The Central Florida Palm and Cycad Society met at Bok Tower Gardens on 12/12/2015, and Karen Schuster (Class of 2009), John Kennedy, Bob Montanaro (Class of 2005) & Janice Broda very much enjoyed the meeting. Click here to see the…
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February Ferns: Giant Leather Fern
Giant leather fern (Acrostichum danaeifolioum) lives up to its common name. This fern is pictured above at one of the reflection ponds at Bok Tower. Known as the largest fern in north America, its fronds can reach up to 12',…
Lovely Licania
The North Sebastian Conservation Area (NSCA) once was a platted subdivision replete with asphalt roads that now serve as nature trails. Mother Nature has been "reclaiming" the land from the crumbling asphalt -- with the help of gopher apple (Licania…
Enchanting & epiphytic Encyclia
In 1929 Edward Bok, publisher and Pultizer-prize winning author, opened an informal woodland garden on a 298-foot high sandhill near Lake Wales to “touch the soul with its beauty and quiet” and as a bird sanctuary. Its lush live oak…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 