Bud rot can be caused by several different factors. It can be caused by a bacteria, fungus or physical damage of the bud. The bud of a palm tree is the primary growing point of the tree and when ...

This is not a soft rot so the trunk will still be very hard. If a palm dies, with all the fronds hanging down, without the presence of a conk, remove it from the landscape but leave the stump.

Ganoderma butt rot, caused by the fungus Ganoderma zonatum, is prevalent in Florida, where it has been found on more than 50 palm species. "Ganoderma butt rot is always a lethal disease of palms ...

Letter Published: 01 September 1962 Bud Rot Disease of the Oil Palm A. D. S. DUFF Nature 195, 918–919 (1962) Cite this article ...

It sounds like your palm tree has acquired a Ganoderma butt rot caused by the fungus Ganoderma zonatum. We cannot confirm that without close examination, but if that is what is happening, the palm ...