Dr. Giuseppe MAZZA
Journalist - Scientific photographer
Palmae
The photographic file of Giuseppe Mazza
Archontophoenix cunninghamiana
Howeia forsteriana - Washingtonia filifera - Chamaedorea elegans - Brahea armata ( = Erythea armata ) - Phoenix roebelenii
Phoenix roebelenii - Chamaerops humilis - Butia capitata
Trithrinax campestris - Syagrus romanzoffiana - Cocos nucifera
Cocos nucifera - Phoenix dactylifera
Phoenix dactylifera - Acoelorraphe wrightii
Acoelorraphe wrightii - Bismarckia nobilis - Phoenix canariensis in its natural habitat
Phoenix canariensis in its natural habitat
The fruits of Phoenix canariensis can be either yellow or red
Phoenix canariensis with yellow and red fruits - Latania loddigesii
Syagrus romanzoffiana - Livistona chinensis : spectacular specimen with seven arms at Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife Island
Caryota urens : a urticating palm - Sabal palmetto - Washingtonia robusta
Rhapis excelsa - Butia paraguayensis - Pinanga kuhlii
Acrocomia crispa ( = Gastrococos crispa ) - Dypsis decayi - Arenga pinnata - Arenga westerhoutii - Roystonea regia
Deckenia nobilis : particular of the typical containers which protect the unripe inflorescences - Nephrosperma van-houtteanum
Verschaffeltia splendida : particular of the roots and young plants in the Vallée de Mai forest - Roscheria melanochaetes : a rare plant in the Seychelles
Phoenicophorium borsigianum - Lodoicea maldivica with fruits.
Lodoicea maldivica con frutti, le famose noci a due lobi dei Coco de Mer. the famous two lobes nuts of the Coco de Mer. These are large when the fruit, as shown in the bottom photos, right side, carries one seed only; and smaller when the fruit holds 2 or 3 of them. In this case, when peeled, the seeds look as shown in the left side bottom photo.
Lodoicea maldivica : fruits with 2-3 nuts - germinating seed - The support of the trunk, shaped like a strainer, with holes lodging the fibres for and elastic stand.
Lodoicea maldivica in the Vallée de Mai, Seychelles. A 180° panoramic view.
Vallée de Mai, Seychelles, forest, with young plants of Lodoicea maldivica.
Lodoicea maldivica : young plants and females with fruits.
Vallée de Mai forest with Lodoicea maldivica - Male specimen with inflorescence.
Lodoicea maldivica : male inflorescence
Lodoicea maldivica : particular of the male inflorescence
Male flowers of Lodoicea maldivica - Female inflorescence and detail of the stigma.
Lodoicea maldivica in the wild, and at the Mont Fleuri Botanical Gardens of Victoria, Seychelles.
Lodoicea maldivica in the wild - Dypsis lutescens ( = Chrysalidocarpus lutescens ) - Cyrtostachys renda - Latania loddigesii
Latania loddigesii - Dypsis cabadae
Elaeis guineensis - Hyophorbe lagenicaulis
Borassus flabellifer - Livistona rotundifolia
Bismarckia nobilis - Pritchardia pacifica
Verschaffeltia splendida - Ptychosperma macarthurii - Cocos nucifera
Cocos nucifera - Livistona chinensis
Caryota urens - Copernicia macroglossa - Hyphaene thebaica - Washingtonia filifera - Roystonea oleracea
Roystonea oleracea - The thorns of the Washingtonia robusta are useful for distinguishing it from the Washingtonia filifera - Particular of the inflorescence of Syagrus romanzoffiana
Particular of the inflorescence of Syagrus romanzoffiana - Adonidia merrillii
Fruits of Adonidia merrillii - Hyophorbe lagenicaulis - Trachycarpus fortunei
Roystonea regia - Pritchardia pacifica - Phoenix roebelenii - Phoenix dactylifera - Dictyosperma album
Ptychosperma elegans - Young plants of Archontophoenix cunninghamiana
Copernicia curbeloi - Linospadix monostachya - Borassus flabellifer - Corypha umbraculifera
Syagrus romanzoffiana - Licuala spinosa - Oncosperma tigillarium - Ptychosperma macarthurii - Phoenix reclinata - Lytocaryum weddellianum
Arenga undulatifolia - Arenga hookeriana
Bismarckia nobilis - Arenga microcarpa - Attalea insignis - Attalea cohune
Carpentaria acuminata - Copernicia gigas - Actinorhytis calapparia
Copernicia berteroana - Copernicia fallaensis
Bentinckia nicobarica - Copernicia prunifera - Corypha lecomtei - Coccothrinax crinita
Dictyosperma album - Deckenia nobilis
Elaeis guineensis - Hydriastele beguinii - Corypha utan - Johannesteijsmannia lanceolata
Iguanura wallichiana - Licuala peltata - Licuala ramsayi
Licuala ramsayi - Licuala spinosa - Metroxylon salomonense
Pseudophoenix vinifera - Livistona decora - Satakentia liukiuensis
Pinanga kuhlii - Oenocarpus mapora - Pinanga coronata - Pinanga adangensis
Sommieria leucophylla - Wodyetia bifurcata - Syagrus orinocensis - Wallichia disticha - Pigafetta filaris
© Giuseppe Mazza
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