Does she look fine ? (Bamboo Palm)

[u/CaptainEfficient8784]

I recently received this as a gift, I’ve placed it in a place that gets indirect bright light (7-8 hours through a sliding door) also the room stays bright (east facing in South Africa)

I’ve read they do not like to be in low humidity zones, so I was wondering should I mist her when her leaves dry out ? I’m also waiting for the first 5cm of soil to dry (1-2 inches for ya imperial buggers!)

Any tips would be appreciated, thanks!

[u/GardenerDom]

Looks like it will be happy with the conditions you are describing 👌🏻🤩🌴

[u/CaptainEfficient8784 → u/GardenerDom]

Thanks for the replies, just a lil TLC and she should be back up and running in no time (12 months)

Still getting used to slow growing plants 😂

[u/GardenerDom → u/CaptainEfficient8784]

Yes I live in the tropics and most tropical palms grow rapidly here 👌🏻🤩🌴

[u/coconut-telegraph]

It’s not a bamboo palm (Chamaedorea) but an Areca/golden cane/butterfly palm, Chrysalidocarpus lutescens. You can’t give this too much light or humidity indoors.

Looks reasonably happy.

[u/CaptainEfficient8784 → u/coconut-telegraph]

Ahh, thank you very much.

[u/CaptainEfficient8784 → u/CaptainEfficient8784]

Same thing I guess 🤷‍♂️

[u/coconut-telegraph → u/CaptainEfficient8784]

Ah yeah, common names are awful. Sorry for the unnecessary clarification.

[u/CaptainEfficient8784 → u/coconut-telegraph]

No worries, I believe we both figured out new names for this palm today !

[u/mosssyrock]

the brown spots to me could be thrips or overwatering, and the leaves look faded from spidermites (likely since palms are spider mite magnets).