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Never to this degree.

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Jupiter FL

in the Zone formally known as 10A

Holy S*&t!!!!!!!!!! Thats amazing that it looks as good as it does.

Zac

Zac  

Living to get back to Mexico

International Palm Society member since 2007

http://community.webshots.com/user/zacspics - My Webshots Gallery

Gotta wonder - how did THAT happen?

St. Pete

Zone - a wacked-out place between 9b & 10

Elevation = 44' - not that it does any good

Doug,

 What a great picture! I'm just trying to figure it all out.Don't you just love these things........palm trees.

Jeff

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

amazing.

the palms in the background have some funky looking trunks as well.

Luke

Tallahassee, FL - USDA zone 8b/9a

63" rain annually

January avg 65/40 - July avg 92/73

North Florida Palm Society - http://palmsociety.blogspot.com/

crazy!

So anyone have a theory on how this can happen?

Sunshine Coast

Queensland

Australia

Subtropical climate

Wow, that's amazing :D

Southwest

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That is really unusual...  I've never seen anything like it...  Good Post!

www.dadluvsu.com

That is trulely amazing. Looks like it pulled a Lazarus.

Can we see the one in the backround with the potbelly.

You Floridians do not know how good you got it. I see the same 5 species every day.

Ed Mijares

Whittier, Ca

Psyco Palm Collector Wheeler Dealer

Zone 10a?

Woah!!!

What the...........?

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

That is pretty neat.  It's worst fear is a hurricane of any magnitude.

No one cares about your current yard temperature 🙃

I bet that is damage to the bud from a cold snap and then penciled up, then a warm/wet spring and summer combined with fertilizer from the city???

Rick Leitner

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

26.07N/80.15W

Zone 10B

Average Annual Low 67 F

Average Annual High 84 F

Average Annual Rainfall 62"

 

Riverfront exposure, 1 mile from Atlantic Ocean

Part time in the western mountains of North Carolina

Gratefully, the best of both worlds!

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I bet that is damage to the bud from a cold snap and then penciled up, then a warm/wet spring and summer combined with fertilizer from the city???

Picture was taken in Costa Rica, no cold, I doubt they fertilize.

Jupiter FL

in the Zone formally known as 10A

Woah there!  It's like those babies that are born with part of another baby attached to them.  Sorry for that imagery.

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

Dumbfounding, it almost looks as if the palm was dug out of the ground and balanced on a little stump.  Go figure ???  ???

Don_L    Rancho CUCAMONGA (yes it does exist) 40 min due east of Los Angeles

             USDA Zone 10a

July Averages: Hi 95F, Low 62F

Jan Averages: Hi 68F, Low 45F
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Another (and only other) shot of the freak coconut.

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Jupiter FL

in the Zone formally known as 10A

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    Another (and only other) shot of the freak coconut.

    Reminds me of the sixties, thalidimide coconut? ohmy.gif

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    Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

    Considering several of the Cocos in the vicinity have similar issues, my theory is that some sort of rapid, single phase erosion occurred that left all of the Cocos sitting at least a foot off of the new ground level. That still doesn't completely explain the bizarre little mini trunk supporting a full sized one above on that particular palm.

    -Michael

    I'll bet if they piled soil on top of that mimi trunk you would never know anything like that happened to it

    Keith 

    Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

    Woah there!  It's like those babies that are born with part of another baby attached to them.  Sorry for that imagery.

    Does BSMan know about this?

    I DIG PALMS

    Call me anytime to chat about transplanting palms.

    305-345-8918

    https://www.facebook...KenJohnsonPalms

    crazy!

    So anyone have a theory on how this can happen?

    Here in the wet, humid parts of Hawai'i that often happens to coconut palms when dropped dead fronds or other garden trash is left to pile up around the base. In that almost compost environment the trunk begins growing a new batch of roots. Then along comes someone to clean up the trash, and there it is! The same thing can happen near the beach areas when storms or high surf come far enough in to wash away the top layers of sand containing new root growth.

    garrin in hawaii

    jeez ANOTHER thread resurrection? :hmm:

    well,wait,i guess i didnt see it the 1st time so its ok :)

    aw heck,whats the use,i'm still pissed. :angry:

    the "prince of snarkness."

     

    still "warning-free."

     

    san diego,california,left coast.

    crazy!

    So anyone have a theory on how this can happen?

    Here in the wet, humid parts of Hawai'i that often happens to coconut palms when dropped dead fronds or other garden trash is left to pile up around the base. In that almost compost environment the trunk begins growing a new batch of roots. Then along comes someone to clean up the trash, and there it is! The same thing can happen near the beach areas when storms or high surf come far enough in to wash away the top layers of sand containing new root growth.

    Kings, queens and washies can do that, too, though not to that extreme . . .

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    Another (and only other) shot of the freak coconut.

    Reminds me of the sixties, thalidimide coconut? ohmy.gif

    That picture of the freaky Moose is way funnier.

    Gary

    Rock Ridge Ranch

    South Escondido

    5 miles ENE Rancho Bernardo

    33.06N 117W, Elevation 971 Feet

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