theelmboy

hello all

i have a couple zelkova seedlings that were offered for free a couple months ago at one of my bonsai club meetings. so i picked up around 4 zelkovas and i think 3 pine seedlings. so i left some of my trees at some freinds homes while on vacation in costa rica for a while. and when i came back i noticed odd growth on 2 of the 4 zelkovas. the odd forked leaf growth is only on the upper half of the seedling and grew while i was on vacation. the bottom half has typical shaped leafs that you would expect. now both seedlings are around 17'' tall. i dont know what did it or if it is totally normal for this specie. i would hope it were a "sport" that i could propagate but for now i think it is to early to tell as it has not gone dormant and leafed out with the forked leafs so i am not sure.

my question is:

is this normal for zelkova or is this something unusual?

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