Sea World Aquatica palms

[Eric in Orlando]

I went on a group tour last week of the landscape at Sea World's Aquatica. This is a water park Sea World opened last year.

Entance planting with tall Phoenix canariensis hybrids and Archontophoenix alexandrae

tropical planting at entrance with Archontophoenix cunninghamaiana

[Eric in Orlando]

large clump of Acoelorrhaphe wrightii, Paurotis Palm

Adonidia merrillii- Christmas Palms

big clumps of Arenga engleri

[Eric in Orlando]

my guess, Phoenix reclinata x canariensis

Roystonea regia, Cuban Royal Palms, planted at the beach

multiple plantings of Wodyetia bifurcata, Foxtail Palms

[Eric in Orlando]

Chamaedorea cataractarum- Cat Palm

X Butiagrus nabonnandii- Mule Palms

[Eric in Orlando]

Pandanus utilis- Screw-Pine

[Eric in Orlando]

giant Ponytail, Beaucarnea recurvata

[Jeff in St Pete]

Nice palms Eric. I'm glad to see more Archontophoenix palms being planted. Central FL was severely lacking in them.

The Pandanus look great! Thanks for photos.

[edric]

Nice work Eric, Ed

[LauraAnu]

Eric,

Thanks for sharing. I love the varieties growing there. Is that Chamaedorea cataractarum growing in full sun?

Laura

[iamjv]

Nice shots Eric... that grouping of foxtail palms was interesting! It reminded me of the thread regarding palms leaning away from each other when planted in groups... clearly foxtails do. Jv

[palmmermaid]

Eric,

Thanks for posting these photos. Great shots of all the palms! I love the Pandanus. I am hoping to dig a large one up when it gets cooler and plant it in my garden.

[Exotic Life]

Great pictures. I love that Roystonia and Butyagrus palms!

Robbin

[Trópico]

More Eric, more! Did you spot any coconuts there?

[Mark Heath]

Nice shots Eric... that grouping of foxtail palms was interesting! It reminded me of the thread regarding palms leaning away from each other when planted in groups... clearly foxtails do. Jv

JV,

I was thinking the same thing when i seen the pic of the Foxtails!

Eric,

I still have'nt been able to make it to Aquatica, looks like i need to go next year!

[Eric in Orlando]

More Eric, more! Did you spot any coconuts there?

No coconuts there but they have a bunch planted at Sea Worlds' other park Discovery Cove. I was told they try to use some "signature" plants different at each park. I guess since they used lots of coconuts at DC they left them out of Aquatica. But they used royals at Aquatica and I didn't see any at DC.

At Aquatic, the signature plants seemed to be;

Archontophoenix alexandrae

A. cunninghamaiana

Arenga engleri

Araucaria columnaris- Cook Pine (mistakenly called A. heterophylla, Norfolk Island Pine)

Dendrocalamus minor 'Amoenus'- Angel Mist Bamboo

Eucalyptus deglupta- Rainbow Gum

Pandanus utilis- Screw-Pine

Phoenix hybrids

Roystonea regia- Royal Palm

Talipariti tilaceaus 'Tricolor'- Mahoe (Hibiscus)

At Discover Cove they were;

Bambusa oldhamii

Bismarckia nobilis

Caryota obtusa

Clusia rosea

Coccoloba uvifera- Seagrape

Cocos nucifera- Coconut Palm

Ravenala madagascariensis- Traveler's Tree

Syagrus romanzoffiana- Queen Palm

Here are some at DC

[Walter John]

Nice Eric, thanks. Enjoyed seeing alex and that foxtail group.