Arbor Week Countdown: 2 ...

Two days until Arbor Day (featuring Florida trees): Behold the MEXICAN FAN PALM, among the tallest of palms. This specimen is about 70 feet tall, and one of the tallest I've seen around, but there are wax palms in Colombia that can reach 200 feet in height. Hundreds of thin roots radiate out from a bulblike base, many running horizontally just a few feet under the surface.