How many has yours got?

[Steve Mac]

I'm not sure how special it is, but from most other Metallicas that I have seen, ours seems to hold a lot of leaves.

Twenty nine including the spear. And none of the bottom ones look like dieing soon either.

Outside, the garden Metallicas average about a dozen leaves, and a couple in deep shade look great but only have about six leaves. 

It is near a sunny window inside, and I do tend to 'overpot'  compared to most people.

Mainly because I forget to water them. How many leaves do they usually hold?

 

[Pal Meir]

My Ch metallica were usually underpotted: They had 6 to 12 leaves.

[Palms4Steve]

Wow Steve that is a lot of leaves. 

[Cape Garrett]

On 5/15/2017 at 4:06 AM, gtsteve said:

I'm not sure how special it is, but from most other Metallicas that I have seen, ours seems to hold a lot of leaves.

Twenty nine including the spear. And none of the bottom ones look like dieing soon either.

Outside, the garden Metallicas average about a dozen leaves, and a couple in deep shade look great but only have about six leaves. 

It is near a sunny window inside, and I do tend to 'overpot'  compared to most people.

Mainly because I forget to water them. How many leaves do they usually hold?

 

@gtsteve does this still hold so many leaves?  

[Stevetoad]

That’s a lot of leaves. Mine just can’t make up its mind what form of leave it wants. 

[Steve Mac]

Steve, I find that effect more interesting than fully split or fully bifid. And thank you and Spike who inspired my not so funny sig.  And while you are here, I would like to say that I think you are the best at 'What is this palm'  on the forum.  Which leads me to think that 'Who is best at, 'What's this' would be a great new thread, but I am not going to start it. Another week in lockdown maybe. 

I really have to get a better camera than this very old tablet that I use, only if for others pleasure, because I get so much pleasure from the splendid and clear photography from so many of our palmtalkers.  I am a bit embarrassed but not always deterred from posting my pics.

Oh, Cape, thank you for that blurry blast from the past. No, that poor girl is no longer a shadow of her former self, last year, during summer I relegated her to the garden to keep my three boys in the garden company. That was when we were allowed to travel in a van without being looked at as if we were carrying the plague.  It, she, the palm did not fare well. It was a bad time to move it into the garden, it was summer, it was eaten, it was burnt by heat and wind. I don't know what is in the ground there but my 30 yr old Rhapis behind them is always half dead. It may have a virus, I don't know, just saying. 

Here she is at the back, my former record breaking metalica, down to 7 leaves. My boys have 12, 13 and 14. But I think that it will live and improve in the next few years.

  

 

[Steve Mac]

@Stevetoad  I confused Spike Milligan for John Cleese's quote "it's not dead it's sleeping" in your sig, that would have had my rambling more cryptic than usual.

[Cape Garrett]

21 hours ago, gtsteve said:

Steve, I find that effect more interesting than fully split or fully bifid. And thank you and Spike who inspired my not so funny sig.  And while you are here, I would like to say that I think you are the best at 'What is this palm'  on the forum.  Which leads me to think that 'Who is best at, 'What's this' would be a great new thread, but I am not going to start it. Another week in lockdown maybe. 

I really have to get a better camera than this very old tablet that I use, only if for others pleasure, because I get so much pleasure from the splendid and clear photography from so many of our palmtalkers.  I am a bit embarrassed but not always deterred from posting my pics.

Oh, Cape, thank you for that blurry blast from the past. No, that poor girl is no longer a shadow of her former self, last year, during summer I relegated her to the garden to keep my three boys in the garden company. That was when we were allowed to travel in a van without being looked at as if we were carrying the plague.  It, she, the palm did not fare well. It was a bad time to move it into the garden, it was summer, it was eaten, it was burnt by heat and wind. I don't know what is in the ground there but my 30 yr old Rhapis behind them is always half dead. It may have a virus, I don't know, just saying. 

Here she is at the back, my former record breaking metalica, down to 7 leaves. My boys have 12, 13 and 14. But I think that it will live and improve in the next few years.

  

 

Fingers crossed you'll get some baby record leafed metallicas now that she's with the boys.

[Stevetoad]

56 minutes ago, gtsteve said:

@Stevetoad  I confused Spike Milligan for John Cleese's quote "it's not dead it's sleeping" in your sig, that would have had my rambling more cryptic than usual.

Oh man! I thought I made it up. Goes to show all original ideas are already taken.

[Kevin S]

Mine hardly carries that many leaves at any one time but I neglect the heck out of it ever since I turned off the automatic sprinkler system.

[Merlyn]

So are you saying your palm is pining for the fjords? 

My bifids are occasionally fully pinnate, like the leaf in the top center.  There are 3 plants in the photo and a 4th stem that got broken off by accident and never resprouted.  Each plant has about 6-8 leaves.  It's kind of neglected because I haven't figured out where to put it yet.  I have so little shade that it sort of has to hide in the back of the nursery area. 

[Steve Mac]

An uncommon triple planting but they look happy none the less. 

They are a very tough and adaptable little palm I have found.