In this picture taken in Singapore the Coconut palms are the tall ones either side of the smaller fan shape Traveller's palms.
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Sunday, May 10, 2015
Friday, May 8, 2015
Identifying Palm Trees: Traveller's Palm and lipstick Palm
You probably can identify at least ten types of tree including a palm tree. (Palm, holly, oak, horse chestnut or conker tree, weeping willow, silver birch, leaning Scots pine, Norwegian 'Christmas' tree), the Canadian maple with its red leaves, the cherry or prunus with its plum colour leaves and pink blossom in spring, the Monkey Puzzle Tree.)
With not much effort you can identify four or five palm trees.
Walking along a street you may wish to identify the palm trees, especially when you see two or more types of palm.
1 The Lipstick Palm (in Singapore)
The thin trunk palm with the bright red trunk is called the lipstick palm.
2 The Traveller's or Fan Palm (from Singapore)
This palm tree looks like a semi circular fan with a semi see-through spoked centre and frilly outside.
3 The Cement Palm (from Florida)
A solid grey trunk is the distinguishing feature.
4 Coconut Palm
Don't sit underneath coconuts. When ripe they drop.
5 The Royal or Roystonea Palm
Named after Roy Stone, a US engineer, this palm has straight grey or brownish trunk and a green top of the trunk.
6 Date Palm
7 Oil Palms
Forests of them all over Malaysia.
The dead giveaway is the large soft dates lying on the ground under your feet.
Palm tree in Singapore.
We also have palm trees in England, in warm locations such as Torquay, Devon on the South Coast. Increasingly palm are becoming a decorative feature of gardens in London, especially in sunny locations and sheltered corners.
Angela Lansbury is a travel writer, photojournalist, author, speaker, tutor and teacher.
With not much effort you can identify four or five palm trees.
Walking along a street you may wish to identify the palm trees, especially when you see two or more types of palm.
1 The Lipstick Palm (in Singapore)
The thin trunk palm with the bright red trunk is called the lipstick palm.
2 The Traveller's or Fan Palm (from Singapore)
This palm tree looks like a semi circular fan with a semi see-through spoked centre and frilly outside.
3 The Cement Palm (from Florida)
A solid grey trunk is the distinguishing feature.
4 Coconut Palm
Don't sit underneath coconuts. When ripe they drop.
5 The Royal or Roystonea Palm
Named after Roy Stone, a US engineer, this palm has straight grey or brownish trunk and a green top of the trunk.
6 Date Palm
7 Oil Palms
Forests of them all over Malaysia.
The dead giveaway is the large soft dates lying on the ground under your feet.
Palm tree in Singapore.
We also have palm trees in England, in warm locations such as Torquay, Devon on the South Coast. Increasingly palm are becoming a decorative feature of gardens in London, especially in sunny locations and sheltered corners.
Angela Lansbury is a travel writer, photojournalist, author, speaker, tutor and teacher.
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