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This is a male flower belonging the the Anarthria genus of the Anarthriaceae family growing in sandy and peaty soils. It is a clumping plant and tend to only flower after a fire or disturbance. . The wide flower sheath falls on flowering. This is the male flower which releases the pollen. Anarthria (without joints) laevis (smooth)Photo: Fred
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Pernambuco, Brazil
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Mayaca fluviatilis - MAYACACEAE Parque Nacional Grande Serto Veredas - Chapada Gacha - Minas Gerais - Brasil.
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Orinda, California, United States
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One of the fan palms referred to as Palma de Escoba, used to make brooms. Native to Panama, where it is known as Nupa and to Colombia where it is called Barbarasco. Photo from the San Blas Mountains, northeastern Panama.In context at
www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/palms/index.html
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Puya coerulea var. coeruleasilver puya. In Chile, its home, silver puya grows in low valleys away from the immediate coast in a climate similar to that of California. Extremely drought-tolerant. The plant photographed grows in a private garden in Berkeley, CA.
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Wellingrove, New South Wales, Australia
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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[syn. Mariscus javanicus]Polynesian Names: Ahuawa (Hawaii); Ehuawa (Hawaii), Mahele (Uvea); Mhelehele (Tonga); Mselehele (Futuna); Mauku tatau tai (Cook Islands); Mou haari (Society Islands); Mouku (Marquesas); Mouu (Austral Islands, Marquesas); Selesele (Samoa) CyperaceaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians pounded stems of ahuawa until they were only fibers and used them as strainers for awa or niu (coconut), and as cordage. Fibers soaked for a few hours to free pulp, dried in the sun for a day or two, and then could be used. The fibers were very durable lasting two years or more. The cordage was used for cords (hwele) or nets (kk puupuu) designed to carry umeke (food or water containers).The stringy fibers were also made into brushes to paint color onto tapa.The leaves and seed/fruit were used in lei.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Cyperus_javanicus
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This is unusual in that the flower stock sprouts from the ground. Found in the westernmost Amazon Basin. Here in Colombia it is known as Caabre and it used for coughs.
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New South Wales, Australia
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The Ecuadorian Ivory Nut Palm or Tagua, with a nut cluster that will yield "vegetable ivory". Sacha Lodge Reserve, Ecuador.
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LouluArecaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii Island only)IUCN: EndangeredOahu (Cultivated)Loulu, pronounced low-loo, means "umbrella," because the leaves were formerly used as protection from rain or sun.The fruits, called hwane or whane, were peeled and eaten by early Hawaiians. They collected young fruits. The flavor of young fruit with the soft interior is similar to coconut. The trunks loulu were notched for climbing to gather the immature fruits and fronds. Older specimens still bear notches that can be seen today.The fronds, or leaves, called lau hwane were used by the early Hawaiians for thatching and more recently as plaiting such as papale (hats) and fans.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Pritchardia_lanigera
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Puya berteronianaTurquoise Puya. From the mountains of Chile. Photographed in a private garden in Berkeley, CA.
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Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia
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Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
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Fruit of the Hardy Bamboo Palm at Lotusland, Montecito, California.
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