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RickJ
Nov 24, 2010, 06:13 AM
Here is a plant that's in my office.
I've killed it and want to get another one of the same kind.
Do any of you know what it is?
Thanks!
excon
Nov 24, 2010, 06:20 AM
Hello R:
I think it's an Areca Palm. But, lots of palms look alike.
excon
RickJ
Nov 24, 2010, 06:27 AM
Thanks, Excon. I did an image search for the Areca Palm, and yes it does look just like that:
Areca Palm - Google Search (http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&biw=1152&bih=644&q=Areca+Palm&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=)
J_9
Nov 24, 2010, 06:48 AM
It is exactly that. I have a few of them, including two sago palms.
RickJ
Nov 24, 2010, 06:52 AM
Thanks, Janine. To be sure, I'll take a branch of it to my local plant store - to get a replacement... so that my mom doesn't have to know that I killed the plant that she bought for my office :)
J_9
Nov 24, 2010, 06:55 AM
Is it completely dead or is that a recent pic? If it's recent it can most likely be revived but cutting off the dead branches.
J_9
Nov 24, 2010, 06:55 AM
Oh, and it needs a bigger pot and more water.
excon
Nov 24, 2010, 07:02 AM
Hello again, Rick:
A word of caution... Lots of palms look alike. Although I think your palm is an Areca, it could also be a Kentia, which is about 10 X's more expensive than an Areca.
excon
RickJ
Nov 24, 2010, 07:44 AM
Janine: The picture was taken today. I've watered it weekly. I think the problem is that it does not get enough light.
Excon: I'll just take a branch of it to my local supplier to get a replacement in the hopes that my mom will not notice that I killed the one that she bought me.
I do confess that I have not watered it enough - and did not spritz the leaves with water as I was instructed to do when I got it... so I'll get a replacement and do better with it in the hopes of keeping it alive.
Just Dahlia
Nov 24, 2010, 09:45 AM
It doesn't look dead to me, maybe just some trimming up?
RickJ
Nov 24, 2010, 10:26 AM
It will look very scrawny if I trim it now. Even if I trim the dead branches, there are still so many of the others that have brown leaves on them... I'm thinking that it's a lost cause...
... so that's why I'm going to buy a new one