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CFPACS Holiday Meeting Dec. 13 at Gaylord Palms


Bob Johnson

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Central Florida Palm & Cycad Society Holiday Meeting

Saturday, December 13, 10 am - 2 pm

Gaylord Palms Resort, Kissimmee

Join fellow palm enthusiasts for a special tour of the Gaylord Palms palm collection with the horticulture staff. Go behind the scenes to learn just what it takes to maintain palms in an indoor climate. Discover tricks the staff uses to make their palms and cycads (plus thousands of other tropical plants) look great all year round. Also, get a chance to view the double coconut (Lodoicea maldivica), newly transplanted from Dr. Young’s collection, thanks to CFPACS members. As an added bonus, the hotel is gorgeously decorated for the holidays and you can choose to enjoy ICE! for a discounted rate ($4 off) after the meeting. Best of all, parking will be FREE for our group!

Meeting Schedule

10 - 11:30 am: Behind the scenes tour

11:30 am - 12:30 pm: Lunch (on your own) at a restaurant of your choice

12:30 - 1 pm: CFPACS business meeting

1 - 2 pm: Plant auction and sale

Hotel address: 6000 W. Osceola Pkwy., Kissimmee

Take Exit 65 off I-4 onto West Osceola Parkway. You will be able to see the resort as you exit. When you arrive at Gaylord Palms, don’t take the main entrance, but use the delivery entrance instead. This will be just past the main entrance. Keep heading along this outer road with the hotel on your right toward the parking ticket booth and get a BLUE TICKET. If you are not given a BLUE TICKET, you are at the wrong side of the hotel. You can get your BLUE TICKET validated by the restaurant or horticulture staff prior to leaving.

All are welcome to attend! You do not have to be a CFPACS member to enjoy this event! See you Saturday!

Bob Johnson
Orlando, Florida, USA

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Red sealing wax palms (Cyrtostachys renda) and assorted aroids at Gaylord.

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Bob Johnson
Orlando, Florida, USA

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The Lodoicea is alive but isn't much to look at yet. It has one open leaf and an emerging spear.

Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10A

Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10B

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The Lodoicea is alive but isn't much to look at yet. It has one open leaf and an emerging spear.

Thats 3 more leaves than any other in the Orlando area !

Eric

Orlando, FL

zone 9b/10a

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There are water features throughout the atrium. This pond is home to some gators and turtles.

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Bob Johnson
Orlando, Florida, USA

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It's a massive hotel with an enormous atrium near Walt Disney World.

Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10A

Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10B

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The fact that the palm is alive from a transport is something to behold in itself--to my limited knowledge, this is the first ever transplant of one--hope it makes it!

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Great meeting today. The Lodociea is alive and gets extra special treatment by the Gaylord staff. According to Brad Young, Dr. U.A. Young germinated the seed in 1973.

Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10A

Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10B

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