PALMS & CYCADS Magazine
No. 135, April - June 2017
Contents this Issue
- Australian Philip John MacMahon (1857-1911) and the Palm Collection in the old Brisbane Botanic Gardens - John Leslie Dowe
- Sabal antillensis - A new palm from the Dutch West Indies - Mark Wuschke
- Depictions of Palms on Coins II - Ancient Carthage - Mark Wuschke
- Palm Oil App for you Smart Phone - Stuart Marckson
Front Cover: Tropical Cyclone Debbie devastates North Queensland.
No. 134, January - March 2017
Contents this Issue
- Australian Plant Communities at Brisbane Botanical Gardens Mt. Coot-tha - Stuart Markson
- A Survey of Syagrus Hybrids - Kelen Pureza Soares
- PACSOA Annual Show 2017 - Mark Wuschke
- The Palm Paintings of Augustus Earle - Mark Wuschke
- A Revision of Syagrus - Mark Wuschke
- Philippines Bans Cutting of Coconut Palms - Arnando Reyes
Front Cover: The Australian Plant Communites Lake at BBG, Mt. Cootha. It is lined with Bangalow Palms and other swamp lovers.
No. 133, October - December 2016
Contents this Issue
- The Vanishing Queen Palms of Brisbane: is the Reign Over? - John Leslie Dowe/Mark Wuschke
- Outstanding Gardens in the Mackay - Whitsunday Region - Hans Querl
- Will and Margaret Kraa Retire
Front Cover: A viewing looking up into an historic avenue of Cocos palms (Syagrus romanzoffiana) at Toowong Memorial Park, Brisbane.
No. 132, July - September 2016
Contents this Issue
- Palm Grove National Park - Mark Wuschke
- Ravenea louvelii - Mark Wuschke
- The Palms of Canada – Part 3 – Calgary Zoo - Mark Wuschke
- Tell Us About Your Coconuts!
Front Cover: Mt. Tamborine rain forest
No. 131, April - June 2016
Contents this Issue
- Review of Cultivated Ptychosperma - Mark Wuschke
- Maroochy Bushland Botanic Gardens - Heather Knowles
- Cycads in Chapel Hill - Mark Wuschke
- Gardens by the Bay - Carmen Forster
- Rhapidophylum in Cultivation - Will Kraa
- New AQIS Website
Front Cover: Ptychosperma furcatum
No. 130, January - March 2016
Contents this Issue
- Memoriam - Ailsa Boyden (1939-2016)
- Dioon planifolium - A new Cycad from Mexico - Mark Wuschke
- Walter Hill’s palm collection at the Brisbane Botanic Garden, 1855-1881 - John Leslie Dowe
- The Palm Collection of New Farm Park - Mark Wuschke
Front Cover: Dioon planifolium
No. 129, October – December 2015
Contents this Issue
- Review of the palm collections in the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney and the Wollongong Botanic Gardens - Garry Daly
- The CYCAD 2015 conference in Colombia - Nathalie Nagalingum
- Memoriam – Leo Gamble
Front Cover: Pinanga coronata
No. 128, July – September 2015
Contents this Issue
- Observations of cycads in Central Queensland, their habitat and conservation status - Trevor Meers
- A Survey of Ecuadorean Palms from the Southern Montane Forests to the Tropical Amazon - Garry Daly
Front Cover: New flush of growth on female Cycas ophiolitica. Photo: Trevor Meers
No. 127, April – June 2015
Contents this Issue
- Climbing Mt Gower, March 05 2015 - Troy Donovan
- Further observations of rainforest Cycads in SE Queensland - Trevor Meers
- The Methuselah Palm – 10 Years On
- Palms on Coins
- The Date Palm in Ancient Assyria - Mark Wuschke
Front Cover: Hedyscepe canterburyana atop Mt. Gower, Lord Howe Island. Photo: Troy Donovan
No. 126, January – March 2015
Contents this Issue
- The Queens Park Botanic Gardens, Toowoomba - Heather Knowles
- The Palms & Cycads of Canada – Part 1 – Calgary - Mark Wuschke
- The Palms & Cycads of Canada – Part 1 – Calgary - Mark Wuschke
- More Tell Us Your Horror Story!
