I have a 2ft trunk dealbata and a dealbata with a trunk that is about 2inches. I have been reading that occasionally you can get a very rare creeping rhizome form, my small C Dealbatas crown grows horizontally every year which leads me the think that I have got a creeping form as well as the normal one.
The photo does not really show what I mean, but the croziers are facing sideways.
Cyathea dealbata creeping rhizome
Re: Cyathea dealbata creeping rhizome
I don't think it is a creeping form, it's just the way they grow when young. They grow outwards before they go upward, similar in many ways to palms such as buita, jubaea, Phoenix canariensis_CIDP etc.
See here http://www.growingontheedge.net/viewtop ... a+creeping
Mine is a creeper at the moment too.
See here http://www.growingontheedge.net/viewtop ... a+creeping
Mine is a creeper at the moment too.
Re: Cyathea dealbata creeping rhizome
I'm not sure now, it does seem to be acting different to my young sporting C dealbata that are growing vertically,I suppose only time will tell. Thanks for the link.