Garden tours in Hawaii

[elHoagie]

Even though I visited Hawaii a full month before Paul, he already posted his photos a week or two ago! In any case, here are the ones I took while there.

Tim and Bob were amazing hosts during my stay, and Mike and Mary Lock also spent a lot of time driving me around to various locations. Jeff (Floribunda), Bill Austin, and Jerry Andersen were all kind enough to provide garden tours. I have what I think are correct IDs for most of the palms, but there are a couple of mysteries...

Let's start with Tim and Bob's fantastic garden.

Basselinia gracilis

Aiphanes horrida

Burretiokentia viellardii

Carpoxylon macrospermum

Calyptrocalyx leptostachys

[elHoagie]

More from Tim and Bob's

Bentickia condapana

Arenga hookeriana

Pinanga caesia

Areca catechu "gold"

[elHoagie]

One more from Bob and Tim's

Calyptrocalyx leptostachys

[elHoagie]

Next stop was Floribunda...

Dypsis coursii

Geonoma epipioloata

Geonoma atrovirens

Geonoma atrovirens

[elHoagie]

More from Jeff's

Geonoma epipiolata

not sure...

Dypsis mananjarensis

Syagrus coronata (although this must be a very dwarfish form of the species)

[elHoagie]

Floribunda continued.

Dypsis basilonga

Lemurophoenix halleuxii

Trachycarpus geminisectus

Dypsis carlsmithii

[elHoagie]

Last set from Jeff's

Pritchardia viscosa

Hydriastele flabellata

Beccariophoenix madagascariensis

Ravenea musicalis

[elHoagie]

That's it for now, I'll post the rest in the near future...

[Josh-O]

More from Tim and Bob's

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Bentickia condapana

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Arenga hookeriana

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Pinanga caesia

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Areca catechu "gold"

those Pinanga caesia are amazing

[Josh-O]

great pic's Jack...

Keep them coming

[Moose]

The Ravenea musicalis is intriguing

[doranakandawatta]

Many thanks,

it's always great to see these palms and lovely hawaiian gardens.

[Matt in OC]

Nice job getting the lighting balanced. LOVE the P. viscosa. I need to get me one of them...

Also love the P. caesia, Bennys, and Basilonga. Is the unknown one D. pinnatifrons?

[realarch]

Geeze Jack, you're as bad about posting as I am. Hey, I don't have a Geonoma epipiolata UNFORTUNATELY,(not sure of the spelling on this), although the photo in post #3 looks like a Calyptrocalyx leptotstachys.

It was great having you here and I'm glad we could keep you busy.

Tim

[Alberto]

Breathtaking palms! That Geonomas are .

Thanks Jack for the photos!

[comic097]

Nice pics Jack, How good is Hawaii, like being a kid in a candy store

Paul

[elHoagie]

Thanks for all the comments guys, and thanks for the correction Tim (I had the photo labeled correctly on my computer, but put the wrong name with the post!). Let's continue the tour at Bill Austin's excellent garden.

Cyphophoenix nucele

Dypsis mirabilis

Dypsis prestoniana

[elHoagie]

More from Bill's

Ravenea robustior

Marojejya darianii

Dypsis pachyramea

[elHoagie]

And again...

Chamaedorea amabilis

Areca catechu "dwarf"

Dypsis carlsmithii

Dypsis hovomantsina

[elHoagie]

And the final set from Bill's

Beccariophoenix fenaustralis

Beccariophoenix madagascariensis

Ravenea hildebrandtii

[elHoagie]

No palms, but how about a few from Volcanoes National Park...

Here are three from the Pu'u Huluhulu trail

tree fern growing in a rift

splatter on the wall from a fountain eruption

tree mold

[elHoagie]

And a couple from the Thurston lava tube hike

fern paradise

rainforest...

[elHoagie]

The lava level in the Halema'uma'u crater was the highest it's been since 2007, and you could actually see the lava pool from the Jagger overlook. Mike and Mary had a nice spotting scope that produced a stunning view of the bubbling lava. I grabbed a few photos, but the dynamic range between the dark rocks at night and the lava was pretty extreme!

wide view

a bit tighter

as tight as it gets...

[elHoagie]

I still have more photos from the Andersen garden, which I'll try to post ASAP.

[comic097]

Keep em coming Jack, great pics mate

[elHoagie]

At long last, here are the photos from Jerry and Cindy's place...

Oraniopsis apendiculata

Caryota zebrina

Dypsis ambositrae

Dypsis onilahensis

[elHoagie]

Ravenea sambiranensis

Dypsis sp. "bejofa"

[elHoagie]

Dypsis sp. "laffa"

Dypsis sp. "bejofa"

[elHoagie]

Burretiokentia koghiensis

Chamaedorea robertii

Johannesteijsmannia altifrons

[elHoagie]

Euterpe sp. "Espiritu Santo"

Ravenea sp. "Mayotte"

That's all!

[Dr. George]

Great gardens. Great Pics. Always enjoy visiting these folks. Thanks, Jack. - gmp

[Pedro 65]

Top Shots Jack , I didn't see this thread till "now" as I was away from the internet world for a few days on from the 5th june, I'd love to see all these gardens and "more" 1 day, when I finally get to Hawaii and farther "after" the family court stuff is "all over"

Pete

[Jeff Searle]

Jack,

Thanks for the great coverage of some of the best collections in the world. I never get tired of looking at this stuff! And thanks to all the host.

[Darold Petty]

Jack, concerning the Geonoma in post #4 and 5, might this Not be G. epetiolata ? I don't see any of the very characteristic mottling of maroon against a lighter background, but I don't know this genus well enough to suggest an alternate species name.

[Hilo Jason]

Great thread and pictures. Thanks Jack

[grant b.]

Dypsis sp. "laffa"

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wow that papaya is loaded. is laffa a hybrid?

[edric]

One more from Bob and Tim's

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Calyptrocalyx leptostachys

Hi Jack, not through yet, but thanks for a great tour of a Garden I'd never seen photos of before, Ed

[Walter John]

Thanks Jack, as someone said above, we never tire of looking at Hawaiian palm gardens, it doesn't matter if the same palm is photographed in different threads, it's the mecca of so many species. I am curious though why we don't see many Cyrtostachys pics or coconut varieties, maybe I'll have to go next time, I'd like to think I'm a chance in 2016.

Thanks again Jack..

[palmtreesforpleasure]

Hi Jack

another Pictorial masterpiece, great selection of some of the special palms you saw, they all grow so well there

regards

colin

[edric]

Hey Jack, glad to have some new shots of some great palms, 3 that aren't even in Palmpedia, I had my work cut out for me this time. thanks for your diligence, Ed