For a long time, my palm's suffered great neglect (we were travelling and
our housesitters completely didn't notice it) so now I'm trying to save
what's left of it and I'm wondering if I'm fighting a losing battle... I've
got several new shoots coming up, but I'm wondering whther I made a huge
mistake in cutting off the old, dead ones... looks like the new ones are
bound near the base of the plant...
I'm wondering if there's anything I should do besides the obligatory
watering and feeding...

thanks,
b.