Rare Palms In Central Florida
Location: CFPACS
Date Submitted: Spring 2001
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The exquisite Livistona inermis growing in Cocoa Beach. Unfortunately, this palm died shortly after the photo was taken.
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A crowd gathers to pay homage to one of the most silver colored palms inexistence, Hyphaene coriacea growing at Dr. Young's in Tampa.
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Latania loddigesii planted circa 1930's, growing in Vero Beach.
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A tropical setting in downtown Orlando no less. The tallest palm to the left is a near flowering size Foxtail palm, Wodyetia bifurcata. Just below it's crown is a new red-emergent frond of Chambeyronia macrocarpa. The tall palm to the right is Ptychosperma elegans, the Solitaire palm.
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Joe Michael standing beside one of his "juvenile" Corypha umbraculifera growing in coastal Indian River county.
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One of the most heat & drought (but not moisture ???) resistant palms, Trithrinax campestris growing in Cocoa Beach. Note the terminal fibers forming spines just below the main crown.
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The seed of the Double Coconut (Lodoicea maldivica), the largest seed of any plant in the world. This seed came from a palm growing at Dr. Young's in Tampa.
