Canary Island's Canary Dates

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Here are some photos of wild and cultivated Phoenix palms growing in the Canary Islands, although many are hybrids... even the wild ones!

Park in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

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A wild hybrid. There are tons of hybrids growing that look exactly like this. Look at that camo.

Another hybrid growing wild

Some growing on part of Carlo's property

This valley looks small, but to the left where you can't see there are about a thousand Phoenix canariensis. (Photos of that farther down)

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Slightly better view from the top of Carlo's property

Some growing in Valverde, on the island of El Hierro

Some weird looking hybrids. Taken into the sun though

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The same valley from a different angle

Palms along the walk to the valley

Growing along the road

A giant individual

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Palms in the valley

The Valley

Into the sun

Growing along a stream

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The Crowns on some looked different

In Anaga (The northern part of the island)

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Looks somewhat kind of like an Attalea

A floor of lethal fronds

Growing along a stream again

They are very big, but look bigger in person

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Giant fronds

WOAH! Look at that

Where palm meets soil...or rock. The base is about 4 feet in diameter.

Some more

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This one is slightly plumose

Growing up the slope

Road growing through the palms

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Seeds

Now this is my idea of field grown palms

And a Phoenix nucifera

Enjoy everyone, and Krisachar.

[LA PALM BOY]

Are you sure that you didn't take those pics in the hills just north of San Diego? :laugh:  :laugh:  :laugh:

Seriously...you should have brought back some "stuff" (eh'em) for us So. Cal'ers!

(Gees...I feel like a drug dealer!!)

Doug

[Kris]

Dear Kyle  

Thanks a thousand times to you my friend.that's plently of CIDP's and seeing them growning in the wild was very joyful and to my heart content i really feasted on the CIDP's visuals..

But seeing it in a natural habitate(its own home),it seems these guys adopt very easily and quickly to new environements one such example is L.A,las vegas,beverly hills,

florida_Miami location.and i must say U.S folks have made the CIDP's look even stouter trunked than seen in the wild !

And one more realisation that i began to sense is if i place around 3 phoenix in front of our house.i doubt wheather i will be able to see our house structure..so fearfully imposing they look in your still...yes iam frightened by its grouth.

And also appears that its high on maintanence...fronds trimming,removing lots of fruits falling,weeds growing on it and on the ground..upto 12 feet i have a ladder and i will clean it up myself after that how ?

Anyway i really enjoyed your CIDP stills very very much..

thanks & love,

Kris  

[Zac in NC]

Wow!!!!!!!!!! Great pics. I know you have to have more than that.

Zac

[deezpalms]

Great pics again Kyle!! I spy a misfits shirt ~ SWEET!!

[surgeon83]

The clumpers in post 4 look awesome, one would just need to sacrifice 1/8 acre of his/her property to fit it!

Given plenty of water and pruning, the ones in post 8 with the upright fronds could really make a statement as landscape specimens in the front of a house.

My absolute favorite is the coconut one in post 10- even without the curve in the trunk, the rest of the trunk is so perfect and smooth, and way the photo was taken with the light behind the fronds to make them look greener helps a lot.  If I were you, I would have that one printed out and framed!  That particular palm looks like it was carefully pruned- is that the case, or what?  Because it also doesn't look like its in someone's yard...

Thanks for the pics; its nice to know where all of my baby CIDPs I'm raising originated from!

[Paul S]

Beautiful.  I saw just a few of those palms in a few of those places - I want to go back there!

edit - Kyle - for when I do return could you please describe where exactly that walk in Anaga is?

[galveston1602]

#10 is downright awesome....

Id like to have a full size version of that if your willing

sounds like you had an awesome time, I may have missed it but, how long were you there?

[kylecawazafla]

Hey, yeah I can email you a full sized version if you want. I was there for 2.5 months. Not enough time still!