weird palm pic

[Mr List]

this can't be a real palm, can it?

[Trudytropics]

Wow, just proves they will always straighten eventually, that is tree-mendous shames it takes up so much garden space

[Deedee]

Hahahaha, thats mad..

[GoggleboxUK]

No way can that be real!

Who in their right mind would spend the years needed to do that?

[Trudytropics]

I think this is completely natural, I would imagine the tree was blown over in the wind, ended up an an angle and continued to grow. Eventually the weight of the crown dragged it towards the ground and from their it twisted back up towards the light

[Nigel]

Yep, it was probably growing sideways to escape the tree so already had a bent trunk, fell over like Trudy said and then doubled itself to go back up, and extended its own lifetime in the process because all palms have a height limit due to the diameter of its vascular tissue - height of a meniscus ( although osmosis is a factor too) so ultimately this plant might be dead had it not fallen over.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capillary_ ... ary_action

[Clive60]

Can't see a Trachycarpus doing that!!

[Mr List]

the wonders of nature

[Las Palmas Norte]

... or the wonders of PhotoShop

Cheers, Barrie.

[Nigel Fear]

So that's how you get knots in wood.

[call]

wow no loads of shallots

[flounder]

Perhaps it wants to be a screw palm when its older

[medjool]

I know this one its not a Trachycarpus its a screw palmetto sorry i meant saw p~~~~~~