Identification: Please help identify this small palm im killing!

Discussion in 'Indoor and Greenhouse Plants' started by danielea13, Jan 26, 2008.

  1. danielea13

    danielea13 Member

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    Well the sad story is my friends grandmother died, since I did well with my plants this summer she gave me a small palm that had been out on her G-Mas the porch until now in the cold. I live in So. IL so its been downpast freezing and on the ride overhere its leaves/branches on top were pretty bent but not broke. So I brought it inside and have been trying to keep its soil moderately moist, but 2 weeks later here it looks bad. I would really hate for it to die consitering the circumstances. This is my first time posting and I will attempt to attach pictures so maybe all you green thumbs out there can help us identify and save our palm. Thanku
     

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  2. Weekend Gardener

    Weekend Gardener Active Member 10 Years

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    Don't know which palm it is, but likely tropical. Your story suggests that it may have suffered cold damage during it's trip - was it transported on the open bed of a pickup truck? Has it ever been exposed to below freezing temperatures at some point in the recent few weeks?

    (Looks like you need to reset the date on your camera!)
     
  3. saltcedar

    saltcedar Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    I agree freeze damage. Keep it warm, Well Lit and Barely damp 'til frost free conditions return.
    Then give it a vacation in the shade of a large tree during the Summer were it may recover(or not).

    Good Luck
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    Junglekeeper Esteemed Contributor 10 Years

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    Looks like Chamaedorea elegans, Parlour Palm.
     
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  5. Chuck White

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    I would have to agree that it is a parlor palm. And as opposed to just an 'elegans', I believe that this one is an 'Elegans (Bella)'. The trunks (stems) could be cleaned up by stripping the dead fronds, and this would help eliminate places for destructive critters to live. Your palm is, indeed, tropical. As a tropical, it really doesn't ever want to get cold. Enjoy!....
     
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    Thank You so much Ill do som reaserarch on the poor little fella! Is there anything I can do to give it a boost out of such a poor state? Thanks again!
     
  7. Chuck White

    Chuck White Active Member

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    Being in Illinois, it is probable that your garden stores don't have labeled "palm fertilizer" sitting on the shelf. All of them however, must order fertilizer from a catalog, and that catalog probably has a listing of all the ferts carried. Among them there has to be one or several that are prescribed "just for palms". (I use Palm Fertilizer for more than just palms). With probably more than 100 types of palm available here, you can bet folks just naturally stock 'palm' fert. So even if YOUR place doesn't have it, I'm sure they can order it.
     

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