Nypa fruticans on the loose!

[bgl]

Nypa fruticans in habitat, and tens of thousands of them! At least  This is in Rammang Rammang, some 25 miles north of the city of Makassar, island of Sulawesi. Rammang Rammang also happens to be the third largest karst (limestone) in the world after the Tsingy in Madagascar and Shilin in China.

[dalmatiansoap]

Beautiful pictures!

[Brucer]

It looks tidal?

[bgl]

Just now, Brucer said:

It looks tidal?

That would surprise me since this is a good distance inland. 10-15 miles or so I think. But who knows - maybe a very minor tide of a couple of feet or so.

[tropicbreeze]

The distant trees in the first photo look like Mangroves. Also the small sapling on the waters edge in the last photo. Rivers can be tidal a long way up. Here we have some tidal for over 100 kms. Dry season saline water can get that far. Nypa, like other mangroves, needs a certain amount of fresh water input which comes as seepage from the land along the rivers. Dry season the seepage keeps them going and wet season the main body of saline water is flushed out. Ideally they like a long wet season. None of the local Nypa here grow where there's a large tidal movement, that's one thing they don't seem to like. Probably because the small tidal movements prevent the fresh water seepage draining too fast.

 

[Kris]

Beautiful visuals,and most palms dried fronds are neatly trimmed. And the waterway is also kept clean without any floating dead fronds or seeds very nice.

Thanks and Love,

Kris.

[Kim]

How fun to go palm hunting in a canoe.  The Nypa fruticans has such a unique look with those very tall, vertical, slightly recurved fronds. Beautiful! Most of us don't have quite enough water to satisfy them.

[BPK Palm Addict]

Awesome photos.  Thanks for sharing.