SFPS General Meeting AUG. 1st “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...
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...
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...
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!...
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...
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...
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...
The beginnings of the SFPS
It’s time to go back… The South Florida Palm Society (SFPS) dates back to the very inception of the International Palm Society (IPS). In fact, from the time Dent Smith founded The Palm Society in 1955 until 1982, the local group did...
SFPS Member Distribution Report (2021)
On the morning of February 20th, 2021 South Florida Palm Society members shared and distributed various plants and seeds at Matheson Hammock Park. Twenty plus SFPS members attended the outing and went home with some excellent plants. Here is the...