Interesting palm roots

[Tracy]

I noticed these interesting roots, after some of the leaf bases came off this Phoenix roebelenii.  I had been using the leaf bases to hang "S" hooks to hold up both tillandsia and orchids.  I know that the trunk and leaf bases got a little extra water and fertilizer which could have stimulated the root growth this far up.  I also had a large pile of dirt up against the trunk of this plant about 5 years ago for at least a couple of months when remodeling the house.  It was originally planted by the previous home owners and had multiple trunks from a clump planting.  I eliminated all the other trunks shortly after finishing the remodel to make room for other things adjacent to it.  Anyone seen roots come out this far up the trunk of a P roebelenii before?

[kinzyjr]

@Tracy Yes, all of mine eventually put out adventitious roots anywhere from a foot to two feet up the trunk.

[Tracy]

11 hours ago, kinzyjr said:

Yes, all of mine eventually put out adventitious roots anywhere from a foot to two feet up the trunk.

 I have definitely seen them a few inches up (2-4), but never noticed them this far up before.  You prompted me to look at some photos from my old garden which has a few P roebelenii.  This photos shows more what I'm accustom to seeing in the bottom right hand corner.  One of the trunks has them coming out, but again only a few inches off the ground.  Unfortunately the P roebelenii wasn't the subject of my photo to put it in better perspective, but I think it shows it pretty well.

[Fusca]

9 minutes ago, Tracy said:

I have definitely seen them a few inches up (2-4), but never noticed them this far up before.

Same here.  I had a single in a container for 16 years that eventually developed about 2 feet of trunk and I remember seeing those roots about 3" from the base of the plant but nothing as high as yours.

[Tracy]

3 hours ago, Fusca said:

Same here.  I had a single in a container for 16 years that eventually developed about 2 feet of trunk and I remember seeing those roots about 3" from the base of the plant but nothing as high as yours.

I decide to check the height of my roots after looking at numerous clumps while walking my dog through the neighborhood this morning.  While I saw a lot in older plantings that were from about 4-6" up,  I saw no indications of adventitious roots emerging from 16" up the trunk like I measured below.