a couple tender palms in a good microclimate downtown Orlando

[Eric in Orlando]

Downtown Orlando is a good warm microclimate. I was down at the Orange co. History Museum and saw these 2 tender palms. The Hyophorbe lagenicaulis had little damage after this winter. the Licuala grandis had more but it was growing a new spear in the center.

[Xenon]

Nice finds, hope they recover.

Jonathan

[paulgila]

a little crispy but looks like they're growing.

[Zeeth]

Quite interesting indeed

[edric]

That's amazing Eric, all the Hyophorbe lagenicaulis around here are dead, Ed

[DoomsDave]

Hmm.

Regular AND Extra-Crispy . . . .

[peachy]

My old bottle palms are tough things. One of them has been through 2 bad frosts and there are quite a few really advanced ones growing in the district in very exposed positions. A black frost will singe them but otherwise they about unkillable. My only gripe with them is that they are so bloody slow.

Peachy

[Jason in Orlando]

Eric,

There are a good number of slightly larger bottles planted along the parking lot margins of a strip mall in Kissimmee, on the northwest corner of John Young Parkway and Oak St. They all got singed, but were in pretty good shape considering the winter we had. A mature coconut down the street from them was defoliated and may be dead.

Jason

[Eric in Orlando]

There is a really big bottle palm at a house by Lake Underhill that is growing back. It has been there for awhile and is in a nice microclimate.

[palmsOrl]

Eric, I was downtown today (near the corner of Colonial and Ferncreek) and saw a few Foxtails that had no damage whatsoever. This compared to quite a few queen palms I saw recently in Longwood with 25-50 % burn from this past winter. The downtown Orlando microclimate is pretty remarkable indeed.

-Michael

[Eric in Orlando]

I've seen quite a few foxtails in the metro area with little or no damage. They took they cold much better than coconuts and adonidia palms.