Palms and Cycads: Pics from my trip to Cuba, 1 by DaleTheGardener

DaleTheGardener wrote:
In this photo http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=5470503 you have the West Indian Sabal, the Florida Sabal keeps the frond base on the trunk to shield it from wild fires we have here. No wildfires in the W.Indies. Don't know the botanical names, too many Sabal palms and they cross pollinate each other here.

This one http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=5470507 is most likely Bottle Palm, Hyophorbe lagenicaulis, widely grown in Fl and Cuba. We also grow Spindle Palm and when they are young the are hard to tell apart.

This one http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=5470582 We call Queen Sago or Cycas circinalis. It might also be Cycas rumphii, need a real expert for that one.

This one http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=5470595 is known as the Everglades Palm or Acoelorrhaphe wrightii. You have to prune it ever two weeks to keep it from turning into a mass of fronds with no visible trunks. Deep shade keeps it from getting too thick.

Nice photos. I am looking forward to seeing the Botanical Garden.

Cuba is so close to Tampa, but, impossible to get too. Bismarkia in Tampa>