Beginner Gardening: HELP... yellow spots, brown tips, leaves bending, 0 by masang

masang wrote:
I think this is a ponytail palm or beaucarnea recurvata.
As you notice the lower leaves have yellow spots while its upper leaves are bending or looks like it was folded or pinched.
The plant was situated before where it receives full intense sun (summer sun) and was doing ok but rainy season came and i noticed that small yellow dots are appearing, i suspected that maybe a sign of rot. So i put it in our porch where it receives diffuse bright sun from a fiber glass ceiling without changing its pot or soil. After a month or so, yellow spots disappeared but the leaves ( younger or the upper portion) are beginning to bend so i brougth it back outside where sun exposure is fr. 10am til 3pm.
Its now a month since i brought it outside and those problems are getting worse.
What shall i do? Should i change its potting soil? Or is the pot a problem (its made of cement) or is it too big for it? (anyway, i don't think pot size or material are the problems because my aunt has the same plant planted just like in the picture and its doing ok.) Shall i fertilize it?
Please help i love this plant and when visitors came they always appreciate it and makes a conversational piece keeping my visitors entertained.

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