Posts Tagged ‘California Fan Palm’
The Misnamed Palm: How Arizona’s Native Palm Became the California Fan Palm
Finder of the Arizona Fan Palm November 4, 1984 On this day, the Arizona Republic newspaper shared an article about the history of the native palm of Arizona written by Vic Miller, a professor of agriculture at Arizona State University. The article starts this way: “Yes, we do have a native palm. Seeds of it…
Read MoreNovember 4, 2020 Frederick Orpen Bower, the California Fan Palm, November Folklore, Dorothy Parker, Private Gardens of the Bay Area by Susan Lowry and Nancy Berner, and Henry David Thoreau
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day 1855 Frederick Orpen Bower, the English botanist and primitive plant expert who served as Regius Professor of Botany at the University of…
Read MoreCalifornia Fan Palm: The True Native Palm of Arizona and Its Discovery Mystery
The Mystery of The California Fan Palm On this day in 1984, the Arizona Republic newspaper shared an article by Vic Miller, a professor of agriculture at Arizona Stale University, about the history of the native palm of Arizona. The article starts this way: “Yes, we do have a native palm. Seeds of it were…
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