Palms in Habitat

[Daryl]

OK, this was Realarch's suggestion (thanks Tim!) 

 

This is a thread for photos of palms in habitat...no cultivated palms...just palms in their natural state...

I'll get the ball rolling with  a few of my recent photos....please feel free to add your own!

Here's some Livistona inermis from Katherine Gorge, NT, Australia

 

 

[Daryl]

Here's some Livistona victoriae at Victoria River, NT Australia

 

[Daryl]

Here's some Livistona rigida at Mataranka, NT Australia

 

[Daryl]

Here's some Livistona humilis, Top End, NT Australia

 

[Daryl]

Here's some Livistona benthami at Holmes Jungle, NT Australia

 

[Daryl]

Hydriastele ramsayi, Arnhem Highway, NT Australia

 

[Daryl]

Carpentaria acuminata, Litchfield National Park, NT Australia

 

Edited November 18, 2022 by Daryl

[Daryl]

Hydriastele wendlandiana, Florence Falls, NT Australia

 

[aztropic]

Coccothrinax boschiana - Barahona peninsula - Dominican Republic 

 

[idontknowhatnametuse]

Roystonea Dunlapiana

[ChrisA]

Sabal mexicana in natural habitat in Cameron County, Texas (March 2022).

[aztropic]

Pseudophoenix ekmanii - Jaragua National Park - (Haiti border) -  Dominican Republic 

[Emarohl]

Sabal palmetto canopy in its natural habitat at Lake Myakka in Myakka River State park. Sarasota county, FL. I think they look so majestic with the live oaks and Spanish moss mixed in. 
 

gotta love the Florida natives! 

Edited November 18, 2022 by Emarohl

[WaianaeCrider]

P martii along the Laie Trail  Ko`olau Mts, O`ahu

[WaianaeCrider]

P. martii in Kaipapa`u Valley, Ko`olau Mts, O`ahu

[WaianaeCrider]

P. martii  Kaipapa`u Valley, Ko`olau Mts, O`ahu

[Marius]

Hypheane coriacea in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. 

[aztropic]

Copernicia cowellii - Camaguey,Cuba

 

aztropic

Mesa, Arizona 

[Zeeth]

4 hours ago, WaianaeCrider said:

P martii along the Laie Trail  Ko`olau Mts, O`ahu

Isn't this one Pritchardia kahukuensis? Here's a recent pic I took of the same palm

[Zeeth]

R. regia in the Fakahatchee strand:

[Motlife]

Nīkau (R.  Sapida) in Golden Bay, NZ

[WaianaeCrider]

4 hours ago, Zeeth said:

Isn't this one Pritchardia kahukuensis? Here's a recent pic I took of the same palm

Could be.  they all look the same to me.  LOL  That picture was taken back around 2008.  I think I remember someone saying that now that you mention it. 

[PalmTreeDude]

Sabal minor and a single Sabal palmetto at Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge, near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. 

Edited November 19, 2022 by PalmTreeDude

[bubba]

Thank you Daryl for lighting the fuse that produced such a boldacious thread that I hope continues.

[realarch]

Thanks Daryl for starting the thread and taking the time to show us in situ stands of various palms while we were in Australia. Unforgettable!

Here are a few photos from a trip to Ecuador along the Napo river. Incredibly rich in palm species. 

Tim

Phytelephas tenuicaulis forest. 

 

[realarch]

Iriartea deltoidea were everywhere, so robust, so unique. Hence the Avatar. 

Socratea exorrhiza were part of the mix, second photo lower right. 

[realarch]

Here’s a typical shot of the forest from the vantage of a giant Kapok tree. 

Astrocaryum chambira, Attalea, Iriartea, and Euterpe precatoria……..the usual suspects. 

Euterpe precatoria in the second shot. 

Tim

[realarch]

Giant Manicaria saccifera along rivers and tributaries were common.

Tim

[Jonathan Haycock]

Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, Mount Tamborine, Queensland. 

[Jonathan Haycock]

Linospadix monostachya, Tamborine National Park, Queensland.

[kinzyjr]

Similar to @Emarohl's post at Myakka River State Park, this was Florida before we decided to pave it and put McMansions and HOAs everywhere. 

Sabal palmetto at Alafia River Reserve in Mulberry, FL

[realarch]

New Zealand, South Island north of Greymouth at a place called Pancake Rocks. The sun was low on the horizon and the crown shafts of Rhopalostylis sapida were glowing. Needless to say, I had a moment. 

Tim

Edited November 21, 2022 by realarch
Added photograph

[mike in kurtistown]

This thread made me think of pics from the IPS biennial trip in Colombia in 2018. Here are some of them from a trip into the mountain forests:

This one was taken by Rick Hawkins, as I didn't get to see it. It is Chelyocarpus dianeurus

Here is a view of the mountain landscape. Cleared areas are probably used for raising cattle.

 

I'm no orchid expert, but someone told me that this was a micro orchid of the genus Pleurothalis (found by the side of the mountain road):

This is what the trip was to see, a massed group of Ceroxylon quindiuense:

Here is a closer view of a group of this species:

Here is a closeup of the crown of a Ceroxylon quindiuense:

Here is a hillside settlement with Ceroxylons that were preserved when the land was cleared. Unfortunately, there is little recruitment of seedlings in these areas.

 

[mike in kurtistown]

Now, we have left the mountains and entered the forest (jungle) in a preserved area on the coast of eastern Colombia.

First, here is a Manicaria saccifera by the side of the trail, as were all the Manicarias we saw:

Euterpe oleracea in the foreground, Oenocarpus bataua behind it:

Here is a juvenile Mauritiella macroclada. I have several pics of larger ones, but this was the best shot.

Here is Geonoma deversa, with a typical pinkish reddish new leaf:

It was hard to get a distant shot of Ammandra decasperma, but we could see parts of them by the side of the trail:

Finally, some of us made a special trip to see Attalea cuatrecasana. I wish I had gotten a more distant shot of the whole palm (a juvenile) but this gives an idea of what this monster is like:

That's all for now.

 

[realarch]

Good grief Mike, I’ve never even heard of some of those species. You need to post MORE!

Tim

[JASON M]

Washingtonia Filifera “California Fan Palm”, found in canyons and near springs in the deserts west of Los Angeles and San Diego

[GoatLockerGuns]

Leucothrinax morrissii (I think), in situ on Andros Island, The Bahamas (circa 2010 through 2013).

[kinzyjr]

The following photos are from Lakeland Highland Scrub, a nature preserve south of our concrete jungle.

https://floridahikes.com/lakeland-highlands-scrub

Sabal palmetto: Compare these to the photos of Alafia River.  What difference do you notice?

Serenoa repens (various)

As they age, they do form a trunk...

Most in this area are the green variety, but you can see some that are half/half and some that are silver

I was surprised to see one flowering today as they usually flower in the summer months.

You can see how quickly the "scrub" has recovered from a fire caused by a lightning strike in June 2021:

https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2021/06/02/wildfire-burns-lakeland-highlands-scrub-other-sites-being-monitored/7506200002/

[GoatLockerGuns]

El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico (circa 2011). I am guessing at least some of these are Roystonea borinquena?

[realarch]

Renewed my appreciation for Syagrus romanzoffiana, the ole Queen palm. Iguazu Falls, Argentina/Brazil. This photo is from the Argentinian side. If you have a ‘Bucket List’ the falls should be on it. 

Tim