- Memoriam Dr. John Price (1931 – 2014)
Front Cover: The Cycad Garden at Queens Park Botanic Gardens, Toowoomba. Photo: Heather Knowles
No. 125, October–December 2014
Contents this Issue
- Madagascar – Short Explorations in Tried and True Places of Interest - Gary Daly
- Observations of Rainforest Macrozamias in SE Queensland - Trevor Meers
- Tell Us Your Horror Story! - The Readers
Front Cover: Marojejy insignis, detail of inflorescence, Marojejy National Park, Madagascar. Photo: Gary Daly
No. 124, July–September 2014
Contents this Issue
- Costa Rica – Palms in the Neotropics - Gary Daly
- A new species of Welfia from Peru - Mark Wuschke
- Mackay – the City of Palms - Keith Boyden
- My Cyrtostachys renda - Keith Boyden
Front Cover: New leaf of juvenile Welfia regia. Photo: Gary Daly
No. 123, April–June 2014
Contents this Issue
- Pollination in Cultivated Cycads - Will Kraa
- A Palm Paradise in the Tropics - Fred & Jeanette Birkbeck
- Show Us Your Lipstick - Fred & Jeanette Birkbeck, Rudy Meyer, Ray Lawler, Jean-Charles Guex
- Memoriam – Loran M. Whitelock (1930 – 2014)
Front Cover: Naturally pollinated Zamia integrifolia ripe cones at Will Kraa’s garden.
No. 122, January–March 2014
Contents this Issue
- The Urbenville Bangalow - Daryl O’Connor & Wal Donovan
- The Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra – Cycads And Other Things - Heather Knowles
- Garden Pests – Feral Deer - Mark Wuschke
Front Cover: A group of Bangalow palms Archontophoenix cunninghamiana,
near Urbenville, NSW. Note the unusual dark coloured crownshaft and upright leaves.
No. 121 - October–December 2013
Contents this Issue
- Borneo Revisited, Part 2 – Sarawak - Hans Querl
- The Palms of Vienna - Mark Wuschke
- The Seaforth Sabal - Keith Boyden
- A Survey of Dioon - Heather Knowles
Front Cover: Licuala orbicularis, one of the stunning palms found in Sarawak’s national parks. Photo: Hans Querl
No. 120 - July-Sept 2013
Contents this Issue
- Borneo Revisited Part 1: Brunei - Hans Querl
- Cycads In Italy - Mark Wuschke
- The Cycad House at Kew - Mark Wuschke
Front Cover: Korthalsia sp. rattan palm, at Ulu Temburong National Park, Brunei. Photo: Hans Querl
No. 119 - April-June 2013
Contents this Issue
- PACSOA Excursion to Brisbane Botanic Gardens - Heather Knowles
- Going Walkabout in the Territory No. 7. Cycas calcicola - Keith Boyden
- Going Walkabout in the Territory No. 8. Cycas angulata - Keith Boyden
- Who Says You Can’t?
- The Not-quite-Lost palm of Rodriques Island - Mark Wuschke
Front Cover: The elegant blue leaves of the African cycad Encephalartos princeps, at Mt. Cootha Botanic Gardens, Brisbane. Photo Heather Knowles
No. 118 - January–March 2013
Contents this Issue
- Palms & Cycads of Manorina - Mark Wuschke
- Never Give Up on a Cycad
- Sabal minor - Will Kraa
- What Ever Happened to… The Majestic Palm - Mark Wuschke
- PACSOA Annual Show – 2013 Review
- Fasciated Cones in Cycas revoluta
Front Cover: Majestic Australian Cabbage Palms (Livistona australis) and Bangalows (Archontophoenix cunninghamiana) at Manorina, D’Aguilar National Park, Queensland. Photo Mark Wuschke