Brahea armata photos needed

[FossilNypa]

Those are wonderful photos.

[Kris]

(bepah @ Feb. 21 2007,17:40)

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Around here W. robustas are weeds........trade you for anything you may have..

Dear John  

thanks for asking,but iam just a ordinary palm collector or

palm enthuiest.and not a nursery guy.as and when my

collection of the desired palms are collected.iam going to

stop spending money on new purschases.since my life is

taken over my these lovely fellows.

my pets & this hobby for gardening has virtually bailed me

out of a very bad emotional situation few years back.

there are huge pits dug for certain specific palms & once

these babies are shifted from my terrace garden to ground

soil.all my concentration will be to make them appear as

massive as possible in years to come.and i pray to god

that i must live a hundred years to see my cheliean wine

palm grow to a decent height.i know iam asking too much,

see the difference,in one point of my life i used to think

why am i living but now i desire to stay in this planet for

a real long time...

And Kathy_thanks for allowing me to speak my mind.

Thanks & lot's of love,

Kris  

[John Case]

(krisachar @ Feb. 21 2007,22:04)

QUOTE

(bepah @ Feb. 21 2007,17:40)

QUOTE

Around here W. robustas are weeds........trade you for anything you may have..

Dear John  

thanks for asking,but iam just a ordinary palm collector or

palm enthuiest.and not a nursery guy.as and when my

collection of the desired palms are collected.iam going to

stop spending money on new purschases.since my life is

taken over my these lovely fellows.

my pets & this hobby for gardening has virtually bailed me

out of a very bad emotional situation few years back.

there are huge pits dug for certain specific palms & once

these babies are shifted from my terrace garden to ground

soil.all my concentration will be to make them appear as

massive as possible in years to come.and i pray to god

that i must live a hundred years to see my cheliean wine

palm grow to a decent height.i know iam asking too much,

see the difference,in one point of my life i used to think

why am i living but now i desire to stay in this planet for

a real long time...

And Kathy_thanks for allowing me to speak my mind.

Thanks & lot's of love,

Kris  

Kris,

If you want, I'll dig one up for you......

[Exotic Life]

(krisachar @ Feb. 21 2007,10:04)

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Dear Robbin  

terrefic stills man ,and i love it.all the medeterriean countries

like france,italy,sicily,greece,moracco,libya.

Yeah,

They have a great climate over there to grow palms ... almost never got any forst at the southeast france coast. And can grow a lot of exotics over there...! If my parents are moving if they are older, they go to there Hmz then i go alot on vacation to there or maybe i go live there by myself

I have a lot of more picture's from that time over there, also a beatifull cactus garden at the top of a mountain in Monaco. Maybe somebody know this garden "Jardin Exotique" thats the name.

A friend of me and myself are busy right know to organise a gardentrip to there for the other students form the class. If everything is going right then i'm going there again in the Week 25 half June ... But's it's a lot of work .... But if we go again i can take a lot of new picture's again

Robbin

[Kris]

Dear John  

thanks once again but iam not that cruel to just take off

all beautiful things that my friends like you posses_i ment

the robusta's.

Dear Robbin  

You talked about hard work in your vacation,do you know

the saying_No pain No gain !

now you got youth on your side make the best to built a

future of your dream's.and built a robust mind & robust

physic this will come handy at the time of ones retirement.

and robbin we are indeed eager to see some palms from

europe.

Thanks & Love,

Kris(India)  

[John Case]

(krisachar @ Feb. 22 2007,07:07)

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Dear John  

thanks once again but iam not that cruel to just take off

all beautiful things that my friends like you posses_i ment

the robusta's.

Dear Robbin  

You talked about hard work in your vacation,do you know

the saying_No pain No gain !

now you got youth on your side make the best to built a

future of your dream's.and built a robust mind & robust

physic this will come handy at the time of ones retirement.

and robbin we are indeed eager to see some palms from

europe.

Thanks & Love,

Kris(India)  

Kris,

I, too, meant the W. robustas

[Kris]

(bepah @ Feb. 22 2007,14:28)

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I, too, meant the W. robustas

Iam glad that here in this forum all guys are SPORT & have the

same wavelength..

[Bilbo]

Brilliant pics guys and thanks for sharing. Thanks Kathy and all.

Robbin I do know Jarjin Exotique very well but I have only been on the upper terrace near the car park area so it was mainly huge cacti and a massive tree like ponytail that I noticed as I was too engrossed in certain private matters (a lady!)  to take any pics. Therefore that armata must surely have been down that slope a bit?

Great views of the Med and the Grimaldi Palace from the top there.

