The plant you stole sounds like a cycad--not a palm tree.

Most likely it is --Cycas revoluta-- also known, incorrectly, as the
Sago Palm.

Cycads are gymnosperms, non-flowering plants that preceded the
development of the angiosperms, the flowering plants. Other common
gymnosperms are pine trees and other conifers and the ginkgo tree.


J. Del Col

I did a search on Cycas revoluta and the picture looks exactly like
what we have here. I have read that it only needs infrequent watering
and good sun. I had been having Carol water it every morning. Should I
tell her to calm down, or is it good for the little guy since it is
just a small chap. I am totally new to growing ANYTHING, and would
really like this thing to live because I carted it thousands of miles
to give it to my lady love. Please help