CFPACS Meeting in Melbourne FL, Oct 3rd

[Mike Evans]

 

Everyone is invited!

 

 

 

YOU’RE INVITED!!!

Central Florida Palm and Cycad Society’s

Autumn Meeting

Saturday, October 3, 2015

10:00am – 3:00pm

Tour of two private gardens

plus

PLANT AUCTION AND SALE

 

Join fellow palm enthusiasts for an east coast tour of two private gardens in West Melbourne! 

 

Agenda

10:00am – 11:30am – Tour of Jerry Hooper’s collection

12:00pm – Lunch at Richard Lundstedt’s

(Lunch & drinks provided by CFPACS, bring a side or dessert to share and a chair)

(Lunch is FREE for current CFPACS members & $6 for non-members)

12:30 – 1:30pm - Tour of Richard Lundstedt’s collection

1:30pm –1:45pm - Membership Meeting

1:45pm – 3:00pm - Plant auction and sale

(Must be a current CFPACS member for the plant sale and auction)

 

About the Gardens:

The Hooper Garden is probably 30+ years in the making with lots of good sized cycads and palms.  An impressive number of Rhapisvarieties and a number of different bamboos.  The Lundstedts have been at their current residence for 23 years and have been growing and collecting palms for about 30 years.  They have mostly planted palms with a few cycads in the mix. Usually getting a few nights of frost  every winter has made it a good testing ground for some of the marginal cold tolerant palms. A few notable palms that have survived the occasional frost and the winter of 2010-11 are Corypha Sp.,Howea fosterianna, Licuala ramsayii and Dypsis pembana. 

 

Directions

First garden: 10am to 11:30am

The Hooper’s

2360 Vermont St. W. Melbourne

 

I-95 exit 180 ( US 192 )

US 192 east 0.8 mi. to Circle Dr.

Right onto Circle Dr. then south 0.2 mi. to Miami Ave.

Left onto Miami Ave. then east 0.1 mi. to Vermont St.

Right onto Vermont St. then south 0.3 miles

Park along Vermont St.

 

Second garden & lunch: Noon to 3:00pm

The Lundstedt’s 

3370 Hield Rd. W. Melbourne

 

From the Hooper’s:

Vermont St. south 0.2 mi. to Milwaukee Ave.

Left onto Milwaukee Ave. then east 1.4 mi. to Minton Rd.

Right onto Minton Rd. the south 2.0 mi. to Hield Rd.

Right onto Hield Rd. then west 0.4 mi. to Lois Ln.

Right onto Lois Ln.  Please park along Lois Ln.

 

From I-95:

I-95 exit 176  (Palm Bay Rd.)

Palm Bay Rd. west 1.2 mi. to Minton Rd.

Right onto Minton Rd. then north 0.3 mi. to Hield Rd.

Left onto Hield Rd. then west 0.4 miles to Lois Ln.

Right onto Lois Ln.  Please park along Lois Ln.

 

[Eric in Orlando]

FYI, Leu Gardens is donating the following palms for the auction;

 

Arenga engleri

Brahea nitida

Brahea sp. "Super Silver"

Coccothrinax proctorii

Euterpe edulis

Licuala kunstleri

Livistona fulva

Livistona saribus

Sabal mexicana

 

possible Carpentaria acuminata X Adonidia merrillii (F2) hybrid

 

Zamia integrifolia (Palatka Giant form)- Coontie

 

[Eric in Orlando]

just a note, Brahea nitida is now known as Brahea calcarea

[Central Floridave]

Any photos of the meeting?   I miss two meetings in a row and no one else post photos of the meetings?  Geez...LOL.  

 

A friend picked up a Brahea "Super Silver" and Coccothrinax Procterii for me in my absence .... Thanks Eric! 

Edited October 6, 2015 by Central Floridave

[Jeff Searle]

Would of loved seeing some garden pictures. Especially some species that are considered too tropical for the areas but seem to go through the colder months each year.

[Eric in Orlando]

I wan't able to make it either and have been watching for photos. I have never been to the Lundstedts and haven't been to Jerry Hoopers in a long time.

 

 

 

[Eric in Orlando]

Any photos of the meeting?   I miss two meetings in a row and no one else post photos of the meetings?  Geez...LOL.  

 

A friend picked up a Brahea "Super Silver" and Coccothrinax Procterii for me in my absence .... Thanks Eric! 

 

Hope they grow well !