Cycads and Palms

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Here are a few cycads and palms from our trip to San Antonio

Pritchardia schattaueri, the lands of papa pritchardi or Schattauer's loulu, is a species of palm tree in the genus Pritchardia that is endemic to mixed mesic forests on the southwestern part of island of Hawaiʻi, near Kona. It is officially listed as a Critically endangered species.

San Antonio Botanical Garden Lucile Halsell Conservatory 

Cycad family (Zamiaceae)

Palm family (Arecaceae)  

Zululand Cycad (Encephalartos ferox)
male cone

Zululand Cycad (Encephalartos ferox)

Zululand Cycad (Encephalartos ferox)

Zululand Cycad (Encephalartos ferox)

Neanthe Bella Palm (Chamaedorea elegans)
Parlor Palm

Zombia Palm (Zombia anntillarum)

Zombia Palm (Zombia anntillarum)

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The Mystery of Cycad Pollination

• Cycad Pollination
• Beetle Pollination of Cycads in the Mesozoic

Dallas Arboretum

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San Antonio Botanical Garden

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Garden Visit

spring

Here are a few of my favorite photographs from The San Antonio Botanical Gardens. 

At the entry, the spring, tulips and snapdragon (Antirrhinum sp.) bloom.  Sculptural artwork by Alejandro Martin is featured throughout the gardens. titled Geometric Harmony, the exhibit is designed for people to experience the beauty of life through nature and art.  Artwork title: Hashtag Orange.

CreditJeanette Hyden

Above:  The garden encompasses many design features including form, flow, funtion, and color. The blue agave complements the orange of the Alejandro Martin, Hashtag artwork. Beautiful harmony, yes.                Credit Jeanette Hyden

Architectural Digest magazine has listed the San Antonio Botanical Gardens as one of the top eight most beautiful gardens in the United States. The most awe-inspiring structure at the San Antonio Botanical Garden is the Lucile Halsell Conservatory. Unveiled in 1988 and designed by Argentinian architect Emilio Ambasz, the futuristic glass conservatory was the first of his projects ever built. The garden is home to several historic structures built in Texas in the 1800s, like the Daniel J. Sullivan Carriage House and the Auld House, moved to the grounds of the Garden so that the public can explore what life was like on the Texas frontier. For more information visit their website.

The  Lucile Halsell Conservatory complex entrance.  Sculptural artwork by Alejandro Martin, title: Dodecahedron.                                                             Credit: Jeanette Hyden

Sculptural artwork by Alejandro Martin, title: Dodecahedron.                                              Credit: Jeanette Hyden

The  Lucile Halsell Conservatory complex features an epiphyte exhibit room displaying orchids, bromeliads and other plants typically found in a tropical rain forest canopy.  Credit: Jeanette Hyden

Anthurium is native to the Americas, where it is distributed from northern Mexico to northern Argentina

Robert and Helen Kleberg Desert Pavilion

  Palm and Cycad Pavilion                                                                                   Credit Jeanette Hyden

Palm and Cycad Pavilion                                                                                                              Credit Jeanette Hyden

Palm and Cycad Pavilion                                                                                                                           Credit Jeanette Hyden

Sculptural artwork by Alejandro Martin, title: Geometric Harmony.                                                Credit: JeanetteHyden

Poppy     (Papaver)                                                                                                                                             Credit Jeanette Hyden

Morocco native, Linaria maroccana, commonly called linaria or toadflax.                                           Credit Jeanette Hyden

Alocasia Alligator

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My first thought upon observing this leaf was Madagascar or Australia most likely it's home. It looks unnatural. Come to find out the kris plant (Alocasia sanderiana) was hybridized with another Alocasia. The result is this shieldlike, alocasia alligator plant.

Kris dagger
Source: Kris bali 

The leaf of the Kris plant resembles the Kris dagger knife, a wavy, asymmetrical knife used on the island nations of Indonesia and the Philippines.

Many tropical leaves, feature  a pronounced ‘drip tip’, an adaptation at the end of the leaf. During the rainy phase of the monsoon season  The “drip tip”, enables the large amounts of rain to drain away from the plant quickly.

Kris plant (Alocasia sanderiana)

Alocasia Masquerade Series

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2006-2016

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Sensitive Plant | Mimosa pudica

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Mimosa is derived from the Greek meaning a mimic, alluding to the fact the leaves of some species are sensitive, and pudica from the Latin: meaning "Pure, chaste, modest, retiring, shy, bashful or shrinking." Liberty Hyde Bailey wrote about this in The Standard Cyclopedia of American Horticulture.

