Photos from Acre, Brazil
Courtesy of Montgomery Botanical Center Attalea butyracea Attalea tessmannii Iriatella stenocarpa Leaf measuring in Acre Stuck in the mud
SFPS: The Year in Review by Outgoing President Julio Alvarez
We’ve just waved farewell to 2024, a year that was good to the SFPS in so many ways. First and foremost, we in southern Florida were spared the vicious hurricanes that shredded many communities upstate. Our gardens are intact; sometimes it...
Dec 2, 2024 SFPS Holiday Party
For the second year in a row, the South Florida Palm Society and the Tropical Flowering Tree Society teamed up to throw a bountiful holiday party in the Garden House at Fairchild Garden. Paul Gehrke, TFTS board member and grower par excellence...
SFPS Fall Show and Sale, Nov 2-3, 2024
We were fortunate to have two beautiful days at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens in Coral Gables, Florida. Our customers had a lot to choose from with nearly 300 species of cycads and palms for sale. We also gave away many varieties of seeds...
SFPS General Meeting, June 3, 2024: Andrew Street, How to get the most out of our soils
June 3, Andrew Street, Curator of Palms, Montgomery Botanical Center, The June general meeting of the SFPS featured an informative lecture by Andrew Street on how to get the most out of the soils of our region through understanding the role of...
SFPS Spring Palm Show and Sale, April 27-28, 2024
Common, Uncommon and Extremely Rare Palms and Cycads for sale! SFPS resumed its Spring Show and Sale, which this year took place at University of Miami, in the Gifford Arboretum, Coral Gables on April 27 to 28. We were very...
SFPS Fall Palm Show & Sale Nov. 4-5 (2023)
SFPS’s 38th Palm Show & Sale Nov. 19th & 20th
SFPS’s 38th Palm Show & Sale Nov. 19th & 20th
SFPS’s 38th Palm Show & Sale Nov. 19th & 20th
SFPS General Meeting OCT. 3, 2022“Moving Large Specimen Palms in South Florida” Jody Haynes
SFPS General Meeting – June 6, 2022 “Plant Exploration on the Island of Socotra” DR. LAZARO PRIEGUES (DIRECTOR, SFPS)
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)
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...
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...