{"id":20366,"date":"2024-10-03T19:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T23:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?p=20366"},"modified":"2024-10-03T19:46:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T23:46:37","slug":"4-headed-pindo-palm-found-hiding-in-plain-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/2024-10-03\/4-headed-pindo-palm-found-hiding-in-plain-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"4-Headed Pindo Palm Found Hiding in Plain Sight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Originally Published September 17, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"pbs-viral-player-wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; padding-top: calc(56.25% + 43px);\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.pbs.org\/viralplayer\/3094470970\/\" allowfullscreen allow=\"encrypted-media\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/MichelleW-1-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"a woman shielding her face with her fands.\" class=\"wp-image-20368\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.6;width:318px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/MichelleW-1-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/MichelleW-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/MichelleW-1-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/MichelleW-1-1600x1000.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/MichelleW-1-2048x1280.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/MichelleW-1-696x435.jpg 696w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/MichelleW-1-1068x668.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/MichelleW-1-1920x1200.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/MichelleW-1-672x420.jpg 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WFSU Public Media receptionist Michelle W. conceals her facial identity after discovering the fourth head on pindo palm. (WFSU\/ Mike Plummer)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Florida is home to many weird and wonderful oddities, like the 4-headed pindo palm we found hiding in our front yard.\u00a0 We call it Vincent.\u00a0 But the odd thing about Vincent is that he didn\u2019t always have 4 heads.\u00a0 Vincent had 3 heads back in 2012\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/news.wfsu.org\/environment\/2012-07-18\/rare-three-headed-palm-found-in-wfsus-front-yard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">as our news department documented<\/a>.\u00a0 But all that changed recently, when our station&#8217;s camera-shy receptionist brought the change in our pindo palm\u2019s profile to our attention.\u00a0 We agreed to let her conceal her identity.  That&#8217;s her seated at her desk, in the picture to the right.  When you watch the video above, you&#8217;ll learn what makes pindo palms grow multiple heads.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/VincentResized-768x1024.png\" alt=\"A pindo palm tree with four crowns.\" class=\"wp-image-20382\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;width:317px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/VincentResized-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/VincentResized-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/VincentResized-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/VincentResized-696x928.png 696w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/VincentResized-1068x1424.png 1068w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/VincentResized-315x420.png 315w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/VincentResized.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vincent, the 4-Headed pindo palm at WFSU Public Media in Tallahassee, FL (WFSU)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-light-green-cyan-background-color has-background has-large-font-size\"> <strong>We\u2019re number two?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Vincent is not Florida\u2019s first 4-headed pindo palm.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsherald.com\/story\/news\/2018\/07\/26\/worlds-only-4-headed-palm-tree-cut-down\/11256617007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Panama City claimed to be home to the \u201cworld\u2019s only\u201d 4-headed pindo palm<\/a> for several years\u2026until its demise in 2018.&nbsp; I hesitate to claim the \u201cworld\u2019s only\u201d moniker for our pindo because we have no proof of Vincent\u2019s singularity.&nbsp; If Panama City had one, anywhere could have one, right?&nbsp; A post, with photos, to the <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/palms.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Palm Society<\/a><\/strong><\/em> online message board <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palmtalk.org\/forum\/topic\/85922-three-headed-pindo-palm-grows-a-4th-head\/#comment-1182124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Palm Talk<\/a><\/strong><\/em> brought only a modest response.&nbsp; If <em>Palm Talkers<\/em> aren\u2019t excitedly pinging a four-headed pindo palm post, maybe four heads aren\u2019t all that special anymore.&nbsp; There was one reply from a <em>Palm Talker<\/em> who claimed a 4-headed pindo in his Savannah, GA neighborhood, but there was no authenticating photo. &nbsp;I\u2019m keeping an eye peeled on my email inbox.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-light-green-cyan-background-color has-background has-large-font-size\" style=\"text-transform:capitalize\"><strong> Please pass the Butia jelly<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PindoPalmFruit-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A hand holding pindo palm fruit\" class=\"wp-image-20370\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7777777777777777;width:464px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PindoPalmFruit-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PindoPalmFruit-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PindoPalmFruit-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PindoPalmFruit-1600x900.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PindoPalmFruit-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PindoPalmFruit-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PindoPalmFruit-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PindoPalmFruit-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PindoPalmFruit.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pindo palm fruit can be used to make jelly. (WFSU)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>When botanists, horticulturalists, and phytologists discuss palm trees, they refer to the pindo palm as <strong><em>Butia capitata.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp; Horticulturist David MacManus is the Assistant Director of Grounds and Landscaping for Florida State University and he told me that some folks also call Butia capitata a jelly palm. &nbsp;\u201dThe reason it\u2019s referred to as jelly palm is the fruit is edible.&nbsp; But the fruit is variable too, in size, in color, and in flavor\u201d. &nbsp;Some of them are \u201cquite tasty\u201d, he adds. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adventurous jelly-making readers will find a <a href=\"https:\/\/nchfp.uga.edu\/how\/make-jam-jelly\/jellies\/butia-palm-fruit-jelly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>Butia Palm Fruit Jelly<\/em><\/strong> recipe<strong>(<\/strong>here<strong>)<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>from the National Center for Home Food Preservation at the University of Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-light-green-cyan-background-color has-background has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:53px\"> <strong>Fan or Feather<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 3 shapes of palm leaves associated with the many different species of palm trees.&nbsp; The feather-shaped leaf, pinnate, the fan-shaped leaf, palmate, and a leaf that looks similar to a fan shape but slightly elongated, costapalmate.&nbsp; The pindo palm has a feather-shaped leaf&#8230;pinnate. &nbsp;The Pindo palm is slow-growing and can be very long-lived.&nbsp; Some may be up to 400 years old according to horticulturalist MacManus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large td-caption-align-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"20372\" src=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anatomy-pinnate-leaf.jpg\" alt=\"Diagram\" class=\"wp-image-20372\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"20373\" src=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anatomy-palmate-leaf.jpg\" alt=\"Diagram\" class=\"wp-image-20373\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large td-caption-align-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"20374\" src=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anatomy-costa-palmate-leaf.jpg\" alt=\"Diagram\" class=\"wp-image-20374\"\/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Illustrations credit<br>Anderson, P.J. 2011.&nbsp;<em>Identifying Commonly Cultivated Palms<\/em>. In&nbsp;<em>A Resource for Pests and Diseases of Cultivated Palms<\/em>. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Service, Division of Plant Industry and Identification Technology Program, S&amp;T, PPQ, APHIS, USDA; Fort Collins, CO. Sept. 17, 2024.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/idtools.org\/palm_id\/\">https:\/\/idtools.org\/palm_id\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally Published September 17, 2024 Florida is home to many weird and wonderful oddities, like the 4-headed pindo palm we found hiding in our front yard.\u00a0 We call it Vincent.\u00a0 But the odd thing about Vincent is that he didn\u2019t always have 4 heads.\u00a0 Vincent had 3 heads back in 2012\u2026as our news department documented.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":20406,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"tdm_status":"disabled","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":136},"categories":[1626,136],"tags":[1612,1619,1611,1624,1613,1622,1620,1618,232,1616,1623,1621,1614,1615,1617,1557],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>4-Headed Pindo Palm Found Hiding in Plain Sight - 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