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| I went to mexico recently and i made sure to take lots of pics for the forumn.
There are over 75 pictures ----------------------Palms------------------------------ Sabal Yupa and or Sabal Mauritiiformis
my favorite beach front. The green trunk is really interesting
clean trunk
shade grown huge leaves
no trunk
seedling
Thrinax radiata Sea Thatch palm This was the most common palm i saw
growing on an island
leaning over the water
group of them
ocean front
looks like a windmill palm when young
growing through the roof
on a rock
night pic
with boots
tall one
leaning trunk
beach of them
healthy one Bamboo palm
in flower
biggest one
wild
Bottle Palm
Phoenix CIDP and roebelenii
Royal Palm
Christmas palm
with fruit
Lady Palm
Mystery palm seedling
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- Posted by tropicalzone7 7 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 7, 11 at 0:38
| Awesome pictures! It looks like Thrinax palms are very popular in Mexico! Did you see any Washingtonias in that part of Mexico (I know that they are naturally found much farther north (right along the US/Mexican Border). It looks like you had a great time down in the tropics! Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to seeing some more pics! -Alex |
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- Posted by tropicpalms (My Page) on Mon, Mar 7, 11 at 9:45
| very nice pics looks like you went to xel ha? is that where mant of the pics were taken? south of playa del carmen/ couzmel? super nice pics love them and cant wait for more. do u have any more pics with out the palms? i know it sounds weird just of the area i havent been in 3 years and miss it! -Justin in Vb |
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| Nice,must have been great to see so many palms in a nice warm setting! |
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- Posted by statenislandpalm7a 7a (My Page) on Mon, Mar 7, 11 at 17:01
| Alex yes the thrinax are the most common native palms. I did see some washingtonias along the road but none taller than 10 feet. I wonder why there are no big ones. Justin no i didnt got xel ha i took a tour of coba and i took some of the pics there. I stayed in a resort outside of play del carmen and thats where nearly all the pics were taken.The clean trunk sabal was near coba. The unfortunatly i dont have any pics of the area just family pics that i left out. Thanks Jim. |
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- Posted by statenislandpalm7a 7a (My Page) on Mon, Mar 7, 11 at 18:00
 croton
bannana this one reminds me of jim's garden
orchid tree
ponytail palm
jade hedge
tree sized plumeria
flowers
double travelers palm
single travelers palm
agave
birds of paradise flower
orleander
unknown tree
mango
fruit
ginger plant probably 20 feet tall
ginger flowers
tree cactus
tree croton
aloe vera in a tree?
bromeliads? staghorn fern?
aloe flower
bromeliad
agave
agave
a great representation of the tropics a spanish moss covered tree with flowering bromeliads
interesting tree growing from the mayan ruins
mangrove roots
mangrove
Please id this plant it looks like a coleus and i want to get some seeds
Animals next when i get a chance
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- Posted by tropicalzone7 7 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 7, 11 at 20:24
| Awesome pics! I really enjoyed looking at them! I cant help with the ID for the last one, but their are a few that I can ID. The nice flowering tree growing on the mayan ruins is a Brachychiton discolor. I learned about that one for the first time when I saw it at the San Diego Zoo. They are such cool looking trees! Also the 20 foot ginger looks like a heliconia to me. They are definitely one of my favorite plants and a symbol of the tropics for sure! The Aloe Vera growing in the tree looks like a bromeliad to me. Not sure what family its in since I dont know a ton about bromeliad families at all! The Staghorn fern/bromeliad is an orchid. Im not sure what type, but it looks really nice! Thanks for posting the pics! Looking forward to seeing the animal pics too! |
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- Posted by statenislandpalm7a 7a (My Page) on Mon, Mar 7, 11 at 22:22
| Thanks Alex. The reason i thought it was aloe was that it has soft leaves with small spikes |
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- Posted by tropicalzone7 7 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 7, 11 at 22:32
| I can definitely see why you would think its an aloe. Most of the bromeliads in stores here dont have those teeth at the edge of the leaves and the bromeliads that do have those teeth look a lot more like arid and dry loving plants than humid loving plants! I think Aloe is native to Mexico (or at least some species). I could definitely be wrong though. -Alex |
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- Posted by tropicalzone7 7 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 7, 11 at 22:34
| Whoops never mind, Aloes are native to Africa not Mexico. |
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- Posted by statenislandpalm7a 7a (My Page) on Mon, Mar 7, 11 at 22:41
| Oh thanks i didnt know they are from africa. The bromeliads in the spanish moss look kinda like the flowering ones they sell in stores |
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- Posted by tropicalzone7 7 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 7, 11 at 23:53
| Your right, they definitely do! I wonder if they were planted there by someone keeping the area clean and landscaped. Was it near any public places or a little side trail? That spanish moss looks great! Ive never seen spanish moss grow that far south before. -Alex |
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- Posted by statenislandpalm7a 7a (My Page) on Tue, Mar 8, 11 at 18:49
 iguana
pelican mapache
peacock parrot
aligator
land crab
coati
iguana
still need an id
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- Posted by statenislandpalm7a 7a (My Page) on Tue, Mar 8, 11 at 18:56
| I got an id for the plant on the tropicals forum Acalypha wilkesiana (Jacob's coat) |
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- Posted by tropicalzone7 7 (My Page) on Tue, Mar 8, 11 at 20:04
| Iguanas look so cool. I saw my first iguana in Mexico a few years back (cant remember the name of the area though). I also like the pelicans too! They are probably my favorite bird in Florida. Great pics! Thanks for sharing! -Alex |
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- Posted by statenislandpalm7a 7a (My Page) on Wed, Mar 9, 11 at 17:23
| Thanks Alex |
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