San Diego photos!

[kylecawazafla]

I was in San Diego over the weekend and took some photos. Not too many, but I have some comparison shots from the beginning of summer (May) to the end of summer (August).... unfortunately, the change isn't too noteworthy. I guess it is the lack of water, since it was not what I was expecting.

Ravenala before - after

Here is one I just found this visit right behind it:

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Bizzie before and after

Now from this weekend male then female

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A Spathodea campanulata... I was surprised to see that they have actually naturalized in some parts of Southern California!

New Royal planting in Balboa Park by the plant cage

Some Ptychosperma macarthurii growing in Mission Bay

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There were many healthy Dypsis lutescens growing on Vacation Island in Mission Bay as well

Rhopalostylis sapida

Caryota gigas

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Veitchia arecina at our Hotel right on the San Diego Bay.

Ceiba speciosa

Random patch of succulent greenery in downtown San Diego

Purple flower!

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Balboa Park

One of the largest Ficus rubiginosa I saw in San Diego

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Paurotis Palm

Ficus auriculata in Mission Bay

Bismarckia nobilis in Mission Bay

Sabal minor

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King Palms!! One of my favorite abounding treasures in San Diego!

This is the site of my future house! Maybe one day if I'm super super lucky....

Some pristine urban old growth landscape! Coronado Island

Ficus macrophylla in a private residence on Coronado Island

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oops! here is the photo:

I wonder what they'd think if they knew I was taking a picture of their yard and sharing it with people online?

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Awww these make me miss the Canary Islands. Dragon trees... Dracaena drago

Landscaping at our hotel

Watch out! Ficus rubiginosa are getting loose in San Diego!! I can't wait until one day all of their aerial roots eventually hit the ground.

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Some more San Diego jewels!

The Pacific Ocean! This is taken from a walk my parents showed me that they used to do off of La Jolla Farms Road when they used to live there in the mid 1980's.

I went up to a wedding in Newport Beach, CA for a day and was within at least a mile of the Newport Beach Coconut... but alas, I never got a chance to see it This is my only picture taken in the LA area. You can see the smoke from the fire in the background.. I thought it was a thunderstorm cloud.

Howea forsteriana in downtown San Diego

[kylecawazafla]

This was a treat! In Old Town, San Diego I got to see Phytelephas seemannii seeds being put to use in a gift shop! I thought this was really cool. I knew they were called the Ivory Nut Palm, but was very surprised to see that their seeds are just like ivory!

Those are all my San Diego photos. I hope you like them!!

[BS Man about Palms]

Cool Kyle! Thats TWICE I've missed meeting you.

[epicure3]

Fantastic, as usual. With the watering restrictions in place, it is no wonder that tropical plants and trees in city landscapes are not growing or looking as nicely as they could. Of course, the problem is that we aren't in the tropics. Still, a lot of the pics show that some species can hold up pretty well to the conditions.

[paulgila]

great pix,klyle,as always!

nice nuts!

[sur4z]

Awww these make me miss the Canary Islands. Dragon trees... Dracaena drago

what a cool looking tree!!!

[Kim]

Funny, that Caryota in post #4 looked really familiar -- I have a photo of the same one taken early August in Coronado:

I haven't got around to posting my pix from the weekend I spent there...

[gyuseppe]

kyle your photos make us dream