1977 Palmengarten almost 40 years ago

[Pal Meir]

I found some nostalgic photos from ancient times almost 40 years ago, when I visited Palmengarten at Frankfurt/Main in April and May 1977. – The first photos are from 1977-04-09, scanned from an analogue negative film:

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The following pics are taken on 1977-04-30:

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And the last batch is from 1977-05-22:

[DoomsDave]

I'll bet it was a big job hauling that CIDP inside every year.

Is the garden still there?

[Pal Meir]

2 minutes ago, DoomsDave said:

I'll bet it was a big job hauling that CIDP inside every year.

Is the garden still there?

That’s the reason why I’m now growing palms of Chamaedorea tuerckheimii size.

The garden is still in Germany: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmengarten

[Pal Meir]

Some more photos from 1977; the Phoenix on the first one looks to me like a Ph. dactylifera (?):

Inside the hothouse it is dark like in a jungle:

Another Chamaedorea without species label:

And here a Sabal seedling labeled as S. blackburniana:

Still a baby but a real Pinanga:

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Following an update nine years later from 1986, 30 years ago. On the first photo the Licualas now in the ground:

And for that time an unusual exotic Roscheria melanochaetes:

A little Archontophoenix cunninghamiana with undisturbed fronds:

Another Chamaedorea without species label:

And a Coccothrinax crinita wearing its fur coat even in a hothouse:

And my beloved olde Cocos weddelliana, now Syagrus w. (not looking too happy):

 

[cristi]

Superb!!