Indoor Tropical Plant Identification Help?

[growler~GateKeeper]

Any ideas of what this is?? It was a gift from my niece a few years ago, the pot only said "4 inch tropical" I know the 4 inch just means the size of the original pot. When I moved it into the current 5.5" stonewear pot it wasn't overgrown with roots & doesn't seem to be crowded with this size. Right now the stalk is 8 inches tall from the base to the top where the new leaves continue to grow. The first pic was taken in April 2007 with lots of leaves (excuse the aloe plant in the front), the 2nd pic taken tonight shows new "arms" that have just started growing this past week - never had them before, the 3rd pic is a close up of the stalk - the lighter ridges are where leaves had grown died & were removed - kinda reminds me of a coconut tree but not hairy