But it's not. It's a white bird of paradise. Strelitzia nicolai. Yes you can
divide it. Try a Yahoo search for more details.

"len gardener" wrote in message
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g'day james,

looks like a 'travellers palm' aka 'ravenala madagascariensis' more of
the banana family not of the palm family, if so you will be able to
seperate them no problems.

len

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