The globose to ovoid purple flower heads on sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica),  are 8–10 mm (0.3–0.4 in) in diameter, making this photograph a 10x enlargement.

Leaves on the Sensitive Plant (Mimosa pudica)

"Don't touch me or I will fold my leaves!"

Plant movements similar to animal movements 

A fascinating phenomenon, Nyctinastic movement is exhibited with the setting sun and decreasing light, the leaflets fold together and the whole leaf droops downward. Prayer plants come to mind.  Seismonastic movement, (from Greek, seismos, shaking), touching the leaves, or shaking the plant, or slight warming of the leaves, or chemical and electrical stimuli, or subjecting the plant to a lack of water, will cause the leaflets to fold together and the whole leaf to droop downwards temporarily. This movement is believed to arise from an enigmatic drop in cell pressure. The sensitive plant is believed to originate from South America. 



Bibliography

1. Hill, John, and Carl . Linné. The Sleep of Plants, and Cause of Motion in the Sensitive Plant: Explain'd ... in a Letter to C. Linnaeus. London: R. Baldwin, 1757. 
2. Lim T.K. (2014) Mimosa pudica. In: Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht
3. Mancuso, Stefano, The Revolutionary Genius of Plants, 2019.

Grassroots Horticulture 

2008-2019

Family | Aceraceae | Palm Trees

1. GARDENING | PLANT ID

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3. Symbolism

4. 1. The palm branch is a symbol of victory, triumph, peace, and eternal life originating in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean world. ... A palm branch was awarded to victorious athletes in ancient Greece, and a palm frond or the tree itself is one of the most common attributes of Victory personified in ancient Rome.

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   San Antonio Botanical Garden                                                                  Credit: Jeanette Hyden

   
   

San Antonio Botanical Garden                                                                  Credit: Jeanette Hyden

Neanthe Bella Palm (Chamaedorea elegans)
Parlor Palm

Zombia Palm (Zombia anntillarum)

Zombia Palm (Zombia anntillarum)

San Antonio Botanical Garden                                                                  Credit: Jeanette Hyden

               

San Antonio Botanical Garden Lucile Halsell Conservatory 

Palm family (Arecaceae)  

Neanthe Bella Palm (Chamaedorea elegans)
Parlor Palm

Zombia Palm (Zombia anntillarum)

Zombia Palm (Zombia anntillarum)

 

Archontophoenix	Bangalow palm
Areca	Betel palm	Areca catechu, the areca nut, chewed with the betelleaf has intoxicating effects.
Astrocaryum
Attalea
Bactris	Pupunha
Beccariophoenix	Beccariophoenix alfredii
Bismarckia	Bismarck palm
Borassus	Palmyra palm, sugar palm, toddy palm
Butia
Calamus	Rattan palm	The stems (rattans) are used in furniture and basketery
Ceroxylon
Cocos	Coconut
Coccothrinax
Copernicia	Carnauba wax palm	The leaves of the Brazilian palm (Copernicia) are used to make carnauba wax
Corypha	Gebang palm, Buri palm or Talipot palm
Elaeis	Oil palm	Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil produced by the oil palms in the genus Elaeis.
Euterpe	Cabbage heart palm, açaí palm
Hyphaene	Doum palm
Jubaea	Chilean wine palm, Coquito palm
Latania	Latan palm
Licuala
Livistona	Cabbage palm
Mauritia	Moriche palm
Metroxylon	Sago palm
Nypa	Nipa palm
Parajubaea	Bolivian coconut palms
Phoenix	Date palm
Phoenix sylvestris	Wild date palm
Pritchardia
Raphia	Raffia palm	The membrane of the leaves are used to make raffia fibers.
Rhapidophyllum
Rhapis
Roystonea	Royal palm
Sabal	Palmettos
Salacca	Salak
Syagrus	Queen palm
Thrinax
Trachycarpus	Windmill palm, Kumaon palm
Trithrinax
Veitchia	Manila palm, Joannis palm
Washingtonia	Fan palm

Ornament and Decoration Art

The chevron which is almost universal in Assyrian palmettes is a conventional portrayal of the leafage of the palm or water.

 palmette                                  Pomegranate palmette                     Lotus Palmette