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Lipstick Palm Photo taken while cruising through the Gatun Lake Locks of the Panama Canal. The red tree is interesting, of course, but also note how close the ship was to the side of the lock, for me to get this angle on a shot from a moving ship. Cyrtostachys renda,Geotagged,Lipstick Palm,Panama,lipstick palmred sealing wax palm Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Lipstick Palm

Photo taken while cruising through the Gatun Lake Locks of the Panama Canal. The red tree is interesting, of course, but also note how close the ship was to the side of the lock, for me to get this angle on a shot from a moving ship.

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The Lipstick palm

"Cyrtostachys renda", also known by the common names red sealing wax palm and lipstick palm, is a palm that is native to Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. It is the only species of the genus "Cyrtostachys" that can be found to the west of the Wallace Line, the faunal boundary separating the ecozones of Asia and Wallacea.

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Uploaded Sep 6, 2014. Captured Oct 29, 2007 08:49 in Calle Naciones Unidas, Colon, Panama.
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  • NIKON D50
  • f/5.6
  • 10/5000s
  • 135mm
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