Garden Pests and Diseases: house plant with... mold?, 1 by bmmorris

bmmorris wrote:
We bought this large palm-type house plant from Home Depot. Almost immediately we noticed it looked like mold on several fronds. We put it outside thinking the heat would help kill the mold. We just brought it back inside for the winter and it\'s going to die at the rate that this \"mold\" is killing it. Can anyone help identify whether this is, in fact, mold and how to treat it?

Unfortunately, I am unsure about what the plant is. I can tell you that the leaves near the base of the fronds aren\'t leaves but these brutal 2\" long spikes LOL