# What's happening to my Madagascar Palm?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 4, 2003, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happening-to-my-madagascar-palm/205532 "2003-10-04T10:29:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happening-to-my-madagascar-palm/205532/1 "2003-10-04T10:29:48Z")

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I just brought my Madagascar Palms in for the winter after a summer of benign neglect. The largest of them is branching at the top. Where there is generally a centrally arranged grouping of fronds, this one has four groupings. Is this normal? I’ve had this palm for years, and I’ve never seen anything like this.

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**Author:** ![Cillasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@Cillasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cillasi)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happening-to-my-madagascar-palm/205532/2 "2003-10-04T12:07:52Z")

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[http://plantsdatabase.com/showpicture/2291/](http://plantsdatabase.com/showpicture/2291/)

Like this? Or this?

[http://plantsdatabase.com/showpicture/23006/](http://plantsdatabase.com/showpicture/23006/)

Seems like branching is rare, but it does occur.

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**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happening-to-my-madagascar-palm/205532/3 "2003-10-04T16:36:43Z")

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Cillasi,

It’s a bit more like the first one. Thanks for the links.

11811