Bringing the indoor palms out for a shower

December 16, 2021

It’s been getting slightly warmer here in Melbourne, so I thought I would take the opportunity and give some of my indoor palms a shower.
It’s been a pretty hectic year and I haven’t been as vigilant as I could have been. Unfortunately my C. Renda looks like it’s been a snack for some kind of pest over winter. I gave it a really good spray with the hose so I’m hoping that bumped most the pests off. I’ll try and do this more regularly now that it’s warmer.
I repotted my Licuala ramsayi earlier this year, it was in some very dry soil mix and when I took it out of the pot, all the media just fell away from the roots. I tried to pack in as much soil around the roots as possible but I think many of the roots weren’t able to get enough water. I lost most the leaves but it’s slowly growing back in which I’m so happy about.

The Burretiokentia was given to me by a friend nursery owner. It had been on a steady decline since it got to them (probably the shock of coming into our temperate climate.) I am hoping it’s going to start showing some signs of bouncing back now it’s getting warmer… or at least until I move to Cairns in 4weeks!

I keep these tropical palms indoors in a heated room, they have large west facing frosted windows and my C. Renda usually sits in a small tray of water.

Please feel free to share comments or experiences of your own on this :-)