Flora as an invitation to "occupy" a space (to attract a population to "settle" or "invest" in an "exotic(ized)" location):
Visible Progress: short stories of billboards and Los Angeles, an essay by Janet Owen Driggs
(note: I think this might turn out to be a pretty interesting conversation, if you're interested in topics surrounding the use of flora in the construction of images in support of various imperial projects.)
One contemporary extension/enactment, of the palm (whether Washingtonia Robusta, Euterpe oleracea, et. al.) as solicitation (to develop/inhabit territory), enmeshed in "retórica verde":
Valle de las palmas (+ a Wikipedia article, para aclarar)
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