What is wrong with my parlor palm plant
@shaggin (72778)
United States
August 17, 2016 9:18am CST
When my mother went to Florida she brought this plant back for me. It is a type of palm tree. It says on the side of it Parlor Palm.
It was out in my back room which is basically an enclosed porch. It gets super hot out there in the summer and freezing out there in the winter.
I forgot about it which means it got real dry. I noticed a little bit of green mold looking stuff the other day but just a tiny bit. Now it has a lot of it all over the dirt. Its a bright light green color.
I feel sick looking at it. Anyone know what to do with this? @daddyevil any help you can give me?
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
18 Aug 16
uh-oh 
whilst i aint @DaddyEvil , i did find this link 'n hope such's helpful to ya, hon.
whilst i aint @DaddyEvil , i did find this link 'n hope such's helpful to ya, hon.
Houseplants are a great way to purify the air in your home. Unfortunately, sometimes your houseplants develop mold and therefore become more of a detriment to the air than a benefit. Mold can be caused by a number of things including poor...
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
18 Aug 16
@shaggin yer welcome, hon. i hope that such helps.
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@marguicha (224199)
• Chile
17 Aug 16
I would change the soil. Mold does not help most plants.
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@shaggin (72778)
• United States
23 Aug 16
Great advice sounds exactly like the information I looked up. Do you have one of these plants?
@Letranknight2015 (52191)
• Philippines
21 Aug 16
So, what happened? did you remove it? is this bad for the plant? so far I haven't encountered a mold like that.
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@shaggin (72778)
• United States
23 Aug 16
I scooped it off the soil. I mixed up water and apple cider vinegar and sprayed it all over. I let it set in the sun for a day and then watered it. I think it is actually a leakage from the roots from me forgetting to water it rather then a mold.
@DaddyEvil (138705)
• United States
19 Aug 16
Uh-oh! I am sorry, shaggin... I can't help you with your Parlor Palm. I've never tried growing one and can't find any articles that discuss the green mold looking stuff.
I did find several articles that explained what to do to grow it correctly, but nothing I found talked about anything like what you found.
Do you know which type of Parlor Palm you own? Apparently there are two main plants called a Parlor Palm. One is Chamaedora elegans and the other is Howea forsteriana. (Unless I have misunderstood something.)
Here is one of the articles:
Here is another article discussing Parlor Palms. http://houseplants-care.blogspot.com/2006/11/areca-palm-care.html
The Parlor or Parlour Palm sometimes going by Chamaedorea elegans or Neanthe bella is a good houseplant for many places in the home because it adapts well to low light and humidity levels, all the while looking beautiful
@shaggin (72778)
• United States
20 Aug 16
@DaddyEvil that is so cool that this plant helps clean the air that is very cool to know... except mold on it would make the air worse...That could make sense with liquid leaking under stressful conditions... like me forgetting to water it and the soil getting super dry..
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@shaggin (72778)
• United States
20 Aug 16
@DaddyEvil You helped plenty! The "mold" was such an unusual bright color. The roots are showing this needs to be repotted I think as well as me not fogetting to water it. It does say it doesn't like a lot of water but it needs me to not forget about it completely.
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@DaddyEvil (138705)
• United States
19 Aug 16
@shaggin I found one article that said that the palms could leak a liquid that looked similar to your picture directly from their roots, but I can't find that article again. The liquid was leaked because the plant was under stressful conditions. (I closed that link because at the time I was looking for molds, not liquids from the plants.)
I'm sorry, but while I was gone I had to shut down and clean my pc. Now, I can't find that link again.
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@rina110383 (24492)
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18 Aug 16
I'm poor in that department (gardening). What has caused those green molds?
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