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Licuala Palm Looks Like ROT?

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Hempress
in PALMS IN POTS

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Hello fellow Palm Lovers & Experts!

I have a Licuala that is starting to present leaves that look like rot to me, but some might think that it's too dry - the roots look ok.

Based on my experience and imo, drying and rot on palm leaves look slightly different because with drying, the edges are usually crispy and the dry itself is a sharp contrast on the leaves and if it had too much sun, one would see more of a bleaching from the dry to the green on the leaves. With ROT, there is more of a "watercolor bleed" that goes from the dry into the normal area of the leaf ..... which is exactly what some of my leaves are doing. At first I thought it was too much sun in the window so I closed the shade more - this was a week or so ago ... but now it somewhat exploded into more.

I have uploaded an image of a palm that looks exactly like what my leaves are doing at this point - (the plant in the image has many more problem leaves than mine that have only two) see the bleeding of the dry areas into the green? The other image I was going to upload was mine but technical difficulties prevented it.

I have just dug my palm up from it's pot and am now spraying it with solution of hydrogen peroxide and water ... both roots and leaves. I am also in the process of cutting off the bad leaves as I figured this is the most important emergency step for now, but I wanted to write to all of you to gather any possible agreements or disagreements.

FYI: I live in Central Florida in extremely humid conditions and have gotten this far in the palm's growth, having wonderful results with the watering schedule it has been on. It wasn't until I put the palm in a corner (the corner from h*LL) that is notorious for rotting plants in one way or another (no circulation) that I believe is what made the palm angry! It wasn't long there, but I guess long enough! I had the window open next to it but looks like it made absolutely no difference. I could kick myself for all this now as I'm paying the price. Does anyone have any thoughts on this or anything else I didn't think of?

Thank you all so much!

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