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Brandt
Joined: Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:18 am Posts: 148 Location: San Diego, California USA
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Chile Pics
I took a trip to Chile in mid-late November (2009) and finally finished posting the pics online...
Here are a few "teasers"...
Everyone loves this palm...
Monkey puzzles in the mountains east of Pucón...
Echinopsis chiloensis...
Anyway, there's a lot more at ...
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Sat Jan 02, 2010 3:43 am |
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Alexander
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:55 pm Posts: 3344 Location: Leidschendam, The Netherlands. (52 N latitude)
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Sweet memories of paradise! P.N. La Campana and that gorgeous mountain area with the lakes not that far from Pucon. I have not been to Atacama.
Chili is a must for nature and plantlovers!!!
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Bennz
Joined: Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:06 am Posts: 675 Location: Waimarama NZ
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Sat Jan 02, 2010 8:46 am |
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Mark Longley
Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:45 pm Posts: 877 Location: Auckland, NZ
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Stunning pictures - simply stunning
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Sat Jan 02, 2010 8:55 am |
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Bennz
Joined: Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:06 am Posts: 675 Location: Waimarama NZ
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One thing that is fascinating is how 'temperate' Valparaiso looks. Valdivia is at about the same latitude as me so the temperate look is not surprising, but Valparaiso is slightly further north than Sydney, which has a warm-climate look. Are there parts of the city that have more tropical style plantings? I appreciate the climate is cooler than Sydney due to the influence of cold sea current, but it's still surprising.
Did you see any classic climate-indicator plants such as Roystonea, mango, whatever, in either city?
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Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:12 am |
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Paul Spracklin
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:55 pm Posts: 2564 Location: North Thames delta UK
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An absolute treat, Brandt. Wonderful.
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Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:32 am |
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Brandt
Joined: Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:18 am Posts: 148 Location: San Diego, California USA
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Thanks for the comments! First, Valparaiso is definitely colder than Sydney overall and looks more temperate (similar to about half way between LA and San Francisco in California or around Auckland, NZ). The average annual temperature is only 58F/14C, compared with 64F/18C in Sydney, so quite a difference. I didn't see any royal palms the entire coast south of Antofagasta (and even in Antofagasta, they didn't look all that great). The climate was so cool along the coast that there were some Monterey cypress planted (with irrigation) all the way up to about 26-27 deg S along the immediate coast!!! I didn't see any mangoes in Valparaiso (and Valdivia would DEFINITELY be too cold for them--they're probably zone 9b).
Erythrina falcata was actually the most common coral tree planted in Chile (surprising that the Southern California favorite, E. caffra, wasn't planted much there). There were numerous ones in Santiago and I even saw one in Valparaiso, so it's definitely tolerant of the cold marine layer. Hopefully you can find seeds somewhere (I can check out the E. falcata here in San Diego--if I remember--in season--there are a few planted, though we could use a few more!!!).
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Sat Jan 02, 2010 10:00 am |
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MarkEE
Joined: Wed May 06, 2009 7:27 am Posts: 285 Location: Cymru
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Another great thread. The first pic is breathtaking. No garden, no matter how large or rich, could ever recreate what you see in the first pic.
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Sat Jan 02, 2010 10:21 am |
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kroisos
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:46 pm Posts: 558 Location: koekelare, Belgium...
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i would love to travel up there one day. first collect some seeds of the most southern Jubaea population (wich is not at valparaiso) and than explore lots of patagonia. nature must be breathtaking up there. i heard it's even more beautifull than new zeeland but i guess you can not compare the two with eachother:)
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Sat Jan 02, 2010 1:11 pm |
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Andy Martin
Joined: Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:58 pm Posts: 1279 Location: Oxford UK
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Sat Jan 02, 2010 4:18 pm |
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Brandt
Joined: Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:18 am Posts: 148 Location: San Diego, California USA
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Andy--I did get one suggestion that it was Luma apiculata (Chilean myrtle)--so that's a possibility (hence the myrtle connection). Thanks!
Kroisos--Yep...that's definitely not the most southern Jubaea population (though unfortunately, most of the original Jubaea range is gone due to overharvesting for the sap in the past). I think they go down to about 35 S, and there's a pretty big difference in climate in Chile between 32-33 S and 35 S. I've been to New Zealand as well before--both are beautiful, Chile probably has a slight edge over NZ.
MarkEE--Yep...definitely one of a kind! South America is fortunate that they have possibly the 2 most beautiful palm habitats in the world (with the Ceroxylon forests of Colombia being the other one).
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Bennz
Joined: Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:06 am Posts: 675 Location: Waimarama NZ
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Sat Jan 02, 2010 7:25 pm |
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Roger Olympia wa, 8b
Joined: Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:30 pm Posts: 107 Location: PNW usa
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Brandt
Joined: Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:18 am Posts: 148 Location: San Diego, California USA
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Banana Joe
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 4:32 am Posts: 421 Location: Salt Spring Island, B.C. Zone 8b/9
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Nice!!
Jubaeas and Araucaria growing in the wild, got to love that! Awesome pics. I have grown Jubaea from seed collected for me in Chile. Those are beautiful palms. Cheers, Joe
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