Cypress Gardens and Bok Tower Gardens in, i think, Lakeland, Selby Gardens in Sarasota. Have fun!

Hi Tahitian!
I live just west of Indy...so I sympathize with your challenges in bringing the tropics to our area. We added on a sunrooom this fall, which is now full of bananas, passiflora, hoyas and the like.

There is a great tropical plant shop in St. Pete, just across the Treasure Island bridge. Jene's Tropicals. I found them on the web, and had to go visit when we were there a few weeks ago. I wanted to bring everything home, but restrained myself to just a cutting of my sister-in-law's plumeria. Check out the web site...you'll love the shop!

Here is a link that might be useful: Jene's Tropicals