What to do about a Bismarckia seed that (I think) sprouted upside down

[GTClover]

Hi All it's been awhile since I've posted, but I'm hoping to get some advice about a strange Bismarckia seedling I have. I've picked up several seeds from an enormous Bizzie on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas, Several have sprouted and right now I have 3 seedlings the first is doing well I think for being grown in-doors in Vermont (outdoors May-Sep).

The 2nd one seemed to sprout upside down and I thought it would eventually figure it out and grow up. I've tried propping it up but it doesn't seem to help. The leaves just flop over the side with a nice little curl to them! It didn't help much that after the summer outside I notice a bit too late that it had a spear that was drilling back down into the soil! I freed it up but I think it was too late. I know many of you would toss it into the compost pile, but due to financial necessity I have to stay in VT and Work instead of spending time with my Bahamian palms. So my little collection here keeps me sane.

Do you think there is much hope for floppy curly Bismarckia. Maybe I'll just have to love him as he is.

The 3rd photo is a much smaller one, but amazingly enough they all came from the same batch of collected seed. The 1st sprouted in about a month, the 2nd in about 6 months, and the 3rd took over a year.

The 4th picture is a photo of Momma Bizzie. The last 2 are of my newest Green Turtle Cay palms. Planted Nov. 2012. I may finally get to seem them again in Jan.

[GTClover]

I guess no one here has experienced this problem here or maybe they went to the compost pile pretty quickly! I inspected it a little more closely after posting and there is a new spear emerging so I guess I'll keep it around awhile longer. Can anyone tell me how long it takes a Bismarckia to put out a divided frond?

Thanks

Susan

[Zeeth]

I've seen palms do that sometimes but it usually grows out of it. I wouldn't worry too much

[dalmatiansoap]

Yes, pretty often seen on Phoenix sp.

[Kostas]

Remote germinators like Bismarckia do that when the cotyledonary petiole grows twisted down in the soil and the emerging leafs grows following that twist and come out curved. It eventually fixes and new leafs grow normally after some time,from few months to a few years after so nothing to worry about. It fixes once the route to the surface is straight and clear of obstructions. One of my Bismarckia seedlings is growing spiral leafs due to what I described and each leaf gets progressively straighter. It has the best color of all btw.

[Alicehunter2000]

Agreed....it will grow out of its funk.

[GTClover]

Thanks guys I appreciate the reassurance!

Susan