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Exploring Lord Howe Island

Hilo Jason

By Hilo Jason
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Great photos Jason! You always do such a good job telling the story as you post. Almost like we all were there with you. Now I want Hedyscepe!

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12 hours ago, Chris Chance said:

Great photos Jason! You always do such a good job telling the story as you post. Almost like we all were there with you. Now I want Hedyscepe!

Thanks Chris!  

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23 hours ago, Palm Tree Jim said:

Thanks for sharing Jason.

It appears you had an epic trip.

 

Definitely an epic trip! 

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21 hours ago, greysrigging said:

Maaaate.... fantastic pics ! I worked on Lord Howe back in Feb 2003 ( couple of weeks putting up a shed and doing maintenance on a Satellite Antenna ). 
Would you believe the place was suffering a bit of a drought and there wasn't much green grass at the height of summer.
We had about a day and a half of free time ( finished the job early ) and had the choice of the Mt Gower trek or fishing and snorkling in the Bay.... snorkling won haha... truth be known I was probably a bit too old for the difficult hike to the summit.
 

Wow, very cool!  Thanks for posting these photos from your time there in 2003.  

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Glad you enjoyed it Jason. LHI is my favourite spot on Earth. It would be hard to find something better. Thanks for posting your pics. It brought back memories and I need to return there soon. 

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Wow, awesome Jason. Great pics too. 

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2 hours ago, Tyrone said:

Glad you enjoyed it Jason. LHI is my favourite spot on Earth. It would be hard to find something better. Thanks for posting your pics. It brought back memories and I need to return there soon. 

Glad you enjoyed the pictures and that they brought back memories. I think I agree with you about it being your favorite spot on earth. It truly is a special place that’s seems like it is outside of the chaos that most of the world is in. 

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Thanks for taking the time to post. I'm glad you had such a great trip.

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Fantastic Jason!... Thanks for adding another bucket list trip for me.. :rolleyes: :D

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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Just got home from work and this made my day.

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Remarkable travelogue and fantastic photos. Thank you so much for sharing them with us. Darold Petty has all four endemic species from the Island growing in his garden here in San Francisco. I have three of them. There are lots of other fascinating plants from the island like the Dietes robinsoniana, the Metrosideros nervulosa, and the Pandanus forsteri that you documented and that would be good horticultural candidates for coastal California. What a thrill to see the overall look of the summit cloud forest.

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San Francisco, California

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21 inches / 530mm annual rainfall, mostly October to April

Humidity averages 60 to 85 percent year-round.

Summer: 67F/55F | 19C/12C

Winter: 56F/44F | 13C/6C

40-year extremes: 96F/26F | 35.5C/-3.8C

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7 hours ago, JasonD said:

Remarkable travelogue and fantastic photos. Thank you so much for sharing them with us. Darold Petty has all four endemic species from the Island growing in his garden here in San Francisco. I have three of them. There are lots of other fascinating plants from the island like the Dietes robinsoniana, the Metrosideros nervulosa, and the Pandanus forsteri that you documented and that would be good horticultural candidates for coastal California. What a thrill to see the overall look of the summit cloud forest.

Thanks to Darold I have all 4 palm species growing here in Oceanside too!! Also have a Howea f x Howea b hybrid rocketing up too!

 

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Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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Nothing better than escaping to paradise with the one  you love The smile on your wife's face says it all.  Awesome pictures Jason Now I need to find  lepidiorachis to make my lorde howe collection complete . Have a great Thanksgiving cheers 

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 OMG Jason, now I know why you two eat all those donuts and canned vegetables........awesome journey. Glad you are my neighbors.

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Thanks for sharing this, almost feels like we were there with you!  Also glad to hear the news about the rats... hopefully this gives the Mt. Gower species a better chance at long term regeneration.

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Jason,

this is an epic documentation! 

Sharing it here with us palm talkers is just priceless! It seems that you were gifted with almost perfect meteorological conditions - your images 

are awesome - and I am really glad for you! Since I have at least a dozen Kentias in my garden at several spots I am really interested in to have 

a look at their habitat and you did really well! 

Thank you for all your efforts to go there and to join the tour - and to make all those great pictures (but just with a smart phone :hmm:....:greenthumb::greenthumb::greenthumb::P) -

best regards from Okinawa -

Lars

 

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Wow! Thanks for sharing your journey. Posts like yours really bring these exotic places to life for people like me who don't get to travel. It makes feel bad for my 4 Howea forsteriana's knowing that they should be growing there instead of my dining room. 

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