Why do young Royals

[bubba]

This reminds me of an old Merle Hagard joke but the young ones always look crisp and clean until ruination:

By the way, can anyone tell me what those cactus like flowers are on the ground?

[carver]

Achmea Fasciata, looks like a newly planted royal.

[Kumar]

That crownshaft looks like its made of rubber and glued onto the stem.

I never understand how tiny seedlings of these big palms manage to swell their bases so much.

[Mike in Nelson]

This reminds me of an old Merle Hagard joke but the young ones always look crisp and clean until ruination:

By the way, can anyone tell me what those cactus like flowers are on the ground?

Are you referring to the Bromeliads?

[rozpalm]

That crownshaft looks like its made of rubber and glued onto the stem.

I never understand how tiny seedlings of these big palms manage to swell their bases so much.

If that palm were grown in optimal conditions its base would be 3-4x the size that it is. It appears to be stretched from being grown possibly in shade.

[Trópico]

Oh, I thought you meant seedlings. Because all of mine tend to keep the leaf bases longer than the leaf to give them a rather dirty look.