Double coconut

[doranakandawatta]

 

Still searching a nice Lodoicea, I only found this double coconut  

[Pal Meir]

Lodoicea zeylanica, Lodoicea cocoides, Cocos maldivica …?

[User00]

41 minutes ago, Pal Meir said:

Lodoicea zeylanica, Lodoicea cocoides, Cocos maldivica …?

i think it's a cocos nucifera ,some thing unusual 

[Jeff Searle]

Two for the price of one!

[Cindy Adair]

That is interesting and funny Philippe. Like your names Pal Meir!

[Kai]

Is this a single nut with two sprouts? That is unusual!

[Pal Meir]

Or is it a hybrid "Cocoicea" ???

[Phoenikakias]

Have you ever seen from a single Phoenix seed, from the same pore, three different cotyledons sprouting, and three new plants developing? I have seen it and therefore I am not utterly  amazed by this double sprout.

[Pal Meir]

19 minutes ago, Phoenikakias said:

Have you ever seen from a single Phoenix seed, from the same pore, three different cotyledons sprouting, and three new plants developing? I have seen it and therefore I am not utterly  amazed by this double sprout.

Not from a Phoenix, but from a Cocosoid, 3 sprouts from one Butia (capitata/odorata) nut. But this is not unusual for many palms of the Cocos alliance, but in case of Cocos or Lytocaryum quite rare.

[PalmWarbler]

What are the odds that both will mature into healthy specimens? Or will one overtake/dwarf the other?

[Jeff Searle]

9 minutes ago, PalmWarbler said:

What are the odds that both will mature into healthy specimens? Or will one overtake/dwarf the other?

In most all cases, they both will live and grow quite well. Many years ago when I germinated 22,500 Wodyetia seed, I had plenty of doubles, a few triples and one seed produced 4 palms. And they all did well.

[Laaz]

Yes, common with Butia as well.

[Kai]

Had tripples with Jubaea and Parajubaea as well. I wonder if Jubaeopsis does this too.

Once I cracked about 30 Astrocaryum vulgare seeds to enhance germination. Many of these seeds had split seeds inside and these "half" seeds were viable.