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Tallest Sabal Palms Youve Ever seen.

Mr.SamuraiSword

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Ive seen these ones around fort island beach.  they look around 60-70 ft tall  what do you think?

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PalmTreeDude Grand Master

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One year at Myrtle beach there was a really old 60 foot palmetto. But here in Florida I see them generally around 30 - 50 feet. Or they just look like a bush out in the woods. Lol :drool:

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Monòver Grand Master

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In Spain the Sabals are a uncommon palms. Every Sabal i have seen in gardens are small, not trunk or with a few meters.

But in the Botanical garden of Valencia , we have two monster Sabal dominguensis with i think 150 years and amazing trunks.

 

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27 minutes ago, Monòver said:

In Spain the Sabals are a uncommon palms. Every Sabal i have seen in gardens are small, not trunk or with a few meters.

But in the Botanical garden of Valencia , we have two monster Sabal dominguensis with i think 150 years and amazing trunks.

 

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nice!

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46 minutes ago, PalmTreeDude said:

One year at Myrtle beach there was a really old 60 foot palmetto. But here in Florida I see them generally around 30 - 50 feet. Or they just look like a bush out in the woods. Lol :drool:

I went to the isle of palms in sc and saw a 55 footer once.  any pics of the one in myrtle beach?

Eric in Orlando Grand Master

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Some tall ones at a house near Leu Gardens in Orlando

 

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Some plantings at Stetson University in DeLand, north of Orlando

 

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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Sabals are slow here. The biggest ones I recall seeing are in the Huntington, but they're nowhere near as big as the ones in some of the pictures in this thread.

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In front of an 1880's house in Lake Helen, FL, north of Orlando

 

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A tall branched specimen near downtown Orlando

 

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A tall branched specimen at Ravine State Gardens in Palatka, FL

 

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In front of an 1880's house in Palatka

 

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Tildenville (west of Orlando)

 

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Eric

Orlando, FL

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In Maitland (just north of Orlando)

 

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Big Tree Park in Longwood (north of Orlando)

 

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Eric

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Blue Springs State Park

 

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Eric

Orlando, FL

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Palm Island Park near Mt. Dora

 

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Eric

Orlando, FL

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7 minutes ago, Eric in Orlando said:

In Maitland (just north of Orlando)

 

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Big Tree Park in Longwood (north of Orlando)

 

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Ive never seen a branched Palmetto over 20 ft.  that is really cool!

The ones near orlando seem really big.  why dont you see them this big in the southern parts of florida?

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Eric in Orlando Grand Master

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St. Francis ghost town hiking trail, west of DeLand

 

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Eric

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Eric

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Spring Hammock Preserve, Longwood

 

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And the world's shortest trunking Sabal palmetto...

 

 

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Eric

Orlando, FL

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And one last one, the world's laziest...

 

 

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Eric

Orlando, FL

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Sabal palmetto actually being grazed by manatees

 

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Eric

Orlando, FL

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24 minutes ago, Eric in Orlando said:

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ok sorry eric in orlando it glitched and said you said that sorry

 

Alicehunter2000 Grand Master

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Those manatee shots are super cool.

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

PalmTreeDude Grand Master

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3 hours ago, Mr.SamuraiSword said:

I went to the isle of palms in sc and saw a 55 footer once.  any pics of the one in myrtle beach?

Sadly I didn't get to take a picture, this was back when I wasn't really into palm trees. I'll be at Hilton Head, SC soon so I will take a LOT of pictures of all the palmettos out in the woods there!! :drool:

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Xerarch Grand Master

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Wow! seeing these super tall palmettos offers a whole new perspective on this species, they look great in big groups and really tall.

Corpus Christi, TX, near salt water, zone 9b/10a! Except when it isn't and everything gets nuked.

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Palmtr33 Newbie

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I've seen even taller Sabals before one time i saw a couple in Tampa Florida they looked like 100 feet tall they were growing wild in the swamp but they stand out so much 

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