Shaving Brush Palm, Nikau Palm (Rhopalostylis sapida)

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baiissatva Dunedin, New Zealand Jul 24, 2009

Shaving Brush Palm, Nikau Palm
Rhopalostylis sapida

Another Nikau grove, which has lost it's surrounding forest, in a seaside paddock, Buller, NZ

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Jul 24, 2009

Love this shot and seeing a small bit of your country.

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baiissatva Dunedin, New Zealand Aug 12, 2009

Hi Kell and can I say you've got a great name there ho ho ;-)

Glad you like the pic, I pulled over on a highway full of kamakazi campervans to get it and was nearly run over but hey it's all worth it.
Cheers
K

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Aug 12, 2009

Not quite worth that, LOL!

Is your name Kell too?

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palmbob Acton, CA(Zone 8b) Aug 12, 2009

no seedlings?

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baiissatva Dunedin, New Zealand Oct 18, 2009

Hi guys, yep I'm another Kelly. The world needs more of us!

And hi palmbob, I was just pointing out that this poor denuded grove shows no regeneration, unlike the one around it which were composed of adult and juvenile trees that had the benefit of bush cover. Farmers allow their stock to trample and degrade these groves and since they're visible from the road, they suffer a lot of plant piracy as motorists stop to jump the fence and dig up any young ones that DO manage to germinate. Ah, clean, green New Zealand. Not so much!

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