By Lenny Goldstein The month of December got off to a notable start on the 1st with the annual holiday party of the South Florida Palm Society. For the third straight year, we were joined by the Tropical Flowering Tree Society for an enjoyable evening.Once again Peter Ostrowsky of TFTS did yeoman’s work in setting…

In Search of the World’s Largest Coconut on the Palmyra Atoll (Meeting Summary by Lenny Goldstein) A large crowd ignored rainy weather to attend the South Florida Palm Society’s fifth meeting of the year. The featured speaker was Dr. Patrick Griffith, who described a mission last November to expand knowledge of the Palmyra coconut palm.…