Candelabrum Palmet

Basic Shapes

Naming

Full name: candelabrum palmette (with … framework branches)

Popular name:

candelabrum (with … tiers)

Nickname:

‘Candle tree’

Synonym:

Historical name:

kandelaber palmet

Alternative name:

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Description

This espalier resembles (and is named after) the shape of a Jewish candelabrum: a candle holder with 7 arms, also called a menorah. All the framework branches lie in one flat plane.

Features:

two-dimensional slate form with parallel stemmed branches
framework branches guided in the shape of a “Jewish candelabrum” [^1]
minimum 4 framework branches in 2+ floors [^2]
- Candelabrum with central branch has an odd number of framework branches (5, 7, …).
- Kandelaber zonder harttak bezit een even aantal gesteltakken (4, 6, …).
fruitwood is grown short on the stem branch

The Kandelaber Palmet is derived from the Schuin Palmet.

[mks_icon icon=”fa-thumbs-up” color=”#009900″ type=”fa”] For additional info see main article: Palmette.

[^1]: This website counts the Vertical Palmet as a separate category of the same rank; Beccaletto (2001) also classifies this espalier form as the Candelabrum Palmet.
[^2]: For espalier form with 3 framework branches see main category: Trident.

Opinion

The growing phase of a Candelabrum is initially the same as that of the Slanting Palmet; in a later phase the framework branches are set in the shape of a Candelabrum.

The absence of a heart branch is beneficial, because the espalier shape then remains more easily in balance. A heart branch tends to grow faster, at the expense of framework branches that are more on the outside.

[mks_icon icon=”fa-thumbs-up” color=”#009900″ type=”fa”] For additional info see main article: Palmette.