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Absolutely MASSIVE Royal Palm

Ubuntwo

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Returning from Sarasota I decided to drop by Fakahatchee Strand State Park, and the highlight of the trip was certainly the enormous Roystonea regia along the East Main Tram. Looks to be around 100ft tall and over a century old.20180322_133020.thumb.jpg.d771dd79aa46c0

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Here's another big but slightly smaller individual:

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Looks like the hurricane did some damage down there. The Fakahatchee is super cool. Here's a pic I got a while back when I went:

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Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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6 minutes ago, Zeeth said:

Looks like the hurricane did some damage down there.

 

Yeah, I saw quite a bit of fallen trees and loose limbs. Here's the parking lot, lots of fronds blown off of the taller royals, but the damage wasn't too terrible overall.rsz_20180322_132615.thumb.jpg.0f97417f32

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9 minutes ago, Ubuntwo said:

Yeah, I saw quite a bit of fallen trees and loose limbs. Here's the parking lot, lots of fronds blown off of the taller royals, but the damage wasn't too terrible overall.

Here's the pre-hurricane parking lot for comparison. 

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Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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These were once described as a separate species, Roystonea elata, now lumped in with regia from Cuba. They are old but 100 ft is in their range for height. What is unusual is that lightning has not found them. As an elevator repair guy, I am on the roofs of many tall buildings. Often I take in the vista and look around for the tallest palm I can find. The tallest I can recall was a Royal, guesitmated at 75 ft by comparing their height to building and counting floors. I am sure there were Royals as old as the ones in your photos in Miami Dade County, with so much lightning events, they rarely ever attain their potential stature. Can't imagine the force those big fronds hit the ground with. :interesting:

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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Uh, YEA! The hurricane did a crap ton of damage in Collier County!

Naples (inland), FL - technically 10a but more like 9b in the winter :hmm:

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Great pictures @Ubuntwo and @Zeeth! Maybe come back in a while, and show us that the damage is temporary.

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Can't royals lose around 50% of their crown shaft (say it got snapped off in a hurricane) and come back? 

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It blows my mind that palms of this height can remain standing after a direct hit like SW Florida had last Sept. with Irma. Really a testament to nature!

Former South Florida resident living in the Greater Orlando Area, zone 9b.

Constantly wishing I could still grow zone 10 palms worry-free, but also trying to appease my strange fixation with Washingtonias. 

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