Is there still green on the new frond, but it looks burned/dried/torched on the tips? If so it sounds like frizzletop. Was all of the previous growth otherwise healthy and deep green? or was it turning yellow? If it's frizzletop you can treat it with manganese and magnesium. I would also apply a well-balanced palm fertilizer as well when you add these. Queen Palms are very "hungry" palms and respond well and pretty quickly to this treatment. If the new growth is brown and dried up...then it sounds like you have the sudden death of Queen Palm disease that has been going around. It seemed to really spread after the hurricanes a few years back. Hope some of this helps! Why not supply a photo of your palm and a few closeups of the new growth???

Small pots? Really? Well I'm certainly no expert either but their roots are not trying to grow out of the pots, actually not even close. I will try to get them some real humidity... And some water, but I'm a bit scared that they will get drowned now that they don't have any living leaves that can evaporate the water they "drink". Well, the conclusion of all this as I understand it is: 1. I need more humidity. 2. They might be all dead. I've actually gotten used to the thought now so it's not the end of the world if they die. Really hoping they'll get better though.

Very nice plants Jacklord! I am always very jealous to see the prices of tropicals in nursuries down south since they are often half the price (sometimes even less than that) than the prices they go for at nursuries here. There are a few nursuries here that have good prices on the tropical "annuals" (I wish they were not sold just as annuals!) but its hard to find good prices on the hardy subtropicals! Thanks Ben! Glad that you like the butia! I really like the variegated Alphinas, I see them all the time in Florida and in California and they are really beautiful plants. I wish I can find the variegated ones here, but Im happy that I at least found the green variety since those aren't usually found here either! The Monstera vine is going to be a potted plant for me. I wish it could grow outdoors, but its way too tropical (Tree Philodendrons might make it with protection though, I always wanted to try them in the ground, but they do well in pots so I guess its easy enough to bring them in). Monsteras are one of my favorite plants also and mine is just starting to get those nice spilt leaves so Im hoping that it will have lots of adult leaves by the end of summer! Your lucky to be able to grow philodendrons in your area, they are a great family of plants! I fogot the name of the tulips I bought, but I think they are early or mid spring bloomers. I used to not really be crazy about spring blooming plants but like you said, it takes such a long time for the tropical plants to start looking nice so the spring bulbs at least give me something to look forward to (and I dont have to give them any care which is another big plus!). Thanks for looking! Im going to post pics of my 2 new plants definitely by tomorrow! -Alex

It started to look to bad over time. The fronds were drying out and turning a brownish color over the last 5 or 6 months or so. The ends of the fonds looked really dried out and withered. So ugly thats why I remved them. I saw a very nce bizmarckia on the next block over. Although it is smaller it looks to be in much better condition than mine. I will talk to the neighbor and ask about there watering routine and any other advice they might have for me. As far as watering we are limited to watering twice a week in my area. The sprinklers in my opinion don't give the bizmarckia enough water. I'll take the hose and water it that way for several minutes. My gardener placed a plastic pipe a foot away from the palm that goes down maybe 2' deep to reach the root area. Hooe this helps. Thanks again for the help everyone mark