Alex-
Greatr pics, thanx for sharing

Great pix, thanks for the tour! Those ocean photos make me want to catch a plane. :-)
A row of big Roystonea is so stately and impressive! (thumbs up!)

Believe it or not, the only species of palms native to the islands, is Sabal bermudana--all others were introduced by humans. When I was in Bermuda, we were told what a labor-intensive feat it is to actually plant palms there due to poor, shallow soils but that no expense is too great because that's what the tourists expect to see.

Thanks for the pics, Bermuda does inspire dreams...if only in our backyards.

Thanks andy, Catkim, and Njoasis!

Its amazing that Bermuda only has 1 native palm, but it's true! As for the difficulty in actually planting palms in Bermuda because of the soil, I didn't now that, but I definitely believe it! The islands are just like BIG rocks in the ocean!
Southern Florida has a similar problem growing tropical fruit trees since the soil is very poor and sandy so when people want a really lush tropical garden, they have to get a lot of new topsoil to make it happen!
-Alex

Sabal bermudana is actually a very nice palm (big, blue-gray leaves, robust and fairly cold hardy). I got mine on eBay a couple of years ago and it is doing well.

Yes, I knew that about S. Florida soils (also very alkaline). Similarly, S. Florida has relatively few native palms (Roystonea, Sabal palmetto, Seranoa repens, Paurotis, and a few others). People planted all the others.

Bermuda looks beautiful. Looks like you really enjoyed your vacation.

I like Sabal Bermudana, there were several in Bermuda (not as many as I actually expected!) and they had a really nice blue tint to the fronds. The crown is also much wider than Sabal Palmetto crowns. I hear they are slightly less cold tolerant than palmetto, but definitely a beautiful palm that should be tried a lot more in gardens that push the limits with palms!

Thanks Dennis! It was a really beautiful island and a great vacation! Definitely one of my favorite islands!

-Alex

Nice pics! Now if only I could get my yard to look like that.lol

- US_Marine

That's a great photo-expose of Bermuda, looks like you had a great time clicking away at all the plants and scenery with your camera.

That tree in the photos (above the photo of the stairs carved into the coral wall) is a Calophyllum. They're slow growers but look really good when they get large.

I'm on holidays now and am travelling through lots of palm filled vistas. But I'm only taking photos in national parks, so getting the native things. I take so many photos it's difficult keeping up with cataloguing them. And if I don't catalogue them then they are too hard to find when wanting to show them to others.

Thanks Us Marine! I feel the same way! Would nice to have one of those bermuda style homes and a palm filled landscape to match!

Thanks tropicbreezent! Your definitely right on the ID! I had about 200 pics a day (and that was after I deleted all the similar pics and the ones I didnt like) so I ended up with near 1000 pics! It took a long time to sort through them all haha.
Post some of your pics if you have the chance when you are finished with your trip!

Thanks for looking!
-Alex

Im glad you didn't load all of your pics. My phone took forever to load those. But what a beautiful place. Love the clear water, very different from our green waters here. I really like that dragon tree and agaves. Can't really id that large one could be a couple of ssp. Most likely americana or franzosinii.

nice pics... nice spindle palms, too.. Araucaria columnaris, not heterophylla, though (Cook Pine, not Norfolk Island Pine). Agave franzosinii for sure. Great Pandanus... wish they would grow here in California that nice (some do well here, but never seen one like that).

Hi ALex,

Loved all of the Pics!!

I am still in a state of awe..

Please send me to Bermuda!!!

Sounds like you had a wonderful time!!

How long were you there? Those beaches looked so nice and inviting, i was expecting more of a rocky area around the beaches..

Plumeria and Agaves.. Beautifuul!!

How are you and your trees doing?

Hope all is well!!!

Thanks for the great show.. I would love to visit Bermuda just from those pics.. : )

Laura

Thanks Chadec! I have over 1000 pics so those would have taken forever to upload haha!
Thanks lzrddr. Yup, you are definitely right on both ID's. Im very lazy since I always consider cook pines and norfolk island pines the same even though they are definitely different species! I always wanted to try Pandanus as a potted plant, I think they look really cool. Seems like they do best in humid climates.

Thanks for looking!
-Alex

Hi Laura, sorry I missed your post, you posted just 1 minute before I made my post haha! The beaches in bermuda were definitely the nicest I have ever seen. There were plenty of large rocks around the beaches, but the sand itself was really soft and fine. The beaches around my area dont compare at all! Definitely one of my favorite vacations even though I was only there for 5 days.

My plumerias are doing really well. The cuttings you sent me are growing really well, the Scott Pratt is doing especially well, it put out a ton of growth this summer. The California sunset is doing well too, but I think I will give it more sun so it grows a little faster!
My largest plumeria is approaching 13 feet tall (pot included) and is now the tallest tropical plant in my yard (even larger than the Adondila I bought!)so it's going to be a real challenge finding a place for that one inside. It has 3 inflos on it now but I can only take pictures of the blooms from my upstairs window! It's about a week or 2 away from blooming. Looks like it's going to have to get cut back next spring as much as I hate having to do that to my plumerias!

I havent posted too many pics of my plumerias this year because they all bloomed so well last year that this year there have been barely any blooms at all. My plumeria Divine put out 2 flowers from the inflo that it made indoors and it is just now starting to make another inflo. My Pretty Princess has always been a late one to bloom and it's inflo is still a good month away from blooming. I hope it blooms before it's too late! Hopefully it will be a warm fall and nmaybe next summer the plumerias will all have enough growth to bloom like crazy again.

I hope your plumerias and tropicals are all doing well!

-Alex

Thank you for the visit to Bermuda. Now, I feel safe that I have seen the entire island, that way, when I visit myself, I can just spend all my time on the beach with a pina colada in my hand or a beer or two in the cooler. Or both.

Haha, sounds like a good idea. I think I covered most of the island on my vacation, still a few things I didnt do or see (like the botanical gardens), but relaxing on the beach and exploring them was one of my favorite things to do on the vacation. It's a very relaxing island, I guess that goes for most tropical islands!
-Alex