 Kaiser was known for growing hybrid mangos, and later became the police chief as well as the clerk of the court for Ft. Lauderdale and later was a member of the executive committee of the Florida Mango Forum.The tree was believed to be a seedling of the Saigon mango, however a 2005 pedigree analysis estimated that Haden was the likely parent, but this is complicated by the fact that Florigon is a polyembryonic mango.The name Florigon was a combination of Florida and Saigon.