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Shiny glossy C.met leaf

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Loving the new big leaf on my C.metallica 

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20 minutes ago, Pal Meir said:

Nice, and isn’t it flowering now? How tall is the stem?

Yea it's pushing out another 2 flower stems now, and another leaf!  It's doing well considering its in shade, in the hall and gets forgotten!

From base to tip it's about 16-18 inches tall.

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Here's the whole thing. Grown from a seed back in 2008-09

You can see two flower spikes and a new leaf just emerging. Should I remove the old leaf bases at the bottom?

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6 hours ago, Howeadypsis said:

Here's the whole thing. Grown from a seed back in 2008-09

You can see two flower spikes and a new leaf just emerging. Should I remove the old leaf bases at the bottom?

I would remove the dried leaf sheaths. Ch metallica has a nice green stem. – But another question: Why don’t you grow Ch tuerckheimii? They are most suited to a postage stamp sized garden:

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1 minute ago, Pal Meir said:

I would remove the dried leaf sheaths. Ch metallica has a nice green stem. – But another question: Why don’t you grow Ch tuerckheimii? They are most suited to a postage stamp sized garden:

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I can not grow them in my garden,  winter would kill them. Plus I am not allowed to plant trees in this garden. I would have it as a houseplant tho like C.metallica 

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Very pretty C. metallica. Cham tuercks might be worth a try if you have the funds. They are highly prone to spider mites so keep a good miticide on hand.

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7 hours ago, PalmatierMeg said:

Very pretty C. metallica. Cham tuercks might be worth a try if you have the funds. They are highly prone to spider mites so keep a good miticide on hand.

I would if I had the space. I gotta work on that.

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I cleaned off the old leaf bases. Plankton approves!

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20 minutes ago, Pal Meir said:

:greenthumb::lol: me too

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Those white bases are the old flower stems , been at leat 4 flowerings. And two flower spikes are emerging now

 

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24 minutes ago, Pal Meir said:

These three blooming Ch. metallica had also nice slender green stems. :wub: And you can see the remnants of the old inflorescences on the stems, too.

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Interesting to see same palm with different form to the leaves!

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So do male and female plants have different leaf forms?

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8 hours ago, Howeadypsis said:

So do male and female plants have different leaf forms?

Nono, that’s not a matter of sex: Both parents were pinnate. Ch. metallica can have bifide leaves, pinnate laves, or a mix of both, regardless of their sex.

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Interesting!

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Notice at the bottom it says about the flowers, pale or greenish. They're actually orange! 

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2 hours ago, Howeadypsis said:

Notice at the bottom it says about the flowers, pale or greenish. They're actually orange! 

No, not the flowers but the rachis. The flowers are »(dull purplish brown in bud,) bright orange at anthesis«.

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When mine flowers the rachis is unbranched.  Maybe because it's still quite young. 

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Hmm. Could be. Are there ultra close up photos of individual flowers? Or even drawings. I'm gonna get some macro shots of mine when they open.

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Yes  I can conclude mine is a girl!

The male flowers look like tiny pumpkins!

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