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Palm collection at park in Ft. Myers, FL


Missi

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I've seen this park mentioned several times here. I finally gave it a visit. A lot of the palms look terrible due to hurricane Irma and the fact we're in the middle of our dry season (and I didn't see any Fertilizer around them). Most notable was the Cyrtostachys renda, not looking the best, but not looking terrible considering all the cold snaps we've had and how it appears to be in a quite dry area! Not sure how long that's been there but it was pleasantly surprising to see! Here are some quick mobile pics I took of the most notable plants.

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Naples (inland), FL - technically 10a but more like 9b in the winter :hmm:

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So here are some weird ones. Doesn't this Copernicia baileyana look strange. The trunk is so thin.

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Check out Pritchardia pacifica not looking terrible despite the past cold.

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They say this is Dypsis cabadae but it looks more like D. lutescens..

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Good pictures Missi.

You will notice that some of the palms there are mis-labled, but a nice collection anyway.

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Lived in Cape Coral, Miami, Orlando and St. Petersburg Florida.

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59 minutes ago, TexasColdHardyPalms said:

That's not a baileyana

I didn't think so but that's what the marker said. :wacko: I thought well maybe it's stunted. Clearly I need to get back to Fairchild among the mature baileys.

Naples (inland), FL - technically 10a but more like 9b in the winter :hmm:

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I'm shocked to see the lip stick palm there! What park is this?

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Nice collection - thanks for sharing!  :)  I guess the sun ducked behind the clouds as you took the photo of the Pritchardia.  One of my favorites.

Jon

 

 

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8 hours ago, Chatta said:

I'm shocked to see the lip stick palm there! What park is this?

Bennett-Hart Park

8 hours ago, Fusca said:

Nice collection - thanks for sharing!  :)  I guess the sun ducked behind the clouds as you took the photo of the Pritchardia.  One of my favorites.

Jon

 

 

No, I just wasn't thinking and took a back-lit pic! lol 

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On 2/11/2018, 6:51:20, Missi said:

Check out Pritchardia pacifica not looking terrible despite the past cold.

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I'm not a palm expert, but mine doesn't look this one. I'm not talking about the cold damage, but the fan shape. Can someone on this forum tell me whether I have a pritchardia pacifica in my garden? As a fact, mine is a very fast grower. I planted it in the summer of 2015 as a small seedling. The first pic is my daughter with the palm in the summer of 2016 and the second one in the summer of 2017 - I'll take another pic this summer :) 

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The Cyrtostachys must be a new planting. I've been to that park many times - harvested Sabal Lisa seeds there - but never saw a Cyrtostachys, least of all a bodacious one like that. No way it could have survived January at all, much less totally pristine, unless someone put up a heated greenhouse over it.

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Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
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Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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7 hours ago, PalmatierMeg said:

The Cyrtostachys must be a new planting. I've been to that park many times - harvested Sabal Lisa seeds there - but never saw a Cyrtostachys, least of all a bodacious one like that. No way it could have survived January at all, much less totally pristine, unless someone put up a heated greenhouse over it.

It didn't look newly planted at all. The ground and substrate around it looked like it had been there for a while. Maybe they did set up some sort of protection? A friend knows the Bennet guy, or maybe his son? who the park is named after and said he's really into palms - obviously.

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16 hours ago, paquicuba said:

I'm not a palm expert, but mine doesn't look this one. I'm not talking about the cold damage, but the fan shape. Can someone on this forum tell me whether I have a pritchardia pacifica in my garden? As a fact, mine is a very fast grower. I planted it in the summer of 2015 as a small seedling. The first pic is my daughter with the palm in the summer of 2016 and the second one in the summer of 2017 - I'll take another pic this summer :) 

Yours is gorgeous and definitely a pacifica! The one I posted is either mis-labelled or completely jacked up from the hurricane! :wacko: I'm thinking it's mis-labelled, as a couple palms there are!

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8 hours ago, PalmatierMeg said:

The Cyrtostachys must be a new planting. I've been to that park many times - harvested Sabal Lisa seeds there - but never saw a Cyrtostachys, least of all a bodacious one like that. No way it could have survived January at all, much less totally pristine, unless someone put up a heated greenhouse over it.

Meg,

I saw that Cyrostachys 2 years ago in that park and was very surprised it was there. Edison also has a small one about the same size in the ground, have not seen it since the cold we had.

