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So I traveled the 20 plus miles from Palm Springs to the furthest reaches of La Quinta all the way down at the other end of the valley to revisit the shockingly rare but, I’m happy to say!, surviving Coconut that really seems to be hanging in there even if it looks a bit haggard. About a year ago I visited and it was looking really bad. So the pictures here show a much more thriving palm. Many more fronds...lots of new growth…and a general appearance of vitality…especially if you saw its sorry ass a year ago.
It lifts its trunk above a huge plumeria which is blooming in the heat. And…much to my surprise…because I didn’t notice it last time…a sizable clustering healthy caryota mitis fishtail palm just to its side on the street side of the fence.
The coconut seems to have grown about two feet in height but that could be the new erect fronds giving that impression. The Fishtail looks like it’s been there for years as well. So two quite tropical palms hiding away on Ave. Bermudas in LaQuinta just across from the giant bighorn sheep sculpture that stands high on an overlooking promontory in the mountains.

Three Champaerops Humilis olive sized seeds and ten tiny Acoerlorraphe Wrightii seeds that I collected tonight in Palm Springs. Hope do I germinated these?

When the moon hits your eye like a big Cacti...well... that's amore!

A beautiful array of cacti and other plants fronting a gorgeous home in the north side of Palm Springs

An good update on the La Quinta Coconut (cocos nucifera)and the introduction of the Caryota mitis at it’s base

A candid shot, downtown Palm Springs, while strolling this week after dark. This exhibits some pretty sophisticated modernist precepts and ideas. The elevation of stairs as a major design element and the sub-summation of the entryway as a total focus point.

This combo beast on Palm Springs north side.

In keeping with my theme of the day of insane multi trunk palms: a Washingtonia robusta growing out of a Butia odorata which is, in turn, growing out of a Washingtonia filifera.

An absolutely massive Phoenix which has three trunks on one base, I’m sure from clumping….dont know if it’s reclinata or just dactylifera or a hybrid of some type. North side Palm Springs. That base is almost 7’ wide.

Some amazing cacti on a street in Palm Spring’s Sunrise Park neighborhood.

Palm Springs 5:29 AM CVLink

At wits end: variety of little bugs invading my bathrooms and kitchen in Palm Springs

All kidding aside with the mostly good natured teasing regarding Torontomania...Happy Canada Day to all our friends, neighbors, family and loved ones to the North. Tonight I'll raise my glass to Canada!

Lawrence O’Donnell’s show tonight was absolutely brilliant

This really flamboyant Butia Odorata/Capitata

Found this beast on a dead end street on the north side of Palm Springs

GOAT

Upside down, boy you turn me...Diana Ross

Flower time is right!

otnoroT...it's all gone sideways