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, gave away many beautiful poinsettia cultivars midway through the evening. Meanwhile, on the other side of the room, a number of interesting items were again entered into the silent auction. In another corner, there was a variety of free palm seeds.
And was there food!!! Attendees brought in some very tasty potluck dishes. No one left hungry. Kudos are in order for Kim Martin, Rusty Brown, Val Carroll, and Sally Philips who helped set up the food service.
Next up was the election of SFPS board members. Five seats on the board are available every year. This year, four incumbents — Linda Apriletti, Ellis Brown, Lenny Goldstein, and Mike Tevelonis — were reelected to three-year terms. The new member of the board is David Lord, our very capable webmaster. He has been responsible for, among other things, producing our most recent online sale booklets.
And finally came the big event of the evening, the live auction of plants (or the auction of live plants — whatever). Once again Jeff Searle was in charge, assisted by Travis Searle and Ellis Brown. And once again, there were some very generous donations from a number of sources. We are very grateful for that support. Following is a list of almost all the plants that were contributed on Monday night:
Archontophoenix tuckeri (2) . . . . . . . Redland Nursery
Areca vestiaria (red) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plant Creations
Beccariophoenix alfredii . . . . . . . . . . . Natures Tapestry
Brahea armata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Montgomery Botanical Center
Calyptrocalyx albertisianus . . . . . . . . . Jeff Searle
Calyptrocalyx elegans var. boalak . . . Mike Tevelonis
Carpoxylon macrospermum . . . . . . . . Richard Hawkins
Carpoxylon macrospermum . . . . . . . . David Lord
Chambeyronia macrocarpa . . . . . . . . Natures Tapestry
Chrysalidocarpus lutescens
‘Thai Dwarf’ . . . . . . Natures Tapestry
Coccothrinax crinita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plant Creations
Coccothrinax fragrans . . . . . . . . . . . . . Montgomery Botanical Center
Coccothrinax readii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Tevelonis
Coccothrinax spissa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paulette Johnson
Coccothrinax sp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Montgomery Botanical Center
Copernicia curtisii (blue) . . . . . . . . . . . Toi Mansen
Copernicia gigas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toi Mansen
Copernicia rigida (seedpot) . . . . . . . . Armando Reyes
Copernicia sp. (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Armando Reyes
Cubanola domingensis . . . . . . . . . . . . Toi Mansen
Cyrtostachys renda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Tevelonis
Dictyosperma album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Redland Nursery
Geonoma
Hemithrinax ekmaniana . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Tevelonis
Howea forsteriana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Redland Nursery
Hydriastele pinangoides . . . . . . . . . . . Plant Creations
Itaya amicorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Warner
Kerriodoxa elegans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Tevelonis
Licuala mattanensis ‘mapu’ . . . . . . . . . Natures Tapestry
Licuala thoana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natures Tapestry
Licuala sp. ‘Kalimantan mottled’ . . . . Natures Tapestry
Orania palindan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Searle
Ptychosperma schefferi . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Searle
Rhapis ‘Super Dwarf’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paulette Johnson
Sabal antillensis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Montgomery Botanical Center
Sabal lougheediana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Montgomery Botanical Center
Sabal palmetto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Montgomery Botanical Center
Thrinax radiata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plant Creations
Zamia inermis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natures Tapestry
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