I wish I could post B.armata pics like that from here but my armata is slow yet shrugs off our winter weather and looks very happy.

Question -and I do appreciate that its not easy - at what height does armata begin to flower?

Mine is a little over 6` at present.

Thanks

Juan

[Exotic Life]

(Bilbo @ Feb. 23 2007,11:25)

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Brilliant pics guys and thanks for sharing. Thanks Kathy and all.

Robbin I do know Jarjin Exotique very well but I have only been on the upper terrace near the car park area so it was mainly huge cacti and a massive tree like ponytail that I noticed as I was too engrossed in certain private matters (a lady!)  to take any pics. Therefore that armata must surely have been down that slope a bit?

Great views of the Med and the Grimaldi Palace from the top there.

I wish I could post B.armata pics like that from here but my armata is slow yet shrugs off our winter weather and looks very happy.

Question -and I do appreciate that its not easy - at what height does armata begin to flower?

Mine is a little over 6` at present.

Thanks

Juan

Hi Juan,

I have got a lot of picture's of that cactus garden ... i will show them you on this board if i got enough time for it ..  It's a lot ...!

Robbin

[Exotic Life]

(Bilbo @ Feb. 23 2007,11:25)

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Brilliant pics guys and thanks for sharing. Thanks Kathy and all.

Robbin I do know Jarjin Exotique very well but I have only been on the upper terrace near the car park area so it was mainly huge cacti and a massive tree like ponytail that I noticed as I was too engrossed in certain private matters (a lady!)  to take any pics. Therefore that armata must surely have been down that slope a bit?

Great views of the Med and the Grimaldi Palace from the top there.

I wish I could post B.armata pics like that from here but my armata is slow yet shrugs off our winter weather and looks very happy.

Question -and I do appreciate that its not easy - at what height does armata begin to flower?

Mine is a little over 6` at present.

Thanks

Juan

Hi Juan,

I have got a lot of picture's of that cactus garden ... i will show them you on this board if i got enough time for it ..  It's a lot ...!

Robbin

[iwan]

If simple is what you are looking for...  Just a quick shot this afternoon before the sun set.  It was kind of hard to get a full frame shot and keep it balanced.  I can persue this more if it is of interest.  The background can be edited out with photoshop.

And just for fun...

[Kris]

Dear Robert  

Is the leaf in your still is that the real colour of your

breha Armeda(Blue hasper palm) ?

Since i have 3 breha armata from seeds & one purschased

from a local nursery.but seeing those stills some of our

members commented it as breha super silver.i thought

they are just playing with me.

but seeing your stills my breha that i purschased resembles

the colour of bizie lady than your palm ?

its more white and silver like bismarkia than greenish blue..

here is a still..

[Kris]

Dear folks  

in days to come i will post stills of the same palm from other

angles.but this palm seen in the above still has very little resemblence to the 3 brehas that germinated from seeds.as they are more in color what robert has picturisied..

Love,

Kris.

[Kris]

Hey Guys  

here are the stills that i spoke off_

[Kris]

Another arieal shot,though its not from a choper or aircraft  

its a close up of that above blue hasper palm_

Love,

Kris  

[iwan]

(krisachar @ Mar. 02 2007,23:03)

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Dear Robert  

Is the leaf in your still is that the real colour of your

breha Armeda(Blue hasper palm) ?

Kris,

Sorry, I missed your question the first time.  Those pictures are from the same leaf and are unedited (natural color).  The second picture is a close-up of the back of the leaf with a macro lens.  I was more interested in the yellow surrounding the hastula and only noticed the veining with the magnification provided by the lens.  I am not sure if it is visible to the naked eye.

[Kris]

Thanks robert for the explaination  

Love,

Kris

[Kris]

[sonoranfans]

All gorgeous photos, and yet the true nature of Brahea Armata just defies being photographed, at least for me.  The reason why is that Brahea armata shows so many faces in different lighting.  It is just about the most reflective palm out there, so it is most variable with different lighting.  I call it the "impressionist palm" as its most magnificent characteristic is its interaction with light.  Shadows bring it alive, but its difficult to photograph in shadows.  In the period just before sunrise and just after sunset, when other palms fade into the background, Brahea armata glows with luminosity, some call it the "grey ghost".  

I love my bismarckia for their impressively massive fans and soft color, royals, kings and foxtails are graceful and gorgeous during the daylight, I love purple kings and orange crush dypsis for their colorful trunks and lush foliage, but at the twilight, the "grey ghost" is the most magnificent palm.  Its high reflectivity and many angled surfaces give rise to sharp and varied texture and shading.  I was initially attracted by its blue color, but after living with Brahea Armata for several years, its the interaction with light at the edges of the day that makes this palm so magnificent, and I am not a good enough photographer to bring it out.  Here is a photo after the freeze of '07 where I captured some of the twilight character after sunset.  I have tired of trying to capture the nature of this palm in the twilight, now I just sit back and watch the light play over the fronds and appreciate it for what it is, a dynamic display that defies a still.

