In message , Tom C
writes
On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 01:20:49 +0100, Bernard Peek
wrote:


It has a central stalk that has obviously been damaged, and the growing
fronds are sticking out in a circle from its base. I think a healthy
specimen has fronds growing out from the top of the stem. Is there any
way to get this specimen back to full health, or have we wasted the 50p
it cost us?


It sounds like D Squarrosa. You often get "pups" appearing at the
base. I have one and thought I'd lost it through leaving it out one
unusually cold night. However, a new one is now growing from the base,
and throughout the summer, more fronds will appear all round the
deceased trunk.

So try to keep it going.

There doesn't seem to be any signs of life in the trunk. I was wondering
whether it's possible to cut it away, or to grow a new plant by taking
a cutting. Obviously I don't want to risk killing off the original
plant, because I'm unlikely to be able to replace it for 50p.



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Bernard Peek
London, UK. DBA, Manager, Trainer & Author. Will work for money.