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Central Florida Palm and Cycad Society Meeting 3/29/2014


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A few more photos, then done. Thanks Jason and Sue for hosting the palm tour! Until next time...

Jason wanted to highlight this palm. I forget the name of it and it is easy to skip over, but when he pointed it out, it was really pretty palm.

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That's All Folks... Thanks CFPACS, Florida Tech, and Jason/Sue for hosting a great outing!

The unknown palm looks like mauritia flexuosa

Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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A few more photos, then done. Thanks Jason and Sue for hosting the palm tour! Until next time...

Jason wanted to highlight this palm. I forget the name of it and it is easy to skip over, but when he pointed it out, it was really pretty palm.

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That's All Folks... Thanks CFPACS, Florida Tech, and Jason/Sue for hosting a great outing!

The unknown palm looks like mauritia flexuosa

You are correct, Keith - Mauritia flexuosa. Jason has two of them that made it through the cold winters of 2009-10. Jason is proud of them!

Bob Johnson
Orlando, Florida, USA

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Very nice! FIT sure looks like it is being taken care of much better in the last few years. Its a shame a huge colonizing clump of Chamaedorea brachyboda was weedeated years ago.

Is Elaeis still naturalizing in the Jungle ? That has to be the furthest north seedling stand of Elaeis in FL.

That large climbing fern is Stenochlaena tenuifolia, African Climbing Fern.

Eric

Orlando, FL

zone 9b/10a

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Very nice! FIT sure looks like it is being taken care of much better in the last few years. Its a shame a huge colonizing clump of Chamaedorea brachyboda was weedeated years ago.

Is Elaeis still naturalizing in the Jungle ? That has to be the furthest north seedling stand of Elaeis in FL.

That large climbing fern is Stenochlaena tenuifolia, African Climbing Fern.

When I went there last summer the Elaeis was everywhere. There were even some with a few feet of trunk.

Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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The original 2 Elaeis are growing up against a multistory building adjacent to the creek and wetland area. The seeds are fallen and rolled into the swamp. I know they were injured after the 2009-10 winter and some young ones killed. But the 2 big originals survived the 3 big freezes in the 1980s. It is really cool to see them naturalizing there.

Eric

Orlando, FL

zone 9b/10a

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The original 2 Elaeis are growing up against a multistory building adjacent to the creek and wetland area. The seeds are fallen and rolled into the swamp. I know they were injured after the 2009-10 winter and some young ones killed. But the 2 big originals survived the 3 big freezes in the 1980s. It is really cool to see them naturalizing there.

One of the 2 original Elaeis had died by the time I saw it, all that was left was a stump. The other very tall one was still there though.

Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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Thats a shame, well at least one is still there !

Our big Elaeis at Leu Gardens was severely damaged and defoliated after the 2009-10 winter. Later a large Laurel Oak split apart in a summer storm and crushed it. I grew some seedlings from these 2 palms at FIT and have 3 young ones growing again at Leu Gardens.

Eric

Orlando, FL

zone 9b/10a

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Dave, your photo tours are amazing.

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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Thanks, I noticed only 13 and 20 hits on on the two videos. Did you see the youtube video? Couldn't see the vids from the photos? LOL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3npF-_HbvM

Above tour of Bismarck Forest, below auction:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9iLmeCDCLs

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I just read the CFPACS March newsletter (I'm a little late). But, just learned something about Jerome Keuper from it. In the newsletter is an article from Keuper, published in 2003, on how the botanical garden was formed. It was an interesting read. Then on a sidebar article about Jerome Keuper's passing was this tidbit:

"Jerome Keuper played a significant role in the early years of The Palm Society (later named IPS in 1984)"

...Joined in 1967.

....Vice President 1968 to 1970

.....President from 1970 to 1972

........Hosted Biennial at Melbourne's Florida Tech campus in 1970 and 1976...

So, maybe it should be "Bring Out Your Inner Jerome Keuper" rather than "Dent Smith". Both, obviously great men who left a lasting legacy!

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Hey Eric, thanks for the auction plants. I got the Rhapis gracilis.

Glad we could help out !

Eric

Orlando, FL

zone 9b/10a

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Here are some more pics of the meeting. Sorry it took so long, busy time of year. This is Chuck & I presenting the palm gift (Kerridoxa elegans) to Holly Chichester the FIT horticulturist.

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Nice Mule palm at garden entrance.

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Holly explaning parts of the garden.

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Some of the gang. Maryann is in yellow shirt is our Treasurer. She keeps things going.

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King palm located in the flood plane.

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Attalea palm looks good in this location. Nice to see them growing here.

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Dioon spinulosum cycad also located in flood plane on a raised bed.

