Colombia II

[Trópico]

Turbaco, a small village about an hour inland from Cartagena. This was the highlight of my trip along Coastal Colombia.

Several Roystoneas, and one of my fav, Sabal morrisiana, used for roof thatching.

ID's are welcome to n00b eyes!

[paulgila]

nice "companion plants" in the second pic!

[alex_7b]

I don't understand the point to this type of garden in the tropics. It's like having a botanical garden here with Maples, Oaks and Sycamores.

[paulgila]

i've never thought of it that way.kinda like having an aquarium when you live on the coast.

i imagine it's for the sake of convenience...

[Trópico]

A better view of the palms in first pic

Bactris gasipaes?

[Zac in NC]

Hmmm. Frank- I looked up Sabal morrisiana in the Kew Monocot list, as I was not familiar with that name and it is listed as a synonym of mauritiiformis. The Sabal pictured does not look like any mauritiiformis I have seen, so I am very confused.  Thanks for the pics. More please.

Zac

Edit- On looking at the second pic, it looks more like mauritiiformis now.

[Trópico]

(alex_7b @ Sep. 05 2006,13:42)

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I don't understand the point to this type of garden in the tropics. It's like having a botanical garden here with Maples, Oaks and Sycamores.

My wife was a little hesitant to go to this botanical gardens and said that she was going to take me to the one in Bogota, where it's even bigger and has even more species, including from tropical climates and desert places. I insisted in going to this one, even if we had to depart from the "safety" of the hotel sponsored tours. This is the right place to have this type of gardens and I suppose you all know the reason! She and I are not regretting it.

Zac, look under Bay leaf palm. I am not too familiar with the other Sabal species, other than Sabal palmetto, minor, and etonia, and still have trouble identifying them. Maybe this one is not what I think it is but the guide told me this one is used in making weaved roofs (like the ones in the previous Colombia thread). I wrote down the name he told me in spanish but I since lost it...

More:

Pritchardia???... please help here!

[Jeff Searle]

Your picture of the two large spiny trunks are not Bactris gasipaes, but some type of a Astocaryum species.

 And the picture with the beautifil large palm with palmate leaves looks like a Pritchardia pacifica, with maybe tall Adonidias off to the side.

   How large was this garden? Any more pictures?Thanks.

[bgl]

Where else than in the tropics would it be possible to have a botanical garden with tropical plants!!?? Anyone who has seen (for instance) Singapore Botanic Garden and Nong Nooch in Thailand would most certainly agree that the tropics is THE place for a botanical garden.

And the Sabal morrisiana above (an old name) is indeed S. mauritiiformis.

Very nice photos, Trópico! Looks like a great place.

[paulgila]

where else without having to go to extreme measures--

like at the kew...

[bgl]

Kew is VERY impressive, but a true tropical botanical garden should be OUTDOORS!!

[Trópico]

BGs there, besides the eye candy they provide, are used there to experiment and introduce new species into the urban landscape and into local agriculture. Also, there was a section being used for a film.

[Trópico]

The panama hat "palm", Carludovica palmata

Heliconia

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More

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Fresh and drinking water coming from underground sources flowed in small streams all across the gardens

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More Sabal mauritiiformis

[Trópico]

More!!

[Trópico]

Trunk of palm in earlier post

[Trópico]

More pics from Jardín Botánico Guillermo Piñeres

ID?

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[Kris]

Dear Tropico  

after seeing your photos i want to leave my bussiness and

leave to colombia in next avaliable flight,not to return

back home.but to work as the chief gardener for that

garden seen in your stills.

All i will need is a easy chair to sit down and relax after

doing daily garden work_lovely place to be on earth..

thanks,

Kris.

[deezpalms]

Frank, thank you for all the great pictures of a beautiful garden! Very mature palms and cycads!!

[Trópico]

Some local wildlife

World famous Noni

[Trópico]

GIANT

Top part

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For fern lovers

More Aquafina

[Trópico]

Bananas in fruit!

Green Bizzie in flower

[Trópico]

'Tropical Glory'

Pandanus

[Trópico]

Bird Nests?

Royal woodpecker

[Trópico]

Coccothrinax

[Trópico]

Poisonous frog

[Trópico]

Licuala grandis

Seeds. Our guide was eager to sneak some to me so I had to tip him generously.

[Trópico]

Pritchardia?

Not grass, but a Roystonea ground cover

[ruskinPalms]

Frank, I loved all of the pictures! Thanks for sharing.

[Gileno Machado]

(Trópico @ Dec. 13 2006,11:58)

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World famous Noni

Hey Frank, is this a native fruit? It's not famous here though...

Very nice place, thanx for sharing the photos.

[SubTropicRay]

Beautiful photographs!

[Trópico]

Gileno,

Noni (Morinda citrifolia) is native to Southeast Asia. It made it's way into the US as health drinks being sold at Vitamin or Natural food marketplaces, as well as radio ad "cure for everything from the exotic pacific islands". I don't know how well known by the anglo community but the hispanic community here knows about it. The juice tastes "interesting", I would describe it as "earthly medicine". They don't offer the fruit here. Our guide sneaked some two fruits for us. We tried to consume without having any idea how to prepare them. As we were peeling them they smelled unbearably rotten.

[Daryl]

Lovely photos..aaaah, the wonder of the tropics!

Daryl

[paulgila]

super-nice pics!