Royal Palm Die Off

[KiminPL]

Justin was referring to Punatic's Triangle palms, not the royals. Roystonea like all the water they can get. Dypsis decaryi, the Triangles, are happier with a drier cliamte. They grow better in Kona and Honolulu, but tend to rot in East Hawaii from all the wet. Different palms, different requirements. I hope there has been a post-mortem of the royals to determine the cause. Did they all die at once, or sequentially? If fronds are trimmed when green, thus creating open wounds, banana moth could be another culprit.