tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768383583550961490.post6078240647023211959..comments2023-10-26T02:12:34.635-07:00Comments on Daily Chicago Photo: Palm CurtainDaily Chicago Photohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08160944740404010641noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768383583550961490.post-35315992618924300052009-04-10T18:16:00.000-07:002009-04-10T18:16:00.000-07:00The Double Coconut Palm (Lodoicea maldivica) will ...The Double Coconut Palm (Lodoicea maldivica) will grow in Coral Gables. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden have some growing in the garden. I know some growing in private gardens. I have seen the seed and they are usually less then 10 or 15 pounds. <BR/>While that is the largest single seed, I grow the Talipot palm and it produces one flower stem and dies after 40 to 70 years. The stem has thousands of flowers and one stem full of seeds can be more then a 1000 pounds. My blog of Sept.5,08 has a picture of my Talipot.TOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654322348269765363noreply@blogger.com