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1 hour ago, Missi said:

Yours is gorgeous and definitely a pacifica! The one I posted is either mis-labelled or completely jacked up from the hurricane! :wacko: I'm thinking it's mis-labelled, as a couple palms there are!

Thanks Missi!!

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4 hours ago, Palmaceae said:

Meg,

I saw that Cyrostachys 2 years ago in that park and was very surprised it was there. Edison also has a small one about the same size in the ground, have not seen it since the cold we had.

TWO YEARS AGO?! Incredible!! Maybe the insulation of all the surrounding asphalt kept it toasty enough! :lol:

 

Hey! We need its genetics haha GO TO SEED! GO TO SEED! :yay:

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1 hour ago, Missi said:

TWO YEARS AGO?! Incredible!! Maybe the insulation of all the surrounding asphalt kept it toasty enough! :lol:

 

Hey! We need its genetics haha GO TO SEED! GO TO SEED! :yay:

Ah man I'd die for some of those seeds!!! Lets hope it does soon!!!! 

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Picture 2 looks like an old and big Latan. Picture 8 is a old and well grown Copernicia macroglossa. Picture 8 is definitely a Cyrtostachys renda, which defies frozen tundra theory. Appears to be downtown not far from the Gulf.

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41 minutes ago, bubba said:

Picture 2 looks like an old and big Latan. Picture 8 is a old and well grown Copernicia macroglossa. Picture 8 is definitely a Cyrtostachys renda, which defies frozen tundra theory. Appears to be downtown not far from the Gulf.

It is actually about 10 miles from the Gulf, but just south of the Caloosahatchee river.

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17 hours ago, Chatta said:

Ah man I'd die for some of those seeds!!! Lets hope it does soon!!!! 

I'll have to start visiting it regularly :winkie: I'll keep ya posted!

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Thanks!! I'm hoping to visit it real soon to at least see it :) So happy you shared this park!

What did this area hit during the freeze in jan? Had to be around 33F+

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2 hours ago, Chatta said:

Thanks!! I'm hoping to visit it real soon to at least see it :) So happy you shared this park!

What did this area hit during the freeze in jan? Had to be around 33F+

When you visit, make sure to also visit Edison & Ford Winter Estates that is just around the corner!!
"Palm lovers will enjoy this self-guided tour, which leads visitors to hundreds of palms of more than 60 species on the site. A comprehensive list of palms is also included. "

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If you are visiting that park, plan to see the even older palm park on Edwards Drive down across from the marina. It dates from 1955 and has some huge old specimens.

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Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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The Edison/Ford Estate is a joyous experience. The rare tropical palms and other tropical foliage under the gigantic rolling banyan’s create a special nirvana. Couple that with the fabulous stories of Edison/Ford dinner parties and those legendary hijinks devolving into a Coup de gras. We can only dream of being a fly on the wall to have witnessed the ingenuity in action. I have never seen the older palm park on Edwards but that is justification for another visit.

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On 3/1/2018, 2:11:48, PalmatierMeg said:

If you are visiting that park, plan to see the even older palm park on Edwards Drive down across from the marina. It dates from 1955 and has some huge old specimens.

What is the name of THAT park? :yay:

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On 3/1/2018, 10:04:43, bubba said:

The Edison/Ford Estate is a joyous experience. The rare tropical palms and other tropical foliage under the gigantic rolling banyan’s create a special nirvana. Couple that with the fabulous stories of Edison/Ford dinner parties and those legendary hijinks devolving into a Coup de gras. We can only dream of being a fly on the wall to have witnessed the ingenuity in action. I have never seen the older palm park on Edwards but that is justification for another visit.

Let us SW FL Palmies know when you head back down! We can do a meet up!!

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I went to this park in summer of 2018 and also thought the C. renda was cool. Does anyone know if it is still alive? 

Jonathan

Katy, TX (Zone 9a)

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I noticed that park a week or so ago, sadly that C. Renda looks to have been replaced, 

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This one at the Edison estate is doing well, considering the frame, I wonder if it receives any protection.

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They seem to have also added a Kentia since those photos, quite sunburned I might add.

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Pritchardia pacifica looks surprisingly well.

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Old man palm has put on some good growth...

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Tailpot,

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Mystery Copernicia.

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coccothrinax alta,

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Sabal domingensis

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Babassu

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Double Flamethrowers

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Dypsis Leptochelios

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Fat spindle

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