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PP Prikli Pear Tiki Socialite New Braunfels, Texas Joined: Jan 04, 2017 Posts: 982	PP Prikli Pear Posted posted on Wed, Apr 4, 2018 10:35 AM On 2018-04-04 09:36, MadDogMike wrote: Doesn't really fit in this thread but I thought it was interesting and worth sharing. There is a two headed fan in my town, not sure how that happened but the second head must have started at a sucker? Pictured beside one of it's normal brothers Wow, Mike, I've never seen a palm split like that. As I understand it, they grow from a single core (heart of palm) and I don't believe there's any natural mechanism for them to branch like that. I'm no arborist, but I'd guess that either 1) the heart was damaged somehow, divided at the growth tip, and once it recovered began putting out two new growth tips, or 2) a seed got wedged against the trunk and germinated, eventually fusing with the parent tree in a kind of natural grafting. Regardless, that's a one-of-a-kind!

On 2018-04-04 09:36, MadDogMike wrote:
Doesn't really fit in this thread but I thought it was interesting and worth sharing. There is a two headed fan in my town, not sure how that happened but the second head must have started at a sucker? Pictured beside one of it's normal brothers

Wow, Mike, I've never seen a palm split like that. As I understand it, they grow from a single core (heart of palm) and I don't believe there's any natural mechanism for them to branch like that. I'm no arborist, but I'd guess that either 1) the heart was damaged somehow, divided at the growth tip, and once it recovered began putting out two new growth tips, or 2) a seed got wedged against the trunk and germinated, eventually fusing with the parent tree in a kind of natural grafting. Regardless, that's a one-of-a-kind!

Post #785670 by Prikli Pear on Wed, Apr 4, 2018 10:35 AM