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Cocothrinax crinita

The palm collection grew to nearly four hundred species of mostly container grown tropical palms of which many are now housed in public conservatories in Houston such as the Houston Zoo bird house, Mercer arboretum and Houston Museum of Natural History butterfly exhibit. After college, Horace and Cynthia moved to one of his grandparent's houses and the focus of their cultivation efforts shifted toward palms suitable for outdoor cultivation in Houston.