A bit of palm surgery chainsaw style

[happypalms]

A while ago I had a large tree dead tree removed. And the dypsis cabadae under it had a hard time with the crown getting completely smashed to smitherens. It was what it was so I cleaned up the dead tree mess and the palm, it never recovered not without an apical bud it was doomed. So I just left it alone hopefully it will start to shoot a spear nope nothing no new spear as I suspected. So today I got the old chainsaw out of the shed and did a bit of unqualified arborist work. In about 2 minutes time the job was completed. It took more time to get the chainsaw ready than it did to cut it down. It’s surprising how heavy a stem of a palm is when it’s green. Iam sure the rest of the palm will grow happily ever after. 

[Harry’s Palms]

I had that happen with a Rhapis that I had divided when one of my Queen palms dropped a base on it . It took out a few stems. Mine didn’t require a chain saw . After the initial impact , the stems died quickly. The beauty of clumpers is there are more coming up! Harry

[happypalms]

On 11/12/2024 at 11:02 PM, Harry’s Palms said:

I had that happen with a Rhapis that I had divided when one of my Queen palms dropped a base on it . It took out a few stems. Mine didn’t require a chain saw . After the initial impact , the stems died quickly. The beauty of clumpers is there are more coming up! Harry

Clumping palms are good for that reason in my eyes you can remove a sucker that has done its job. Rhapis can get somewhat out of control if left unchecked in good soil. I have some rhapis that I have entirely removed all but one stem it looks like a freaky licuala even other palm growers ask me what variety it is. 
richard