Dr. Phyto

parlour palm

Chamaedorea elegans

Diseases & pests on this plant

• two-spotted spider miteTetranychus urticae

  Yellow stippling on upper leaf surface, fine webbing.

• brown soft scaleCoccus hesperidum

  Flat oval brown-tan scales (3-5mm) on undersides of leaves + along stems, sticky honeydew dripping onto floor or lower leaves, black sooty mould growing on the honeydew, leaf yellowing + drop in heavy infestations, ants attracted to honeydew.

• overwatering / waterloggingabiotic_overwatering

  Yellow lower leaves, soft stem base, root rot signs.

• longtailed mealybugPseudococcus longispinus

  White cottony masses with long fluffy tails on twigs and fruit, copious honeydew, sooty mould blackening leaves, distorted fruit when calyx end infested.