Seedlings and what not

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Roystonea borinquena on their third strap leaf. The last leaf must be about 3' long! One year from seed.

Compare the size with A. purpurea:

One more:

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My pool deck is... no FREE space. HELP!

But I LOVE IT!

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Also from seed collected in Puerto Rico, Adonidia merrilli

This was collected at Leu, from Eric:

Coffee will be brewing soon!

[Brian_K]

Where did you collect the borinquena?  I brought back a handful of roystonea seeds from San Juan that need an I.D..

The first 2 photos are of the parents.  The most common palms were Adonidia merrilli, cocos, and whatever this pritchardia is:

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Brian!! One of those in Paseo de la Princesa is the mother of my little ones!!!!    

I also have seeds from those Pritchardia pacifica in Old San Juan. See my thread of Puerto Rico (part I and II) in the Travel section.

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By the way, I like your first pic, it portrays a classic stamp of the Old San Juan street: The Roystonea, the brick street, and the "piraguero" (shave ice vendor).

And no doubt, the crown of that very same palm is this one:

That palm is right next to the "puerta de San Juan". The only remaining door through the Spanish walls into the walled city.

Please, more!

[Brian_K]

A courthouse or something:

Big walls

More of the path around the walls

Playa Escambron

[Brian_K]

Branching palm

Fountain

Same palm in your last picture

Across the street

[Brian_K]

Short and stout

Better looking one

Condado

[SubTropicRay]

Great photos Frank.

[FossilNypa]

Nice seedlings and photos.

[Kris]

Dear Frank & Dear Brian  

Fentastic stills of beautiful palms,and it is clear you have a terrefic machine to shoot.

since iam using the canon brand,not that happy.can you both

tell me what machine do you use !

since those machines needs a applause..

thanks & Love,

Kris  

[redant]

Your screen enclosure is much like mine, a shade house.

[www.dadluvsu.com]

Great photos guys, thanks for sharing!

[paulgila]

great pix! i love the green crownshaft on those royals!

its funny that beach plants look the same in all the tropical places i've seen.if you had to guess where you were from the plants only it'd be dern near impossible

[Brian_K]

camera is a fujifilm A350 5.2 MP.  You can get newer ones that are much better, but the price was right for this.

[Kris]

Dear Brian  

thanks for the information.and it seems that machine is far better,though mine is a 6 mega pexil(no use at all).

thanks & Love,

Kris