamias y cyccas en AVEPALMAS! Otros:Carlos Capisto, Vivero La Fronda, Isla Margarita, Omar Dominguez y yo! ...
I don't knopw if mine is male or female. I have got the pair of Zamia muricata, Zamia furfuraceae, and maybe some more species. I need two goodsized Mauritia...
... of palm species distribution", which was recently published in Acta Amazonica. All comments about it will be welcomed. ... Rodolfo, I received the text...
Hi, We have been trying to identify as specific palm for more than three years but we weren't able to do it so far. Can anybody help us? I am sending some...
Dear Douglas, I managed to upload the file “Salm et al. 2007” (relative to the paper “Cross-scale determinants of palm species distribution”) to the...
It' happening next weekend. On Saturday, May 26th, we'll be having our annual Palm and Cycad Sale at Quail Botanical Gardens in Encinitas, CA. About 8 to...
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Group, It's THIS Saturday, 9:00 AM. See you there. Phil In a message dated 5/19/2007 6:18:54 AM Pacific Daylight Time, palmNcycad@... writes: It'...
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Distiguished members of the International Palm society: In the state of Quintana Roo México, we will establish a facility specialized in palms reproduction. I...
Dear Alejandro, Congratulations for the palms reproduction facility. What species are you considering to produce? Have think about the assaí (Euterpe...
Are you going to produce palms for export? If so that could be a problem. Lethal Yellowing was introduced to the Yucatan via the importations of Coconut palms...
I have identified these palms in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland, as Chamaerops humilis but I have seen photos of still higher palms in Switzerland, maybe 15...
They look like Tryachycarpus fortuni and they are reputed to be very hardy. I remember seeing them out in totally snow-covered fields in Narita, Japan....
Hello Sven These are Trachycarpus fortunei. Almost hardy even in Luzern. In the picture you can see how they protect these palms in winter (December). Rinus...
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