Don’t know if it’s the same, but if you cut the top of a pine tree, it will continue to grow, sprouting two tops.
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“Topping” a Palm will kill it...
The researcher stated that multiple heads sometimes occur “Such branching is sometimes a result of an insect attack or falling palm frond, but in this case there are no signs of damage, meaning the branching could be genetic.”
As another poster has stated if this is genetic that tree is worth much more than the asking price... In the Philippines for instance coconuts are protected trees and you can be jailed for cutting down even a dead one... takes a lot of coconuts to produce that oil...
looking at that tree it reminds me of how Sago’s can develop multiple heads... perhaps this palm developed “suckers” that grew into this??? Can palms have suckers??? Can manipulation of the “crown” cause two heads??
Interesting information!
Thanks!