Ravenea Xerophila Offshoot

[nkbish]

I have a small ravenea Xerophila that has been in the ground for about 1 year. I did not see any growth so I marked the spear and it did not move for about six months. I was removing some dead seedlings after our recent cold. I noticed this palm was dead and I went to pull it out and the top ripped off from the heal. I noticed some green under it and it looks like it has a new offshoot, or maybe 3. I have a d. Decipiens that did this and is still growing. Are these known to do this? Maybe I will have a triple. Time will tell.

[BS Man about Palms]

Just treat it the same way you have been and it may keep growing.. (In other words, if you had stopped or slowed watering, KEEP doing that!) I have killed a few palms when I decided to "Step up" their watering when I see a "doinker" <---- A Matty Bradford word.

[Dypsisdean]

Just treat it the same way you have been and it may keep growing.. (In other words, if you had stopped or slowed watering, KEEP doing that!) I have killed a few palms when I decided to "Step up" their watering when I see a "doinker" <---- A Matty Bradford word.

I thought the PT vernacular was a "dweezle." Also possibly coined by MattyB - or maybe DoomsDave.

[Josh-O]

Nick--- I had a HUGE 15 gal Rax X. that suckered. It now is in my buddy's garden. They do split but it is rare. Like Bill said keep treating it the same and don't change up the watering requirements. This plant is already a snail and because it has suckered it shuts down its growth rate to divert it's energy to the new growth.

Bill & Dean--I love the words "doinker and dweezle" sounds like something matty B. would come up with..lol

[MattyB]

I cannot take credit for "Dweezle". Dave coined that and I believe that would be the correct term here. I do however use "Doinker". I think I use it to refer to something small. So technically I guess Nick's Ravenea has a dweezle that's a doinker. But that's kind of redundant because all dweezles are doinkers. But keep in mind that not all doinkers are dweezles.

[Josh-O]

shut the front door Matty ...

[Phoenikakias]

Technically it is not an offshoot, but only further misformed new leaf or leaves because growing point due to a damage or another stressing factor has shifted from its original position and another route for developing new leaves has been chosen.

[Rafael]

I have this same issue with sabal miamiensis (!!!!!!!!!???!!)

[Phoenikakias]

Transplaning shock must be the reason, Rafael. I had exactly this issue with a Sabal domingensis in the past and, very probably, that was also the reason for it. Eventually your Sabal will grow out of it, but you' re gonna possibly lose some time of new growth.

[nkbish]

Well I hope the doinking dweezle makes it. I will try and post an update in the future. Thanks for the advise.

[Josh-O]

keep us posted Nick!!

[Sabal Steve]

I cannot take credit for "Dweezle". Dave coined that and I believe that would be the correct term here. I do however use "Doinker". I think I use it to refer to something small. So technically I guess Nick's Ravenea has a dweezle that's a doinker. But that's kind of redundant because all dweezles are doinkers. But keep in mind that not all doinkers are dweezles.

4 out of 7 days out of the week, dweezles are doinkers, but never on the third monday of march. One out of those three remaining days a doinker may be a dweezel, but only on the second wednesday of march. What are the chances that a dweezel would be a doinker, and a dweezel would be a doinker three days apart?

[Rafael]

Transplaning shock must be the reason, Rafael. I had exactly this issue with a Sabal domingensis in the past and, very probably, that was also the reason for it. Eventually your Sabal will grow out of it, but you' re gonna possibly lose some time of new growth.

It is still in the pot Konstantinos