I’ve had this palm for a few years and it’s been fine. I water it once a month, don’t move it around too much and make sure the soil doesn’t get waterlogged.
A month or so ago I noticed it starting to droop, and the soil was still very wet despite not having recently watered it. As a precaution I removed it from the damp soil and repotted it with fresh houseplant compost mix. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to have improved the plant’s health 😢
Is there anything else I can try?
From what little I know, they might require less watering and more soil aeration than most plants, similar to succulents which can draw enough moisture from the air, so hopefully you didnt pack the dirt too much.
Don’t fuss too much over it, it’s far too weak to try division propogation so it might be cooked. If overwatering caused the problem then the best thing you can do is leave it alone in full sunlight for a while.
Thanks for the advice. I’ll leave it alone and hope we get some more sunlight.
I took a tour of a farm and plant nursery that rents out plants to businesses. They would rotate out the plants in the offices every month or so, to let them recover back at the nursery with sunlight.
Owner told me “there’s no such thing as a house plant”, only plants we keep indoors.
This feels so nakedly obvious now I’ve thought about it 🤦🏻