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bikoro child
05-14-2008, 10:08 AM
Last week i went to west of France with a group of fans of palms for 3 days here are some pics of that place...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9627 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9628&ppuser=1162)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9628 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9625)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9626 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9623)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9625 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9626)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9624 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9622)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9623 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9624)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9622 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9360&ppuser=1162)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9635&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9635&ppuser=1162)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9634 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9633)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9633&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9633)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9631 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9632)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9632 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9630)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9630&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9630)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9629 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9627)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9636 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9635)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9638&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9638)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9637 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9638)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9639 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9637)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9641 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9639)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9640&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9640)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9642&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9642)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9644 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9645&ppuser=1162)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9645 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9643)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9643 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9642&ppuser=1162)
a tortle swimming in the palms
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9646 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9647)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9648 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9646)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9647&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9647)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9649 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9648)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9650&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9650)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9654&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9654)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9655&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9655)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9656&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9656)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9651&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9651)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9652&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9652)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9653 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9652)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9657 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9658)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9658&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9658)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9661&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9661)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9662&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9662)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9660 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9661)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9659 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9660)
Niklau palm
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9663 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9664)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9664&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9664)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9665&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9665)

hydrojeff
05-14-2008, 10:38 AM
beautiful, thanks for sharing the pics Bikoro!!!!!!!

island cassie
05-14-2008, 10:55 AM
Gorgeous gardens - photos are not too shabby either!! Just lovely!

Cassie

magicgreen
05-14-2008, 01:06 PM
Just beautiful Bokoro child! Thanks for the pictures!

dablo93
05-14-2008, 01:25 PM
I enjoyed to see this pics, thanks for sharing!!
that gunnera's are huge and do i see on one pic a heliconia?
btw, its not Niklau palm but Nikau palm ;)

Dean W.
05-14-2008, 01:46 PM
Beautiful, thanks for sharing the pictures of the gardens. :waving:

bikoro child
05-14-2008, 01:55 PM
I hope these photos you liked ... I did not have enough autonomy on my camera and I use my phone is why some of the photos are not very good ... I hope that here you will want to visit to France...thanx dablo it 's a rhopalostylis sapida ..On what pic did you see an heliconia?

dablo93
05-15-2008, 01:20 AM
on pic. # 18 ;)
france is a beautiful country, last week I visited Paris.

bikoro child
05-15-2008, 01:26 AM
It's a strelitzia nicolai...

chong
05-15-2008, 01:32 AM
NOT FAIR!!!! I'm in Seattle with no sun and 40°F(4.4°C), wet ground, rain. . . . . . boo! hoo! hoo! Oh! and I gotta work, too.

Thank you for those awesome pictures.

mskitty38583
05-15-2008, 09:21 AM
what are the plants in the second pic, the ones in the foreground? all ur pics are lovely!

bikoro child
05-15-2008, 11:53 AM
they are gunneras manicata a kind of giant rhubarb from Chile ,the leaves can reach 3 metres in diameter...they are as hardy as musa Basjoo...

dablo93
05-15-2008, 01:21 PM
that leaves are huge, I think the height is at least 2 meters from the leaves in the first pic?
in gardencentra you can buy Gunnera Manicata but they are always then Gunnera Tinctoria, the smallel form.

mskitty38583
05-15-2008, 05:04 PM
the leaves are very pretty. i might have to get some ruhbard( or how ever its spelled). i like to use it in cakes and pies. yummy yummy! thanks for the pics and the id on the plant. and here i thought the only thing to see in france was claude monets' house..... guess i was wrong.;)

Tropicallvr
05-16-2008, 03:07 AM
Awesome, those beach and rock shot's are great, and the New zealand palm is my favorite plant one.
Thanks

bikoro child
05-16-2008, 05:28 AM
some rocks are looking like human body parts...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9684&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9684&ppuser=1162):11:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=9684&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9684&ppuser=1162)

Miracle_Ace
05-17-2008, 03:51 PM
Just Stunning Bikoro!
I'm a big palm fan myself, truly exotic.