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Double Spear Windmill


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I just bought this Windmill on discount from a local nursery and noticed that it seems to open two fronds simultaneously!  2 Spears come up at the same time and open. I have 10 palm trees in my North Carolina yard and none of them do this.  What's going on?

https://m.imgur.com/a/8gpt7

 

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I've seen this many times, in fact I have one right now with double spears. 

Los Angeles, CA and Myrtle Beach, SC.

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1 hour ago, Brad Mondel said:

I've seen this many times, in fact I have one right now with double spears. 

Will this grow into 2 trunks? Or do they grow twice as fast?  

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2 hours ago, Ponds & Palms said:

I just bought this Windmill on discount from a local nursery and noticed that it seems to open two fronds simultaneously!  2 Spears come up at the same time and open. I have 10 palm trees in my North Carolina yard and none of them do this.  What's going on?

https://m.imgur.com/a/8gpt7

 

Hmm..  I haven't noticed that before but I also do not have Trachycarpus in my collection yet. 

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4 hours ago, SailorBold said:

Hmm..  I haven't noticed that before but I also do not have Trachycarpus in my collection yet. 

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5 hours ago, Ponds & Palms said:

Will this grow into 2 trunks? Or do they grow twice as fast?  

No ... typically these push new spears in a fairly evenly spaced rhythm. In this case one may have slowed while the next nearly caught up.

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On 8/9/2016, 8:42:54, SailorBold said:

Hmm..  I haven't noticed that before but I also do not have Trachycarpus in my collection yet. 

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Update! The spear and frond fooled me!  I had just bought it and it appeared to have two Spears and fronds opening simultaneously (look at previous pics) but here it is about a week later ...a single frond opening up and only 1 spear, but it looks healthy even though I got it on end of season discount! Woohoo!!! 

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