"Maroochy" wrote

Mad Cow wrote:
One Torbay palm is enough for one view. At least they're easy to cut.

I had to Google 'Torbay Palm', never heard cordylines called that before.

What's growing out of the dark trunk to left of centre?

It's a young Staghorn (Platycerium superbum) an epiphytic fern.


I know in the UK we call them Torbay Palms or Cornish Palms because for a
long time those were the only places they were seen growing those areas
having a milder climate than most of the UK. Now you see them everywhere
indeed I had a large one felled last year but still have another. Funny that
the UK name should have travelled across the world when they are actually a
New Zealand Cabbage Palm.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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