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  • Nov 24, 2010, 06:13 AM
    RickJ
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    What plant is this?
    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!
  • Nov 24, 2010, 06:20 AM
    excon

    Hello R:

    I think it's an Areca Palm. But, lots of palms look alike.

    excon
  • Nov 24, 2010, 06:27 AM
    RickJ

    Thanks, Excon. I did an image search for the Areca Palm, and yes it does look just like that:
    Areca Palm - Google Search
  • Nov 24, 2010, 06:48 AM
    J_9

    It is exactly that. I have a few of them, including two sago palms.
  • Nov 24, 2010, 06:52 AM
    RickJ

    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 :)
  • Nov 24, 2010, 06:55 AM
    J_9

    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.
  • Nov 24, 2010, 06:55 AM
    J_9

    Oh, and it needs a bigger pot and more water.
  • Nov 24, 2010, 07:02 AM
    excon

    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
  • Nov 24, 2010, 07:44 AM
    RickJ

    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.
  • Nov 24, 2010, 09:45 AM
    Just Dahlia

    It doesn't look dead to me, maybe just some trimming up?
  • Nov 24, 2010, 10:26 AM
    RickJ

    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

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