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Palmə häl′ik

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Palmə häl′ik

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Here I am in St.Louie... We'll be heading back to Tampa Tuesday... I can't wait!

This is ZERO palm country.

I have seen not one... Surprised to see banana trees though... ?

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Brandon, FL

27.95°N 82.28°W (Elev. 62 ft)

Zone9 w/ canopy

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Palmə häl′ik

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Gotta go. More to come later...

~Ray.

Brandon, FL

27.95°N 82.28°W (Elev. 62 ft)

Zone9 w/ canopy

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...more to come later. I'm spent on this uploading thing!

~Ray.

Brandon, FL

27.95°N 82.28°W (Elev. 62 ft)

Zone9 w/ canopy

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southlatropical Community Regular

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Tour the Bud factory? I worked in St. Louis for a while and really enjoyed my time there.

Fordoche, LA

USDA zone 8b

National Arbor Day zone 9

AHS zone 9

Sunset zone 28

Gulf Coast climate with long hot and humid growing season, but short winters are cold and wet with several frosts. Typical lowest temp of between 22F-26F each winter with around a dozen or so nights below freezing.

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Naw I haven't. But I am going to MOBOT today. (Missouri Botanical Gardens), and I hear there's a double coconut there!

~Ray.

Brandon, FL

27.95°N 82.28°W (Elev. 62 ft)

Zone9 w/ canopy

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This is ZERO palm country.

I have seen not one... Surprised to see banana trees though... ?

I was expecting to see photos from Missouri Botanical Garden, where there is a huge geodesic-dome greenhouse with lots of palms, even a double coconut (Lodoicia maldivica). Very nice photos nevertheless. Thank you for posting them.

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Fragrant Hill Design

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Mountain View, California

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Yeah. Check out the previous post to yours Daxin... I went there yesterday...

What a awesome sight to see!

The "Climatron" is unbelievable! A rainforest indoors!

Here we go...

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Brandon, FL

27.95°N 82.28°W (Elev. 62 ft)

Zone9 w/ canopy

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