3 headed, branched Sabal palmetto, with history

[Eric in Orlando]

This 3 headed Sabal palmetto is growing in Heathcote Botanical Garden in Ft. Pierce, FL. There is a sign at the base with the history of the palm.

[dalmatiansoap]

Nice story!

Thanks for sharing

[pindo]

Thanks Eric

......who said it is difficult transplanting sabal????

[Dave-Vero]

It's doing nicely. The last transplant went extremely well.

After the three-headed Sabal, possibly the most striking palm in the garden is a tall clump of Acoelorrhaphe wrightii, paurotis palm. It's the tallest I've seen in the area. Naturally, I don't have a photo.

The garden's looking better maintained than a few years ago. The Phoenix reclinata (Senegal date) palms were cleared of masses of dead leaves, and have remained pretty tidy. There's wider paths through the Boston fern, which is gradually disappearing from some areas.

[Eric in Orlando]

It resembles a Hyphaene.

[edric]

Hi Eric, that really is something, I'll have to enter that in Palmpedia, oh yes, the Sabal Miamiensis you gave me is doing great, and has gone pinnate, and the silver color is striking, Ed

[andyf]

Mr.Rood passed away last October 8,2011 .@ 92 years old. He shared many stories from when he was a kid to starting his buisness to the last years of his life.He was a very giving and caring man who helped many people financially and spiritually. I only wishhed we got togeather more than twice a year .

RIP ROY

sorry for the ramble but I had not thought about him in almost a year and you guys brought a smile to my face and brought back some memories thanks

[virtualpalm]

Wonderful story and wonderful palm. Thanks for sharing.

Jody

[Jerry@TreeZoo]

Nice palm. Thanks for posting.

You can clearly see the restrictions in the trunk that most likely mark the transplants.

[redant]

Wow, I doubt any other tree has been so many times in it's life. One hardy sabal.

[weldertom]

Any of you Floridians seen the double sabal on US1 near Palm Bay (Brevard County)?

[tjwalters]

Nice palm. Thanks for posting.

You can clearly see the restrictions in the trunk that most likely mark the transplants.

Nice catch!

[Eric in Orlando]

Nice palm. Thanks for posting.

You can clearly see the restrictions in the trunk that most likely mark the transplants.

Great observation, I didn't even pay attention to that.

[edric]

Any of you Floridians seen the double sabal on US1 near Palm Bay (Brevard County)?

Palmpedia has, Ed http://www2.palmpedia.net/wiki/Sabal_palmetto

[Eric in Orlando]

That is a neat one, looks to be a more recent splitting !