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Xaxim
By Aleyna
20 Oct, 2008
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Again, don't know the popular name in English
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Beautiful! looks a bit like a 'Tree Fern' not sure if it is though.
24 Oct, 2008
Hi Angie, I agree with you, looking the pictures of other GOY members it leads me to think it is a Tree Fern. Googling it I found out that in Europe it is a different genera, maybe some Botany expertise would be able to tell the differences.
What i found out about xaxims is: Division- Pteridophyta, Class - Pteridopsida, Order - Cyatheales; Family - Dicksoniaceae, Genera - Dicksonia, Species - Dicksonia sellowiana
24 Oct, 2008
It is indeed one of the tree ferns great detective work Aleyna.
24 Oct, 2008
This is huge !!! It must be ancient !
10 Nov, 2008
Youre right Flcrazy.....as far as i know it grows around 1 to 2 inches/year.
A study performed by Santa Catarina university in an 1,8 hectare area of natural tropical forest, where were analised 1.119 plants above 1.29m high, during 2 years revealed a 69.8% of plants growing around 5 inches in height and one inch in diameter.
The on in the pictures was about three times my height, I'm 1,78m tall.
10 Nov, 2008
Oh wow! Mine is NOT like that! ha ha
25 Oct, 2009
huge huh? ... well they are there for centuries :)
25 Oct, 2009
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This photo is of species Dicksonia sellowiana.
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Very nice !
20 Oct, 2008