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CFPACS made a big trip in December visiting both Montgomery Botanical Center and Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden. This thread has images not specifically targeting a plant species, but the garden as a whole. The first pic shows Dr PATRICK GRIFFITH demonstrating the holey nature of the...

So this lady hung out in the live oak tree all winter. Poor thing was kind of forgotten...but look, it lived!

Do you grow Vandas? Here in Central FL the mass merchant, Lowes has begun selling them! These hybrids are incredibly pretty and easy to get to re-bloom. We bring them inside when temps fall below 50 where they simply wait to go back outside. I don't think they would grow well inside for...

Here are two very nice specimens of Sabal mauritiformis at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne FL. The older specimen has the clear trunk with a beautiful canopy. The younger plant looks like its going to be more robust. In this image, its surrounded by potted palms for sale by the...

Here is a small grouping of Sabal causarium at FIT (Florida Institute of Technology) in Melbourne FL. These trees are mature, though they obviously still retain their boots and don't have much trunk height yet. We often talk about the ligules on this species as a key identifying feature so I...

A beautiful specimen of Hyphaene located at Florida Institute of technology. Dent Smith, the founder of the International Palm Society, was instrumental in planting palms at FIT. There is an arboretum on site and the trail is named in his honor. If you find yourself in the vicinity of...