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I don't comment much but I was saying on a dozen Facebook forums that the damage was bad but less than the 2010 freeze, I think we can all see that now, at least for cocos, which would seem unusual, in my neighborhood in old eau gallie, almost every coconut palm is recovering, almost all the cocos at frigates (including others), the old talls at squidlips that survived 2010, even relative juveniles are recovering well. The bottom line, this was an extremely rare strong adjective freeze which we aren't used to here, 2010 was deadlier by far but a totally different animal, and the royals, we all know by now that relatively established robust royals are not nearly as sensitive to freezes as most think.

The good thing of clumping palms is that normally, there's always a second, third or more chances with them.

It MIGHT be a Ficus aurea. Bad thing is that almost all the american Ficus look just about the same. Could be some other species, but 100% a Ficus.

Maybe this helps?

A few updates as we progress from near-record cold to record heat. The Atlantic Tall is moving toward a full crown at a decent rate The Maypan has less progress, but they typically do not grow as fast as talls since they're hybridized with semi-dwarfs. The Chrysalidocarpus Corner doesn't look good, but surprisingly, has only one casualty. One of the Chrysalidocarpus pembanus died and hasn't come back yet, the other is doing relatively well. Anything I thought might be dead, like the cabadae, has come back from the ground. Clustering palms for the win. The circular garden in front was planted with Sabal minor 'McCurtain' as the backup planting in case of a bad freeze. The Cordylines and Crotons were assumed dead, other than a few that somehow kept a few lower leaves. At this point, all have leafed back out. Please pardon the weeds - been a busy spring. The Mango tree finally started leafing back out. Native Ficus aurea is coming back very well. The Avocados are leafing out almost the entire way up.

I’ll have to dig through some older photos, I would have a hard time believing that Disney would have such a prominent tree mislabeled for years. I’m sure there are some forum lurkers who are more familiar with that tree.

Texas Ficus microcarpa post-2011 for comparison. Growback pattern looks similar @MarkC

Hmm, no, those definitely aren't Ceiba sp. do you have a pic of their leaves? The one with the circular shaped crown looks like the benjamina in South Texas and northern NE. Mexico after 2011. Might as well be microcarpa.

Theres a plaque in front of that particular tree that labels it as a Kapok.

I stayed at The Wave Hotel in Lake Nona which is several miles East of MCO and about 25 miles East of Bay Lake. The exotics faired better than to the West of MCO. Survival was very hit or miss, trunk diameter and proximity to buildings seemed to make the biggest difference.

Those look like Ficus sp. to me, they should recover fast. Not very sure about the Caryotas.

A while back, there was some consideration among a few growers in Orlando to try growing these. Not sure if anyone actually planted one outdoors, or if it managed to come back from the ground after most of the city saw 24F-25F this winter.

Here is what’s left of the world famous Animal Kingdom Yak & Yeti Kapok tree(and a few others). This used to be a beautiful, majestic tree.

That's the one that hit Brookhaven. I think they said it was an EF4.

Sorry mate, kept all the good ones for myself 😉

I think the best way to think of Cordia sebestena is just one of those beautiful-but-marginal plants that will likely have to be replaced at some time in the future everywhere but in 10b or warmer areas. Of course most of us know that we regularly install sensitive plants that are not long-term, even if they are widely planted. We have seen quite a few on this forum that were decimated by this year's freeze, which was far from being a record freeze. A stretch of warm years gives people undue confidence. And whether people replant them or choose a hardier alternative is just a personal decision dictated by garden attitudes, patience to see if the plant can return, or the strength of the wallet when a replacement is contemplated. Perhaps the smartest advice if you like Cordia in a marginal area is to plant either the Yellow Geiger (Cordia lutea), which is a bit hardier and probably sensible long-term in zone 10a; or the White Geiger (Cordia boisseri), which is a solid 9b or even 9a...being extremely hardy (to 20F) and makes a gorgeous tree, even though it lacks the orange color. It is nevertheless quite showy. There are beautiful trees in the Key West cemetery and around town there. It's native from the Rio Grande Valley southward and thus very used to "Blue Northers." It's also grown all over the low desert, and even does well at the cool California coast (I noticed a beautiful blooming specimen in Balboa Park, San Diego), so a very adaptable tree. I also agree with Nathan (and he has noted this in other posts on Cordia) that the Mexican orange Cordia (C. dodecandra) is very much worth trialing for cold-hardiness, as it has been overshadowed by C. sebestena in the trade, even in Mexico...but getting plants or seeds from Mexico is not necessarily easy under current USDA regulations.

It may also be a water issue as I don’t know the exact time but 5-7 years ago I removed a lot of grass to help my water bill the grass used to be right to the edge of the palm after I removed it though I did add palms with drip so it’s not like it’s getting no water just not as much as it was!!

Any more is just teasing a palm pedophile! More......!

Yeah, what a legend. We were trying to think of other people who have had such universal adoration worldwide for such a long period...Nelson Mandela was the only name that sprung to mind. Both very remarkable gentlemen!

This garden has a few palm species. Red spicata coconut, Florida thatch(Thrinax radiata), Chrysalidocarpus lanceolata, the Bailey, a Chambeyronia macrocarpa hookeri, a single McArthur palm through trimming(self seeded), Ptychosperma schefferi, a newly planted Dwarf Areca catechu (that was over potted as usual before planting...just how I roll), and a Sabal minor Emerald Isle Giant. Behind this garden is a Tri-bear, Ptychosperma elegans Paddleleaf, Sabal palmetto Lisa, 2 Chambeyronia oliviformis, a Buccaneer(Pseudophoenix sargentii), and a Fiji fan. To the right of the garden in the picture is a maypan x green dwarf coconut and a Christmas palm(self seeded). That's all. 😆

Nobody has mentioned sabal Bermudana which is a very nice palm and has been unfazed down to 18f and a foot of snow for me

I do, I have! The fact that he hasn't stepped up to defend his honour, seals his guilt.

Agree. 1 and 2 look like T fortunei to me. 3 is P canariensis. Easiest way to tell from Jubaea is the armed petioles and induplicate leaflets.

Yes. That hookeri was in a little 3 gallon when I planted it. Love that red leaf when it appears. About 6 foot to the bottom of the crownshaft now. Again, 10 years later. Lost 2 Old man palms in there. One to crown rot and the other from Hurricane Irma.