Author: South Florida Palm Society SFPS Miami
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SFPS General Meeting JUN. 6th “Plant Exploration on the Island of Socotra” Dr. Lazaro Priegues
SFPS General Meeting – June 6, 2022 “Plant Exploration on the Island of Socotra” DR. LAZARO PRIEGUES (DIRECTOR, SFPS)
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SFPS General Meeting – APR. 4th – “Understanding Fungal Pathogens in Palms” Dr. Braham Dhillon
SFPS General Meeting – April 4, 2022 Dr. BRAHAM DHILLON (Assistant Professor of Palm Horticulture at UF-IFAS in Ft. Lauderdale) “Understanding Fungal Pathogens of Palms” Meeting will include a potluck and plant auction, contributions from member’s kitchens & gardens. Thank you for your contrinutions. Our guest speaker on Monday, April 4, will be Dr. Braham…
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Spring Tour 2022 – SFPS
SFPS SPRING TOUR 2022 SFPS Spring Tour April 2nd, 2022 Coming soon for members of the South Florida Palm Society (SFPS)! Our Spring Tour: Palms-Plus-More On Saturday, April 2 we will be visiting three venues in the Redland of Miami-Dade that feature not only interesting palm species in their landscapes, but something extra. Starting at…
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SFPS General Meeting – FEB. 7th – “Updates on UF Palm Research” Dr. Mica McMillan
Attalea palms are known for their creamy-yellow colored flowers displayed within unisexual inflorescences, or sometimes in mixed bisexual inflorescences. Attalea phalerata presents a curious exception to this pattern, with its flowers – both staminate and pistillate – changing from creamy-yellow to magenta to purple over the course of three to four days after opening the…
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Help Save the Morningside Park Garden & Palmetum
Help Save the Morningside Park Garden & Palmetum! “Longtime SFPS & IPS member Elvis Cruz is the primary caretaker of the magnificent palmetum at Morningside Park in Miami, Florida. This 3-acre garden was the defining element of the park’s original design in 1953. However the palm garden was neglected over time. The South Florida Palm…
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SFPS 37th Fall Palm Show & Sale – THE PALM REPORT
SFPS’s 37th Palm Show & Sale is Nov. 6th & 7th, 2021 Fairchild (FTBG) in Coral Gables (Miami) Gates 10am SFPS members, if you’re interested in being a VOLUNTEER please let the SFPS Event Committee know! Palms@SFPSMiami.org Or visit out CONTACT page. SFPS Palm Report (DOWNLOAD) – https://southfloridapalmsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2021-SFPS-Show-Sale-Palm-Report.pdf Here’s our vendors & their plants. To purchase tickets please…
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SFPS General Meeting – Oct. 4th – “Investigating flower color change in Attalea palms” Dr. Joanna M. Tucker Lima
Attalea palms are known for their creamy-yellow colored flowers displayed within unisexual inflorescences, or sometimes in mixed bisexual inflorescences. Attalea phalerata presents a curious exception to this pattern, with its flowers – both staminate and pistillate – changing from creamy-yellow to magenta to purple over the course of three to four days after opening the…
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SFPS General Meeting – Aug. 2nd – “Using Palms Along Florida Roadways: A Landscape Inspectors Perspective” Benjamin Koubek
In the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge of Arizona, there is a relic population of Washingtonia growing in a remote narrow desert canyon surrounded by Sonoran Desert vegetation. Some scientists have dared to recognize it as a new species and others have dismissed the idea. In a recent study it was found to be an outlier…
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SFPS General Meeting – June 7 – Dr. Larry Noblick “An Ice Age Relic Palm in Arizona”
In the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge of Arizona, there is a relic population of Washingtonia growing in a remote narrow desert canyon surrounded by Sonoran Desert vegetation. Some scientists have dared to recognize it as a new species and others have dismissed the idea. In a recent study it was found to be an outlier…