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My wayward Royal

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I guess I planted one of my Royals a little to close to the lakefront and since Hurricane Irma it has been growing  in the water. Seems like it is doing fine. I seem to recall folks writing in this forum that some of the naturalized Royals down in the Everglades grow in water . Is that true? 

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redant Grand Master

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I have seen wild ones in the northern part of the Loxahatchee river growing in the river, I'm guessing they started on land but the river slowly got wider. 

Jupiter FL

in the Zone formally known as 10A

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bubba Grand Master

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Why is that poor guy running away from you? He is willing to go swimming to get away from you? Actually looks happy!

What you look for is what is looking

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Leu Gardens in Orlando has some wet Royals.  They deliberately put them in the garden's warmest micro climate.

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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Wet feet do not appear to be a problem . . .

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Water lovers they are! Archontophoenix will grow with their roots submerged as will other water loving genus. 

Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

zone 10a/9b

sunset zone 16

300+ palms, 90+ species in the ground

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My Majesty palms  (Ravenea rivularis) also seem to like being close to the Lake 

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Most of the big fat Ravenea you see in gardens started out as those cheep big box store ones. They make lousy houseplants but do great in the ground outside. 

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Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

zone 10a/9b

sunset zone 16

300+ palms, 90+ species in the ground

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You’re right Jim in Los Altos, those were $12 Home Depot specials  five years ago . They also are great z 9b palms , almost totally defoliated last January when it got down to 29F and fully replaced their crowns by late summer. 

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Oh wow, is Lake Dora way above normal levels?

We got a dozen Roystonea from MBC back in 2003, grown from wild collected seed from the Fakahatchee Swamp. I planted some below the seawall here at Leu Gardens on Lake Rowena. It is always wet, black muck there. During high rainfall periods they can have water standing around them for weeks at a time. After hurricanes they have had 1-2 ft of water for a couple of weeks.

Eric

Orlando, FL

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Yes, Maybe by about 1 1/2’ Eric .  Was reading up on the Ravenea and it appears that they really like wet feet , in habitat they grow best near river streams .  They grow very fast in my zone/ lakefront conditions.

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