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Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens

RainForestt Robert

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Jeff Searle Grand Master

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Robert,

You have really shown some nice specimens of the genus Copernicia. FTG has pretty much all the specices represented and many of each species. It's easily one of the favorites of the garden. Thanks again.

Jeff

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

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While I was busy checking out palms, cycads etc., Jeff was taking a walk on the wild side!!!!!!!!!!!

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Jeff,

You're too old for her..... :rolleyes:

John Case

Brentwood CA

Owner and curator of Hana Keu Garden

USDA Zone 9b more or less, Sunset Zone 14 in winter 9 in summer

"Its always exciting the first time you save the world. Its a real thrill!"

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Arenga undulatifolia with its dark green leaves and undulating leaflets.

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Microcycas calocoma from Cuba. The leaves end abruptly.

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Trinidad!  Southernmost island in the Caribbean.

So many plants, So little space.

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Outside the rare plant house this bench can be found. I would not mind owning one like this for my garden. Pretty thoughtful inscription also.

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Trinidad!  Southernmost island in the Caribbean.

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Inside the rare plant house I found reason to complain about the humidity for the first time. Coupled with the high temperatures I was working up quite a sweat. Palms like Lodoicea maldivica, Licuala mattensis var mapu, Salacca magnifica and more were quickly raising the dew point.

Areca vestiara - red

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Lodoicea maldivica, the Double Coconut.

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Trinidad!  Southernmost island in the Caribbean.

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I think that this Licuala mapu is in a little too much light.

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Jeff walks by a Mannicaria saccifera.

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Calyptrocalyx sp.

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A recently planted Phoenicophorium borsigianum

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Salacca magnifica. This palm was HUGE!! Totally awesome.

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Some cycads.

Zamia pseudoparasitica

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Zamia lindenii

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Love these brown emergent Zamias. Z. purpurea?

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Trinidad!  Southernmost island in the Caribbean.

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Any idea idea what this plant is?

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Any idea idea what this plant is?

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A type of Zingiber. What species, I am not sure.... Some others might be able to help you with that.

Regards, Ari :)

Ari & Scott

Darwin, NT, Australia

-12°32'53" 131°10'20"

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Dear Robert :)

Fentastic coverage in hi res mode & Names of the plants to gether makes the tour more intreasting & worthwhile,since i have seen this topic come in travel section often but all their stills were in thumbnail option usually... :(

Thanks for all the stills and love to see more from that lovely living garden and by the way your camera simply rocks :greenthumb:

Lots of love to u,

Kris :)

love conquers all..

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I'm not privy to Fairchild's finances, but a great deal of maintenance is done by a small army of volunteers. What with a research staff and facilities (located off-site), lots of educational and arts events, and the off-site fruit orchard, Fairchild is a big operation and is perennially fundraising.

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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What a treat! Thak you so much for taking me to that beautiful place with your excellent camera served by a great photographer. If you have more, ??? ...very happy.

bruno

antananarivo madagascar

altitude 1200m

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Thanks for all the kind words re this travel log. Really love this garden and look forward to returning!!

There are so many fabulous plants in the rare plant house. You get great ideas for companion plants.

Aechmea 'Del Mar'

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Ascocenda Motes Burning Sands is a drop dead gorgeous orchid.

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Wils. Downtown Honolulu 'Huina Road'

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Bromeliads were everywhere! I was liking it!!

Tillandsia grandis

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Nice bromeliad groupings.

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Vriesea gigantea 'Nova'

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Vriesesa fosteriana 'Red Chestnut'

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Alocasia zebrina from the Phillipines. There were a number of specimens of this plant in the rare plant house. It would be nice if it could be paired with Caryota zebrina for comparison.

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I understand that when this plant is in flower it is a great deal and hordes line up to "smell/see" it. Amorphophallus paeoniifollius has the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world. Also known as Corpse Flower, the scent is reminiscent of a rotting meat.

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Catasetum 'Frilly Doris"

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Robert,

I'm still enjoying all your pictures as it was a real nice visit down there. Post #52 is Zamia purpurea with the new brownish emergent leaf .

More.....more.....

Jeff

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

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Jeff, Fairchild was one of the highlights of the visit. Sorry I have not completed this thread quicker, as the demands of raising two high energy kids takes a lot of time. Now that I have uploaded the remaining pictures to Photobucket I hope to post the rest quicker.

Here goes.

The rare plant house was so humid. After a while I felt that I had to get out of there. But the pull of the plants was strong.

Anthurium superbum. Hmm, another for the wish list.

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Did not get the name of this interesting palm.

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Iguanura wallichiana var major

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Trinidad!  Southernmost island in the Caribbean.

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I don't recall seeing any Cyrtostachys renda planted out at Fairchild. There were a number of potted specimens around, like this in the plant house.

Sorry about the soft focus.

Cyrtostachys renda - Red Sealing Wax palm.

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I remember reading about this cultivar of C. renda a couple of years ago in Palms, but the name eludes me now. I hope that in my few seedlings something special like this shows up.

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Stepping out from the plant house into the Florida summer was like stepping into a spring or autumn morning. What a relief! The view did not hurt either.

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When we left to head to Fairchild Andrea gave me one job, "Make sure Jeff eats and takes his medication!"

While he ate at the Garden Cafe I spied these Carpoxylon macrospernum.

From any angle, portrait or landscape, these Carpoxylon looked awesome. All through the garden I was thinking either "I got to get me ..... of those" or "I need to plant mine soon".

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Ahh, brown emergent cycads, my favorite.

Ceratozamia kuesteriana

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Trinidad!  Southernmost island in the Caribbean.

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Man can only look at palm for so long before the hunger pangs set in. The sandwich combos were very appealing and I could not let Jeff enjoy them alone. The Garden Cafe was close to where the tour tram passed by. It was entertaining to listen to the volunteers spewing facts about the garden. As he touted the live oaks? I looked up and saw a variety of bromeliads in the branches. It brought back memories of Costa Rica.

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As I peered upwards I spied these Hyphanae. They were branching several meters above ground.

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There was quite a bit of canopy over this Zamia tuerckheimii

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Kerriodoxa elegans

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These photos can be stitched into a nice panorama ....

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More vistas ....

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Reverse view

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Coccothrinax crinita

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Lowland views

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Macrozamia sp

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Encephalartos hildebrandtii

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Bismarckia noblis

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Ceratozamia robusta

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Trinidad!  Southernmost island in the Caribbean.

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Several views of a group of bismarckias.

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So many plants, So little space.

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