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Some Palms on South Padre Island


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The tile says it all :).

A rare South texas coconut..

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Jonathan

Katy, TX (Zone 9a)

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Inflorescence

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Jonathan

Katy, TX (Zone 9a)

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Hyophorbe lagenicaulis

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Jonathan

Katy, TX (Zone 9a)

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Dypsis decayri

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Jonathan

Katy, TX (Zone 9a)

Posted

More to come..(Alex permitting..)

:) Jonathan

Jonathan

Katy, TX (Zone 9a)

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Oh! Must move 1,000 km to the south. --Erik

Terdal Farm, Sarasota FL & Tillamook OR USA

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Me with a fat Royal

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A large Delonix regia

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Another large Royal with a Wodyetia bifurcata

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Jonathan

Katy, TX (Zone 9a)

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Ficus was well represented here

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Sorry about the blurry pictures..

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Jonathan

Katy, TX (Zone 9a)

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A Traveler's Palm

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A yellowing clump of Dypsis lutescens

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Sea grape

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Jonathan

Katy, TX (Zone 9a)

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Of course Washies dominated the skyline..

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Jonathan

Katy, TX (Zone 9a)

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Can anyone ID these weird looking natives?

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:) Jonathan

Jonathan

Katy, TX (Zone 9a)

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agaves, the ones on the bottom are common here too, but the top ones are very cool looking. bottom is probably a century plant.

i love florida...............and palm trees!

Posted

cool pics. :)

i love florida...............and palm trees!

Posted

Hmm, that coconut looks pretty good considering the winter that it went through. It's about like the ones on Anna Maria island.

(also, somewhat unrelated, I would like to say that there is a coconut with some freaky genetics in Bradenton for fending off the cold. It is in a group of 3, and the other 2 got burned back to the core, while this particular one was almost entirely undamaged, better than ones I saw on Pine Island even. I'm keeping an eye on it to get some seed off of it when it is available)

Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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i hope this winter is going to be warm, damn lying al gore lol, jk i dont believe global warming.

i love florida...............and palm trees!

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hhmm, im getting a little off subject here sorry, nice delonix, one of my favorite trees, its like royal palm and royal poinciana are meant to be in the same landscape, yet there native in two diferant places.

i love florida...............and palm trees!

Posted

I was able to find 5 coconuts on the island, all around that size, this was the best looking one, about 10 feet from the bay. The others had 3-4 green fronds.

Jonathan

Jonathan

Katy, TX (Zone 9a)

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This winter wasn't too bad for SPI, low was around 32ºF.

Jonathan

Jonathan

Katy, TX (Zone 9a)

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If that was the best one you saw, were there any taller ones? That low doesn't seem too bad, as it was 28 this winter on Anna Maria island, and there are some very old coconuts that are probably 60-70 feet tall (which were severely damaged however). If the low was 32 for a winter as bad as this one, I think there should probably be quite a few coconuts out there.

Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

Posted (edited)
  On 7/2/2010 at 2:59 PM, Zeeth said:

If that was the best one you saw, were there any taller ones? That low doesn't seem too bad, as it was 28 this winter on Anna Maria island, and there are some very old coconuts that are probably 60-70 feet tall (which were severely damaged however). If the low was 32 for a winter as bad as this one, I think there should probably be quite a few coconuts out there.

For some reason coconuts are extremlly rare on SPI, the one pictured was the largest one on the island. Seems the effects of the 80s still linger,

hopefully we'll see more coconuts being planted on SPI. Royals however, I would say are the 4th most common tree on the island. I heard the large fruiting coconuts 30 miles inland in Brownsville are dead though :(, after 28 degrees.

Jonathan

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Jonathan

Katy, TX (Zone 9a)

  • 4 weeks later...
Posted
  On 7/2/2010 at 4:21 PM, Xenon said:

  On 7/2/2010 at 2:59 PM, Zeeth said:

If that was the best one you saw, were there any taller ones? That low doesn't seem too bad, as it was 28 this winter on Anna Maria island, and there are some very old coconuts that are probably 60-70 feet tall (which were severely damaged however). If the low was 32 for a winter as bad as this one, I think there should probably be quite a few coconuts out there.

For some reason coconuts are extremlly rare on SPI, the one pictured was the largest one on the island. Seems the effects of the 80s still linger,

hopefully we'll see more coconuts being planted on SPI. Royals however, I would say are the 4th most common tree on the island. I heard the large fruiting coconuts 30 miles inland in Brownsville are dead though :(, after 28 degrees.

Jonathan

I'm not surprised that coconuts are rare on SPI, it's Texas! But that is cool though.

Milwaukee, WI to Ocala, FL

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  On 6/30/2010 at 1:50 PM, Xenon said:

Of course Washies dominated the skyline..

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:wub:

Milwaukee, WI to Ocala, FL

Posted

Hmm, the overall weather isn't too different from St.Pete.

SPI:

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St.Pete:

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Plus, there isn't even a station on SPI, these averages are from Port Isabel, across the bay. So SPI averages might even be closer or equivalent to St.Pete. Both locations had similar minimums this year.

St.Pete:33F

SPI:32F

Jonathan

Katy, TX (Zone 9a)

Posted
  On 6/30/2010 at 5:52 PM, floridasun said:

hhmm, im getting a little off subject here sorry, nice delonix, one of my favorite trees, its like royal palm and royal poinciana are meant to be in the same landscape, yet there native in two places.

...But God, what a messy tree Poincianas can be! I had just brought in five pallets of "red" mulch before the trees started blooming (I have four and they ARE gorgeous,) but after the blooms are finito, then comes each petal separately; then two inches of stems, and finally, 16" seed pods.

Clean up can get pretty hopeless... however: what Caribbean scene would look complete without Delonix regia?? None, and you're right; Royals & Delonix are a beautiful "pair!" Great shots!

Pablo

Paul, The Palm Doctor @ http://www.thewisegardener.com

Posted

You found some really nice palms! I like the shots you took. Good job!smilie.gif

Randy

test

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Those Hyophorbes look great considering the climate they live in. Good pictures from somewhere the more tropical palms wouldnt be expected. Thanks for that.

Peachy

I came. I saw. I purchased

 

 

27.35 south.

Warm subtropical, with occasional frosts.

Posted

Thanks Pablo, and Randy.

:) Jonathan

Jonathan

Katy, TX (Zone 9a)

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