Kentia palm has curled leaflets

[Björn]

Hello,

A year ago I bought a Kentia palm. It is a tuft of three young plants, about 1.20 m high. It is noticeable that one of the plants has a slightly different appearance: Its fronds are rather stiff, since the leaflets are slightly curled. Even older leaflets do not flatten out, so that the fronds do not hang over as elegantly. Is this a common phenomenon or is the plant sick? Could the plant perhaps have root damage?

Thank you for your answers!

[Leelanau Palms]

Please share pictures of this palm

[Björn]

Hi

I uploaded some photos. The first one shows the palm completely. The fronds on the right hand side are somewhat different than the ones on the left hand side. All the fronds that show a curling leaflet effect are stemming from one single plant. The other three photos show details of the curling leaflets. The fronds with the curling leaflets do not flatten out, hence the appearance is more stiff than the other palms in that container. 

Has anybody seen something similar? What could be the reason? 

Kind regards 

Björn

[PalmatierMeg]

Howea forsteriana is a solitary palm, so you have a number of juvenile palms that have been forced into an artificial clump where they must compete for water & nutrients until smaller, weaker plants die back. I've bought pots of Howea holding multiple plants in a 3g pot. I separate them into individual pots where they don't have to fight to survive. That said, the palms in your pot look healthy at the moment. Palms of the same species may show variable morphological traits just as people do.

[Harry’s Palms]

I think , indoors , these palms look differently than when they are outside. A lot of the time they need a bit more humidity than what an indoor location can provide . These are supposed to be great indoor plants so you may want to just keep on doing what you are doing and hope for the best . The color and everything else looks good so I don't think they are struggling.