Astrocaryum help (URGENT)

[idontknowhatnametuse]

I recently got 3 Astrocaryum mexicanum; The plants were heavily root bound and I had to change them into a bigger pot, they wouldn't like the colder temps of 16-25⁰C with their roots exposed, they also took 8 days to arrive because the nursery owner insisted in sending them before new years and dia de reyes, so there was a lot of traffic and 2 days of no delivery.  The leaf tips are starting to lose color and fold/become dry over the days. What is this? Some type of fungus? Do they need sun, maybe (I keep them shaded, treating them like Chamaedoreas)? The soil stays consistently moist.

[happypalms]

They are suffering from transport shock, basically been held in whatever conditions with out light and humidity. A leaf looks like it’s on the way out. I get a lot of mail order palms and know those signs of to long in a box. Keep them in warm moist place if possible out of the sun. Try not to overwater them let the top of the soil dry if they arrived bare rooted, they are in no condition to suffer overwatering. They are in shock keep them in a greenhouse even and don’t disturb them, let them recover.

[idontknowhatnametuse]

3 hours ago, happypalms said:

They are suffering from transport shock, basically been held in whatever conditions with out light and humidity. A leaf looks like it’s on the way out. I get a lot of mail order palms and know those signs of to long in a box. Keep them in warm moist place if possible out of the sun. Try not to overwater them let the top of the soil dry if they arrived bare rooted, they are in no condition to suffer overwatering. They are in shock keep them in a greenhouse even and don’t disturb them, let them recover.

Thanks, I will do that.

[Fusca]

17 hours ago, idontknowhatnametuse said:

I recently got 3 Astrocaryum mexicanum

Boy Alex, you really do like the thorny palms!  😄   I like them too but only planning on planting a couple.

[idontknowhatnametuse]

3 hours ago, Fusca said:

Boy Alex, you really do like the thorny palms!  😄   I like them too but only planning on planting a couple.

Next time i'll actually be smoother on my purchases, going to get an Arenga engleri to plant in the sidewalk. The neighbor has a little kid who sometimes plays on the sidewalk of my house and of course it worries me that he can get injured with the Acrocomia that I planted there. 

[idontknowhatnametuse]

At this age they don't got any spines though. Only small spines in the edges of the fronds. I think they start forming them at juvenile stage when new fronds come out split.