I know, I was kind of appalled when I realized he had cut off so many fronds. The cats are in there all the time and they had shredded some of the older fronds so he lopped them off. He left one that is a little damaged. He also tossed out a bromeliad that had a huge bloom stalk. I was not happy about that. The plant itself was very bedraggled but I was hoping after it bloomed it would pup. ah well. I wasn't watching carefully enough.