[PalmGuyWC]

Kris,

You are so clever, bumping this thread to the top again, with your sly smile,  and it's almost a year old. I'm glad you did, as it's one of the nicest threads I've seen on this web site. The purpose was to find a logo for the Northern Calif. Palm Society, but it generated some serious discussion and some great photos. The pictures from Italy and S. France are exquisite.

Tom's very poetic description of the different faces of B. armata are very well described. Perhaps no photograph can do this beautiful palm justice. If this is to be the logo for the N. Calif chapter, I still agree that it should be an artistic rendition and kept simple. Matty had some sound professional advise.

No one can accuse the N. Calif. Chapter of rushing into anything, as this logo decission has been on the table for quite awhile. How about some of you budding artist, or professionals coming up with something? And keep it simple.

Dick

[John Case]

(PalmGuyWC @ Dec. 04 2007,10:30)

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Kris,

You are so clever, bumping this thread to the top again, with your sly smile,  and it's almost a year old. I'm glad you did, as it's one of the nicest threads I've seen on this web site. The purpose was to find a logo for the Northern Calif. Palm Society, but it generated some serious discussion and some great photos. The pictures from Italy and S. France are exquisite.

Tom's very poetic description of the different faces of B. armata are very well described. Perhaps no photograph can do this beautiful palm justice. If this is to be the logo for the N. Calif chapter, I still agree that it should be an artistic rendition and kept simple. Matty had some sound professional advise.

No one can accuse the N. Calif. Chapter of rushing into anything, as this logo decission has been on the table for quite awhile. How about some of you budding artist, or professionals coming up with something? And keep it simple.

Dick

Dick,

Do you what has happened to Kathy?

It looked to me that she was leading the effort...

I have access to some photo editing resources if we can agree on the photo we want to use.

Let me know.

Thanks,

[Mark@PalmBeach]

Okay Guys, hold the press!! I got a winner!! I just went through my archive of pictures and found this one I took when I was volunteering at the Bancroft garden. It shows a Brahea armata that is not only beautiful but is in a amazing setting. Even better yet it was taken in Northern California so it truly symbolizes  club history and  showcases what is possible to grow in that climate. If I have time I can try to do something artistic with it with photo editing software.

It was taken in April 2003. Here it is:

[_Keith]

(krisachar @ Mar. 11 2007,10:45)

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Hey Guys  

here are the stills that i spoke off_

This one has a nice "feel" to it.  Might be the right one.   Thanks Kris.

Picture did not follow quote on this one.  I am referring post 54.

[Kris]

Thanks everybody for that sweet encouragement..! i did this for our forum memeber Kathy.since she used to visit all my thread and used to key in her suggestions.

But few months now we do not hear much from her ? i hope our women memebers would kindly contact her and ask why she is not seen at all in our forum !

And please convey her that we here in the main discussion board all miss her interaction.  

Thanks & Love,

Kris.

[GREENHAND]

(krisachar @ Mar. 11 2007,10:48)

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Another arieal shot,though its not from a choper or aircraft  

its a close up of that above blue hasper palm_

Love,

Kris  

Hey Kris , that Brahea is lookin good , i think i will put this one in the ground after the last freeze then it will proberly grow faster, they are awsome palms.

[GREENHAND]

another shot

[Kris]

Dear Green  

Lovely Blue hasper palm and the pot looks all the more flashy_and i like it !

And the Red flowering bogainvilla's placed near the pool are mind blowing beautiful..thanks my friend for keeping this thread active...and i always love visuals..

thanks & love,

Kris  

[Kris]

Just bumping...!  

[Kris]

Dear Friends

have any new stills of the Brahea Armata ?

thanks & love,

Kris

[Kris]

Bump for newcomers...

[Phoenikakias]

[dalmatiansoap]

Nice sight! One of yours?

[Phoenikakias]

The only one of mine Ante.

[Mauna Kea Cloudforest]

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This calls for a Dave Doom Style scream: Woooooooooooaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Such a full crown, very nice! Save those seeds, that's a nice specimen.

[Palm Portugal]

This is a exemplar from Lisbon Botanic garden from last week.

it is full of seeds :) 

[Stelios]

This is one of the best I've seen in person. Is at the botanical garden in Puerto de la Cruz in Tenerife.

[SouthSeaNate]

These are from the San Anton Garden in Malta...