hi, I just moved into a new house and this plant was left behind, anyone know what it is? thanks, I know nothing about plants :( ps. also some of the leaves are brown ,what can i do?? help!!
I'm thinking maybe it's a parlour palm? At any rate it is a palm of some sort, and since most of the plant is healthy and green I'd say you shouldn't be too concerned about the browning - it looks to be happening mostly on older leaves. If you don't like the look of it, you can cut the brown off without harming the plant. I'd wait for the palm experts to get a crack at this - they may also tell you to re-pot it into unglazed ceramic. Its feet might be getting squished in that little plastic pot.
These appear to be highly prone to mites under ordinary indoor conditions. Yours has a heavy infestation.
I was so concerned with the ID that I totally missed the mites. You need to be looking at something to control those. The gentlest thing for your house and environment is probably an insecticidal soap, like Safer's. Are you in London, Ontario, or London, UK? If you're in Canada, you can get Safer's at WalMart. In the UK, I don't know....
hi, thanks for your help so far. funny thing, i just lifted the plant up and there was water sitting in the bottom so i just emptied that out. i'm in london UK. i will shop around for a insecticidal soap. thanks again.
Umm, yes, that would be aproblem. Palms in standing water = root rot. You may look into changing out the soild altogether, having a look at the exposed roots while it's out the pot and removing any rotted ones (brown, slimy, squishy, empty, &c.). May be Kentia Palm, by the by...
Because of the red new growth I would say that it is Chambeyronia macrocarpa, or something similar, but the leaves look different to my one. It is one of the ones that has red new growth,.. EDIT: On closer inspection are those fronds red or brown? Ed
See, I couldn't figure that out myself.... It might be something to do with the mite problem, or with the poor thing being swamped in its pot.
Oh, please repot this poor palm!!! It needs to be in one twice the size of the one it's in, and one that DRAINS---since this plant has GOT to be rootbound, any water put on it undoubtedly runs right past the roots to accumulate in the outer ceramic pot. Result is the palm is dying of thirst and drowning at the same time. New pot, new soil, new home!
Not sure what kind of palm you have,,,, I'd get a new pot with a couple more inches of room then the old one, otherwise, if the pot is too large, the roots can rot since palms like it a little on the moist side.
