Please help me with this! I got a Kentia Palm about two and a half months ago from Home Depot. It is about 6 feet tall and came in a 5 gallon bucket which it is still in. Every since I have had it, all of the smaller outer leaves have been slowly turning brown and drying up. I water it as soon as the soil gets dry, and it is in the middle of a room that has a bunch of windows but it is not in direct sunshine. How much water does it need? (oz's) Does it need any direct sunlight? Because it is so tall, the very top leaves are barely grazed by the air from the heating vent, but that doesn't seem to be significant enough to effect it in this way. All the browning leaves are at the bottom of the plant. The leaves are not browning from the tips, but more so overall just slowly turning brown-green then to completely brown. Attached are a couple of pictures. PLEASE HELP! I got this as a very special birthday present, it is a center piece in my living room, and I love this plant very much and want to have it healthy for a long time! Thank you very much :)

I think I remember seeing a pic of your manambe in a thread a while ago, it's planted in the ground right? Sounds like it's a gonner if there's no green left at all. I've been covering mine with a blanket on nights when it gets below 30. Although they have seen a 27 unprotected when I was away and they're all doing fine. What temps did yours go through?

Hi malicitator, sorry to pester you so long after you first posted this. We have a Kentia, too, and it seems to have exactly the same problem as yours: very similar spots on some of the fronds and yellowing (with brown spots) of one of the small leaves. In addition, our plant has a couple of developing fronds that seem healthy, but have stopped growing. The height of the shoots has not increased in weeks or months, and they show no signs of opening, either. Did you ever find out what was wrong with your plant, and, if so, did you manage to fix it? Many thanks!

Hi all, thanks for your replies. The first few days I placed it near a sunny window which gets morning sun, not sure how many hours though. I feared sunburn so I moved it to another place in the living room where it doesn't get any direct sunlight. I'm starting to suspect it has something to do with humidity as pointed by stanofh. It has been a couple of warm days here in Portugal and humidity by the window probably drops to desert levels. I'll try to spray it with some water to create some mist. Do you feel I should move it again close to the window? In the store it was placed outdoors on a quite shady place, so probably better keeping it in the shade? thank you!