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Defying my Prediction

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Yesterday at 08:08 PM1 day

Back in October 2025 I discovered that a huge banana had made a direct hit falling on this Veitchia. No photo as the banana obscured the palm.

It was a struggle to cut the giant banana and remove all the rotting fruit and I might have cut down the palm too.

However it was far from a ladder and would have been dangerous to attempt without assistance so I let it be.

I noticed as the months went by that the upside down leaves remained green and I had planted the palm where I needed something to hold on to along this slope so I figured I’d use the trunk as a hand rail as long as possible.

Yet here it is growing again!

Cindy Adair

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Yesterday at 08:12 PM1 day

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There are life lessons here I think and I now expect over time a full recovery. Stay tuned for better photos once I see more normal leaves.

Please post your other survivor stories of palms or seeds you nearly gave up on.

Cindy Adair

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17 hours ago17 hr

The same thing happened to one of my chamaedorea Radicalis, a big branch came down it give it a fair old snapping, it sat there for a year sulking then it started to get on with growing again. Mother Nature has her way of dealing with things in a certain manner!