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Here is a nicely grown astrocaryum mexicanum.

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Large Majesty palm

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Some type of lepidozamia cycad. Planted long ago and one of the few survivors.

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Looks like a copernicia baileyana.

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It must have been a killer turtle.

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The largest and oldest Elaeis guineesis in the garden. This is the mother of all the other smaller ones. It must be warm to grow this.

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Sygrus schizophylla close to the college buildings.

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Everyone looking at the Travelers palm.

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The first part of the meeting was a little shy due to the weather forecast. There were tornado watches out and rain in early morning, but it was nice and sunny weather in the late morning, early afternoon. These are the die hards! The weather held until the end, then it let loose like a lion in March. The drive home to the other coast was a white knuckle drive. Cars were literally flipping upside down into cow pastures due to hydroplaning.

Group photo at FIT campus.

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More on the second stop at Jason's and Sue's garden later.

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Great pictorial of the Dent smith Trail

Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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"white knuckle drive."

Glad you made it home safe! Also, thanks for donating the White Elephant Palm. She seemed real stoked to get that.

I now have to find a spot to plant the Bentickia condapanna I picked up at the plant sale. I already planted the ptychosperma cuneatum, pinanga philippinensis, and raphis.

Until the next CFPACS meeting...Ciao for now...

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CFPACS always donates a nice size palm or gives the host credit for the palm sale and auction. This motivates more people to host meeting activities and shows appreciation from ALL the CFPACS members.

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I will add some more pics from Jason Baker's & Sue Reilly's garden in Micco. They had an outstanding garden with many zone pushing large palms. Here is the famous triple headed Phoenix sylvestris. Jason thought it was dieing when it was going through the transformation.

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Wallichia disticha next to house.

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The gang is eagerly listening to Jason's garden descriptions.

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The dog camouflaging himself.

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Sabal causiarum with a fat base. There were a number of these in the garden.

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More of the gang.

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Here is a nice clump of Licuala spinosa.

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Jason & Sue had many copernicia macroglossa around the garden. Nice to see these growing so well here.

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Sabal "lisa"

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There were also a good number of Attalea palms growing throughout the garden They looked good for just coming out of the winter. Good job Jason.

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Now this is a fire pit that we all want and dream about.

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Nice Royal out in the open.

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The Bismark forest.

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The Livistona forest along the back fence line.

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Lots of Copernicia baileyana were scattered all around the garden.

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Terrence holding up the beautiful glossy leaf of a Livistona jenkinsiana and toping it off with a good PALM beer.

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A couple of borassus flabellifer were in surprisingly good shape after winter.

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Another different type of Borassus.

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Jason and Sue have a real Florida home, along with a good beer tap. Always makes a nice meeting.

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Everyone checking out the mauritia flexuosa. You do not see these around central FL.

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Some pics of the plant auction. We beat the rain, all is good. Thanks for an enjoyable time Jason & Sue, the chili spread was delicious! More people know what types of palms they can push.

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Thank you Jason & Sue for the tour of your beautiful garden, and the Amber Bock on tap. Keep up the great work, and I look forward to seeing your garden grow. Also thank you guys for all the Photos, and the CFPACS members for all your hard work.

Mike

Mike Ricigliano

New Smyrna beach

Florida, zone 9 Beachside

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What a great day! It was good to see everyone and to see what palms are surviving and thriving in south Brevard. Thanks Jason and Sue for hosting us, and thanks Dave, Dave and Mike for taking and posting all the pics.

Bob Johnson
Orlando, Florida, USA

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Whoah, EPIC THREAD ALERT!!!!!! I'm gonna have to go back through this one a few more times.

I think the palm in post #9, that you were speculating was Livistona marie, is actually a Brahea, possibly Brahea nitida. Anyone see that?

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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Just a little side story filled with my sad, very sad, loss of a great learning opportunity:

Terrence and I were admiring Jason's and Sue's beautiful Coccothrinax azul.

In a dreamy kind of way, I said, "That belongs in my yard."

Terrance replied, "Those are hard."

Feeling dejected, I accepted his assessment.

Then, much later, as we were driving home, I realized it too late!

Terrence asked,"Where's your yard?"

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There are several mature Wodyetia bifurcata in my neighborhood--that helps determine my zone, right? :blink:

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Side note on the side note, and this is a not-as-sad note:

Michael and I also wanted to take home Jason's and Sue's Sabal Lisa and Chuniophoenix nana (<--I think it's nana???) Both of those belong in my yard, too. lol. :greenthumb::innocent:

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There are several mature Wodyetia bifurcata in my neighborhood--that helps determine my zone, right? :blink:

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