Central Florida Palm and Cycad Society meeting

[Mark Heath]

thanks for sharing all those whose could not be there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

really awesome pics.......

I second that!! I have been recovering from strept throat and a sinus infection so i

was a no show.

[Central Floridave]

I hope you feel better! The photos are taken with a cheapo cam so although they are not the best resolution, it is easy to work with.

Coffee brewing, I only have a few more photos to post.

[Central Floridave]

Thailand meets New Caledonia in Vero Beach

[Central Floridave]

Yellow Latania

[Central Floridave]

begonias that dave-vero was talking about. I was on the International Begonia website last week searching for something. I don't have any but they are eye catching plants.

[Central Floridave]

back yard shot

[Central Floridave]

Spinosa

[Central Floridave]

Spent flower on a bromeliad. There were a lot of little detail plants to look at in this garden. Also, a lot of cycad as well. However, I don't think cycads are very photogenic,thus they don't catch my eye.

[Central Floridave]

coffee hasn't quite yet, I forget to attach the photo.

[Central Floridave]

correction: coffee hasn't quite kicked in yet...

[Central Floridave]

Pulled back photo of front porch view. There is that yellow latania.

[Central Floridave]

3rd stop was a quickee at dave-vero's garden. He lived right around the corner.

Bromeliads-R-Us

[Central Floridave]

Out of focus Blue Tango flower. No need to click on thumbnail as it is severly out of focus.

[Central Floridave]

Dave's backyard skyline. He had a lot of butterfly plants tucked inbetween everything. Carpentarias on the right showing no cold damage. I actually sold Dave the tall carpentaria a few years ago. Now I want the palm back. Luckily it wouldn't fit in my car so I think I'll let him keep it...

[Central Floridave]

Dave has these nice bromeliads in containers. The name escapes me, (I promised myself I would not commit to remembering bromeliad names) But, I just bought one of these at the F.I.T. sale a couple of weeks ago. I think it takes 8 years to flower, but until then it is a remarkable looking bromeliad. The flowers I've seen on the internet makes this a 'must-have' bromeliad.

[Central Floridave]

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[Central Floridave]

Last photo of dave-vero yard. He also had a lot of orchids and cycads.

The wife was hungry so we had to cruise. There are a lot of mom-n-pop diners in Vero and we found one and had a nice lunch before heading off to the last stop.

Triangle and hedge of full sun bromeliads. Thanks dave-vero for opening up your yard for us.

[Central Floridave]

The last garden was nearby. Here is the owner giving us a tour and talking about the cold damage his plants suffered. Here he is pointing at a small and large windowpane palm. the bigger ones got some cold damage. This garden is pretty much an untamed jungle with no canopy coverage and most of the taller palms with open sky above it.Thus, more cold damage.

[Central Floridave]

8 acres, plus a fairly large pond. Cypress can be seen in the foreground and a majesty palm over to the right which looks like it was planted right in the water.

[Central Floridave]

Freeze dried teddy bear palm.

[Zeeth]

Nice pics! I agree with you about the canopy, it really helps. A coconut by me has almost no damage because it has a wonderful live oak canopy, while coconuts even out on the barrier islands are mostly fried. It really helps.

Also surprised about the Carpentarias receiving no damage, makes me glad I have so many seedlings!

[Central Floridave]

Last photo. Nice looking king palm. Archontophoenix showed pretty good cold tolerance for us.

Here is link to CFPACS website:

http://www.ramcort.com/ms/index_files/index.html

[BS Man about Palms]

Thanks for the tour and effective use of your Ranch Hand!

[Dave-Vero]

Central Floridave deserves credit for recognizing that Blue Tango bromeliad--it wasn't labeled. My bromeliads suffered little damage except for the huge Aechmea mariae-reginae plants. Fortunately, all but one of them had flowered, and they're already making pups.

The huge purple bromeliads are Vriesea imperialis. Mine had a bit of protection during the cold--Lowe's was selling frost covers for potted plants.

Beccariophoenix is looking like a hardier, handsome substitute for coconut palms.

This winter, Vero Beach was only barely warmer than Orlando's heat island. Coconut palms at the beach mostly look fine (one of the taller ones in town, at Riverside Grill on the island side of the Indian River suffered a lot of leaf damage). As you go inland, coconut damage worsens rapidly. In the neighborhoods visited yesterday, coconuts will survive, but they lost most of their leaves.

My own yard has two old Sabal palmetto. Several small young palms were planted in 2003 or 2004 and survived the hurricanes. Everything else in the yard is from 2005 onward.

Thanks for the photos, Dave! (And for not posting a photo of the two Satakentias with leaf damage)

[GTClover]

Thanks for that oak dissertation dave-vero!

Hi Dave, nice photos! Can you tell me what the palm is in #34? The color is gorgeous!

Thanks,

Susan

[Central Floridave]

#34 is a latania. I'm not sure if it is a red or blue. Latania are not very cold tolerant and I had some in pots croak. My two bigger ones in the ground got serious frond burnage.

[GTClover]

#34 is a latania. I'm not sure if it is a red or blue. Latania are not very cold tolerant and I had some in pots croak. My two bigger ones in the ground got serious frond burnage.

Thanks Dave, do you have any idea what its salt tolerance might be?

Susan

[Central Floridave]

Sorry, I don't know the salt tolerance of latania. However, I can attest that they are very much drought tolerant. Also, Super slow growers. they eventually lose the red coloring and can be confused with Bismarckia as they get older/taller. I think they would do good in the bahamas. Check out the thread about drought in Brazil. There is a Red Latania photo'd near the beach.

[kinzyjr]

Going to make an interesting tour in March!