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Laccospadix problem and surgery !


Darold Petty

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  I have several Laccospadix palms, both in-ground and in pots.  They are usually trouble free, slow but steady growers.  One potted 5-gallon plant lost its spear leaf.  After a long period of waiting for a replacement I decided to operate.

  This palm had established so many offset growing points that it got trapped and constricted within the older leafbases.  After surgery I found this lump of new growth,  I hope that this drastic trimming will allow normal growth to resume.  After the photographs I removed several growth points and gave this exposed tissue a heavy dusting of powdered sulfur.

  Has anyone done something similar, and what odds are predicted that this plant can recover ?  Thanks    

 

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Give it time. Those small new leaves are a good sign.

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I think it will recover, clean with water + h2o2

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The same happened to my Livistona chinensis in pot, its growth stopped for more than one year. After the surgery it resumed the normal growth, the dried contorted stump is the only testimony

Tomas

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After closer inspection I recognized that the growth point had been distorted 360 degrees.  I broke off this deformity, but nothing has begun to emerge from the lower remnant.  Therefore I have concluded that too much meristem was removed and that the main stem will not recover.  (See second image of 360 degree twist)

  This is still a healthy palm with two strong growing stems, and two lesser ones for a total of 4 stems.   My garden is always too cluttered, yet I am unable to resist the acquisition of new plants.  Therefore I offer this palm for free, however you must pick it up at my garden.  Perhaps one could plant this palm at the base of an existing single trunk form of Laccospadix ?

  Come on by for a visit and a free palm !

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3 hours ago, Darold Petty said:

After closer inspection I recognized that the growth point had been distorted 360 degrees.  I broke off this deformity, but nothing has begun to emerge from the lower remnant.  Therefore I have concluded that too much meristem was removed and that the main stem will not recover.  (See second image of 360 degree twist)

  This is still a healthy palm with two strong growing stems, and two lesser ones for a total of 4 stems.   My garden is always too cluttered, yet I am unable to resist the acquisition of new plants.  Therefore I offer this palm for free, however you must pick it up at my garden.  Perhaps one could plant this palm at the base of an existing single trunk form of Laccospadix ?

  Come on by for a visit and a free palm !

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Fascinating!

It looks almost like a newly hatched bird!

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