Palm memorabilia what’s out there in collections

[happypalms]

With palms being famous all around the world over time with many a object devoted to the palm memorabilia for every day use sold mostly sold as tourist merchandise but a great link to the past with antique treasures to be found in opportunity shops or markets or antique dealers for collectors keen to pay for an opportunity to some great palm memorabilia in the form of plates or a tea pot coaster 

[Darold Petty]

I purchased this image of Howea belmoreana at  the 'flea market' in Paris .  L'Ilustration Horticole,  circa 1875, hand tinted lithograph.

[Darold Petty]

Here is my non-viable seed of Lodoicea, and also my current screen wallpaper, an image of Mt Lidgbird and Mt Gower.

[happypalms]

13 hours ago, Darold Petty said:

I purchased this image of Howea belmoreana at  the 'flea market' in Paris .  L'Ilustration Horticole,  circa 1875, hand tinted lithograph.

Now that’s definitely a good find and in Paris plus a bonus being a kentia 👍

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13 hours ago, Darold Petty said:

Here is my non-viable seed of Lodoicea, and also my current screen wallpaper, an image of Mt Lidgbird and Mt Gower.

And a non viable coco demer even a better find iam sure the sailors of the past have fond memories of those palm seeds and the screen saver definitely an Australian theme there with the kentia lithograph I hope you have hedyscepe palm growing to complete the collection 

[Darold Petty]

 "I hope you have hedyscepe palm growing to complete the collection."

Richard, I live on an urban property only 8 meters wide.

  Planted  in ground, I have, from trunked adults to small starts,.... 10 Howea forsteriana,  5 H.  belmoreana,  6 Hedyscepe, and 4 Lepidorrhachis. 

I also have 2 large plants of Dietes robinsoniana.    

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4 hours ago, Darold Petty said:

 "I hope you have hedyscepe palm growing to complete the collection."

Richard, I live on an urban property only 8 meters wide.

  Planted  in ground, I have, from trunked adults to small starts,.... 10 Howea forsteriana,  5 H.  belmoreana,  6 Hedyscepe, and 4 Lepidorrhachis. 

I also have 2 large plants of Dietes robinsoniana.    

That’s all the space you need and you have put it to good use nice to see your priorities are palms and nearly all Australian 👍

[Darold Petty]

I also grow Laccospadix, Linospadix, and Archontophoenix !

[Tyrone]

On 1/28/2024 at 11:10 PM, Darold Petty said:

Here is my non-viable seed of Lodoicea, and also my current screen wallpaper, an image of Mt Lidgbird and Mt Gower.

My screen saver is a picture from Mt Gower past a Hedyscepe looking down to the bay where your screen saver picture was taken. 

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14 hours ago, Darold Petty said:

I also grow Laccospadix, Linospadix, and Archontophoenix !

Bit of an Australian theme there for sure good one