Majesty Palm
4.2 out of 5 (83 experiences)
Large, lush leaves
Browns easily
About Majesty Palm
The majesty palm earns its name, growing over 100 feet tall in its native Madagascar. There they grow along riverbanks and lagoons, but indoors they bring an air of the tropics to any space. Though popular as a houseplant, they are considered near threatened in the wild with only 900 individuals remaining. 🌴
Taxonomy
Ravenea rivularis
Ravenea
Arecaceae
Arecales
How to care for Majesty Palm
How often to water your Majesty Palm
every 9
Majesty Palm needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Majesty Palm in your home
a window
Majesty Palm love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Majesty Palm does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Majesty Palm in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Majesty Palm
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Majesty Palm after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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On the tips of 1/2 of the leaves on my McKinley are starting to turn brown. Is this an issue that can be solved by more watering? #MajestyPalm
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My palm is approx 8 feet tall and is drying up. What can I do? #MajestyPalm
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Browning leaves #MajestyPalm Hi there! I’m new to this plant and not a very good green thumb to begin with (I’m learning, though!!) I was following Greg’s prompt only to realize today how dry the soil is (and it isn’t even on the schedule to water today). Do you think the browning leaves are from under watering? Or could it be the grow light I have it under for 12 hrs? Please help this clueless palm owner 🤭
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My plant is sad :/ Hi! I would appreciate some advice 😅 we got our palm a few months ago without realizing how in over our heads we were with this one lol (we’re somewhat new to plants). We recently realized we had been overwatering it and that we had been using the wrong soil. So we recently changed the soil to a tropical blend with pebbles for drainage and started the watering schedule that Greg recommended. Now it looks sad and I’m at a loss on how to fix! Any tips would be appreciated :) thanks!
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What should I do when the leaves start to brown? Should they be cut? #MajestyPalm
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My plant leaves are brown and falling off. Any advice? #MajestyPalm
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How long will it take to sprout new shoots #MajestyPalm
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I have some brown leaves from this majesty palm however the others are bright and green. Am I able to cut the brown portions without damaging the plant? Or should I let it be?
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Sun bleached? It seems like my palm is getting its leaves bleached. I was struggling a lot with dried/brown leaves so I moved it back about a foot further from the window. That did help with them not getting so dried out - but now they are turning yellowish and the tips are still slowly drying. Thoughts? #MajestyPalm
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This is Sonora a majesty palm she’s pretty big and I got her at home depo and she was dying it’s a year later she’s had some problems but great now
Care Summary for Majesty Palm
Majesty Palm
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 9 days
Placement
< 1ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
What other plant parents say
Large, lush leaves 47
Browns easily 36
Survivor 35
Fast grower 23
Blooms easily 4
Easy to propagate 3
Pest magnet 2
12/12/2021
It’s really good app to water plants
10/31/2021
I can’t get it to grow, but it also won’t die.
Browns easily
10/07/2021
Easy to grow with proper care!
Fast grower
Browns easily
Survivor
09/26/2021
Likes lots of humility and moist soil! Old leaves will drop as new ones grow. Mine started to thrive when I put it right over a humidifier. A little tricky to care for as the leaves will brown if overwatered or too much sun.
Large, lush leaves
09/20/2021
Just got her and can’t wait to see her grow.
Large, lush leaves
Survivor
08/10/2021
Strong survivalist plant. Intermittent watering. Love her..
Large, lush leaves
Browns easily
Survivor
Fast grower
07/14/2021
A hearty plant the that takes a wide amount of space. I find it is happiest close to a window.
Fast grower
Large, lush leaves
07/11/2021
Easy to take care of just as long as you water it enough
Survivor
07/07/2021
browns easily
06/16/2021
I bought Neil via the Internet and he arrived in mediocre shape with a lot of crushed leaves and one stalk. He looked like he was making a decent recovery until my two usually well-mannered puppies dug him up out of the pot. It was a disaster and all but one stalk was damaged. Upon pruning the destroyed parts, I discovered he had small white webs forming everywhere. I washed him all over lightly with a very diluted dish soap. He is hanging in there and I’m shocked at how resilient he is. It’s going to be a long road but I’m hoping to help him recover and flourish.
Survivor
06/15/2021
I mean it just looks cool on the patio
Large, lush leaves
Survivor
Browns easily
06/07/2021
Needs lots of indirect sunlight. Keep away from excessive heat.
Browns easily
06/05/2021
this guyyyyy has been holding on by a thread since I got her over a year ago, but i love it. my cat likes to munch on her, i forget to water her, and there are never more than two branches but she keeps me on my toes!
Fast grower
Survivor
Browns easily
Large, lush leaves
06/03/2021
Grows best with consistent bright light (shaded if direct) and prefers 50% or more ambient humidity to thrive! 🥰
Fast grower
Large, lush leaves
Survivor
Browns easily
06/01/2021
These do great indoors if you have a room that stays kinda warm throughout the year and have light But as u see Mine is so crispy because i left it out in the sun for 3 days💀 trying to get the leaf spike to grow so DO NOT put it in direct sunlight
Large, lush leaves
Browns easily
05/26/2021
I keep a humidifier nearby for it and try to give it as much sun as possible. It’s growing well and browning less but without enough water and humidity the tips will brown and dry out.
Browns easily
05/22/2021
browns even if you mist it every day:(
Browns easily
05/15/2021
You have to baby this plant if you really want it to grow and you’ll buy it when your poor thinking it’ll be easy to do but it need to be repotted so bad and the next size up is wayyyy out of your price range everywhere you go
Survivor
Browns easily
05/10/2021
It creates so much volume it’s an amazing statement piece. Figuring out the watering schedule was a little tricky but observing and making sure pests in the soil are taken care of can really help out. I recommend it but do a little research first
Large, lush leaves
Browns easily
05/03/2021
It can survive inside or outside, we kept it all year and it was still doing fairly well!
Survivor
Browns easily
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