South Texas Palms

[Xenon]

Here are some pics from my recent trip to the Rio Grande Valley .

A Caryota sp.

Accoelarraphe wrigtii

Pandanus sp. with Rhapis and Thrinax sp.

[Xenon]

Bismarkia

Thrinax sp.?

Tall Royals

[Xenon]

Fruiting coconut with me for scale

Hiding with some queen palms..

Edited August 12, 2010 by Xenon

[Zeeth]

Coconut looks great after this winter, much better than most here (with some exceptions of course)

Also, the Thrinax looks to be T. radiata

Great pics though, you sure do go south pretty often

[Xenon]

The Gulf of Mexico

Jonathan

[Zeeth]

For comparison with your coconut photos, Here's a before and after of the Jamaican talls at Kopsick in St. Pete

Before the winter

And After

[Xenon]

Here is a pic of the first coconut's crown

Edited August 12, 2010 by Xenon

[DCA_Palm_Fan]

Coconut looks great after this winter, much better than most here (with some exceptions of course)

Also, the Thrinax looks to be T. radiata

Great pics though, you sure do go south pretty often

Gaaaah... beat me to it! that is exactly what I was going to ID that Thrinax as! Oh well, I guess I'm just old and slow. hahaha!

Also, wow, those cocos at Kopsic really took a hit! Glad they are alive though. When were those photos taken? We were down there in late Feb of 10 and I dont recall them looking that bad then. I guess the damage really shows up later on.

[Zeeth]

Coconut looks great after this winter, much better than most here (with some exceptions of course)

Also, the Thrinax looks to be T. radiata

Great pics though, you sure do go south pretty often

Gaaaah... beat me to it! that is exactly what I was going to ID that Thrinax as! Oh well, I guess I'm just old and slow. hahaha!

Also, wow, those cocos at Kopsic really took a hit! Glad they are alive though. When were those photos taken? We were down there in late Feb of 10 and I dont recall them looking that bad then. I guess the damage really shows up later on.

They were taken last weekend. They did take a bad hit, but hopefully we have a series of warm winters, so they will be back to their former glory soon. For some reason, the palms really only showed the true winter damage once summer came around. I think it was due to the long term cool weather that we had

[Xenon]

Those Jamaican Talls are surreal...

Edited August 12, 2010 by Xenon

[DCA_Palm_Fan]

Those Jamaican Talls are surreal...

They were quite the site to behold for sure! I was in St. Petersburg twice in 5 months, and when I was there in September of 09 they looked like the photos above. Just beautiful. They were burned some in February, but they did NOT look like the "after" photos that Zeeth posted when I was there. I think they should be ok though. I just hope it stays warm down there, as it should!

[Kumar]

Here are some pics from my recent trip to the Rio Grande Valley .

Nice Photographs, thanks. Especially good to see such a healthy caryota so far from home

[peachy]

First of all I didnt know that Rio Grande was an actual place.....just a song about an old cowhand from the rio grande, which I thought means big river. Anyhow be that as it may, they are really good photos of interesting palms in places where I didnt know they would survive. Also I have to say that you are a real stinker.....you identified nearly all of them perfectly !! I got 2 right !!

Thanks for posting the great shots Jonathan.

Peachy

[bubba]

South Texas/Rio Grande Valley is capable of growing virtually everything in Florida. It's just those Blue Northers. If 1899 was a once in every 500 year event, they should have smooth sailing. However, even a few coconuts made it through Florida's Winter to remember:

I appreciate your work in showing us the expanding tropicals in the RGV.

[Al in Kona]

Hey, thanks for posting those palm photos from the Rio Grande valley area of south Texas. BTW, how are your Beccariophoenix alfredii doing?

[Xenon]

Hey, thanks for posting those palm photos from the Rio Grande valley area of south Texas. BTW, how are your Beccariophoenix alfredii doing?

I find the B.alfredii to be quite slow(or I'm just impatient?). Other then that they're doing pretty well.

Jonathan

[Xenon]

Thanks for all your kind words.

Jonathan

[jimbiz]

Jonathan, if you would like to see more palms in the Valley, you should join the Palm Society of South Texas. We meet once a month in someone's palm garden, somewhere in South Texas, often in the Valley. You'll see a lot of cool palms at these meetings; here's the link:

http://www.palmsocietysouthtexas.org

[Xenon]

Jonathan, if you would like to see more palms in the Valley, you should join the Palm Society of South Texas. We meet once a month in someone's palm garden, somewhere in South Texas, often in the Valley. You'll see a lot of cool palms at these meetings; here's the link:

http://www.palmsocietysouthtexas.org

Thanks for the link, Jim! If only I didn't have to drive 7 hours to see a few palms...

Jonathan

[Jonathan]

Nice photo's Palmbug.

Nice name you've got there too

Cheers,

(the real) Jonathan