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OK, so maybe all the big Dypsis fronds didn't drop exactly at the same time, but there were an awful lot of them this morning! Many more than what's normal in any given day. So, after disposing of the evidence, I decided to take a few photos. Incidentally, the sp. bejofa and tokoravina fronds in particular are very cumbersome. Maybe not quite as heavy as a mature Roystonea frond, but more difficult to handle because they don't bend. In other words, balancing them on the wheelbarrow, ten high, should be an Olympic event! Dypsis carlsmithii

Today I have some pics of traveling to Prachinburi Thailand, the last Habitat of Corypha lecomtei. Among group of Corypha, C.lecomtei is the most attractive in genus with very long light green black stripped and upright forming petiole. As same as others Corypha, C.lecomtei end their own life after extremely flowering. This way could make them endanger in few century, cause one thing C.lecomtei difference from others, it rarely to see and can be found only in the last habitat here in Prachineburi. Prachinburi is 4hrs east from Bangkok, here is the map we was going to. Let's tour!!!

Hmm. Part of me hesitates to put this up here, but . . .. Some of you may be old enough to remember India's vaunted "Green Revolution" beginning in the 1960s, as a consequence of which India went from being dependent on U.S. foreign aid food imports to more-or-less self-sufficient in food. Until recently. According the linked article by the Wall Street Journal, a big part of the GR was the subsidized production of fertilizers, especially urea, provided to farmers at greatly subsidized rates. But now, India's soil has lost its balance of nutrients, causing per-acre yields of rice and other crops to decline, as farmers pile on more fertilizer. Yes, I know, this is a really EXTREME example, but I guess my point is that if you have to use fertilizer, be careful, and don't neglect your organics . . . . CLICK HERE FOR WSJ article.

The problem they're having isn't the fertilizer but the people using it. According to the article, the farmers have not been introduced to the proper way to use fertilizer. They are throwing down nitrogen fertilizer in high amounts (which is a complete waste and a harm to the environment) and neglecting the other nutrients. They can throw as much urea down as they want but it won't help if other nutrients are lacking.

I love it when the tropical threads come out since all I see around town are butia, sabal, phoenix, and dead queens

Last one: Dypsis pilulifera #1 is the same as the palm to the left in photo #3. I believe #2 is a pilulifera as well, but it's the only one of all our fifty or so D. pilulifera that has its leaflets arranged in groups. ALL the others have very regularly arranged leaflets.

Dypsis sp. bejofa Photo #1 is not the same individual as #2 and #3 (these two are the same). Decided to "clean up" #2 a bit before taking the photo. Many of the big Dypsis tend to look a bit messy after dropping an old frond. I.e. "dirty" crownshaft.

Dypsis tokoravina

An hour east from Bangkok/Thailand, Sun,26 Nov,2006 I've travel to Chachoengsao province, investigate to biggest(in Thailand) natural habitat of Nypa fruticans (Mangrove Palm), and have small trip around Chachoengsao city, temple, market etc. Let's tour begin.

I would like to introduce the Thai tv program, KOB NOK-KA-LA of TV Burabha. Hours of tv program on real life of how they use Nypa and Sagu nowaday in Thailand. (Hopefully this be helpfull to describe better than typing or reading text in website) Program 1 Nypa http://www.tvburabha.com/tvb/playoldprogra...lv_program_id=2 Program 2 Sagu http://www.tvburabha.com/tvb/playoldprogra...kob080905hi.asp If you don't understand thai language, you may ask me in this thread any issue you want.

I got this two seedling since March 2007 and directly grown on (swampy) ground the same time. This is looking when they starting.

Dear Kris! Thank you for your stills "Palm Maintenance Work.Yr_2009" from the several palmtrees. These are very interesting infos. Your experience with the roots in top near the maintrunk I had too, at Sabal yapa (or mauritiiformis) as I got it from the gardener. I think, it is typical vor Sabals???