Ribbon palm transplant

[Josh McIntyre]

I recently had a 15’ trunk height ribbon palm planted in my yard. The palm was planted in someone’ else’s yard for about 3 year prior. A company carefully removed the tree and planted it in their nursery for about 6 months before it was planted in my yard. It has been about 3 weeks since it was planted. I have kept the tree watered and did not notice anything irregular until last week a tropical storm came through. It was fairly windy and a few days after the storm I noticed some brown coloration coming from in the middle of the tree. I flew a drone above it and took some pictures attached below. Are the brown pieces in the picture cause for concern? The palm has had no transplant shock or any color change on any of the fronds since being planted. 

[idontknowhatnametuse]

Are those fronds variagated? Looks fine to me, the newest fronds look okay and the older ones don't look like they have a disease or deficiency.

[SeanK]

It's hard to see. Maybe just the filaments on the newest leave? May need a tall step ladder to get a better view of the spears.

[Josh McIntyre]

11 hours ago, idontknowhatnametuse said:

Are those fronds variagated? Looks fine to me, the newest fronds look okay and the older ones don't look like they have a disease or deficiency.

That color difference is just from the sun coming through the surrounding trees.

[Josh McIntyre]

4 hours ago, SeanK said:

It's hard to see. Maybe just the filaments on the newest leave? May need a tall step ladder to get a better view of the spears.

I inspected the tree pretty thoroughly while it was out of the ground leaning down before it was planted. Everything in the center was green but there was only that one spear. My concern comes from it being dug up twice in 6 months. I got the tree for free but I would like to do anything I can to keep it alive and happy. 

[Fishinsteeg234]

That looks fine to me. I see this commonly with Queen palms in my neighborhood (and many other palm species) when the new spear is wind blown and tattered after a tropical storm or hurricane. It’s just the undeveloped spear filaments becoming unraveled from high winds. They also sometimes appear bright yellow just after the storm. The frond should grow out of it just fine. Keep your new palm well watered and it should be good to go. 👍