I just beheaded my Chamaedorea ernesti-augustii!

[bar]

Like it says, I was doing some raking and heard a snap, and noticed that I beheaded my Chamaedorea ernesti-augustii.  And yes, it was below the meristem, as far as I can tell.  will this branch from the base, or from lower leaf axils, or is it a goner?  No leaves are left on it; it's just an eight inch twig!

 

Thanks,

Bruce

[Darold Petty]

R.I.P. your C. metallica.  

[bar]

So sad.  It was C. ernesti-augustii though, not metallica.  Is it just as miuch a goner?

[Jim in Los Altos]

Since they are single stemmed, sorry to say that your C. ernesti-augusti is no more. 

[Gonzer]

Forgot which species this is but it got whacked 2 years ago and is still healthy and green.

[richnorm]

Yep, the stem will live for years with no leaves.  

[bar]

Talk about evolutionary mistakes!  If a plant can't regrow from the stem, it only takes one bite from an herbivore to make it no more.  Well I guess I have to get more the next time Floribunda offers them.  It is a beautiful palm for understory  and survives will in Sacramento with a canopy.

 

Bruce

[Jim in Los Altos]

1 hour ago, Gonzer said:

Forgot which species this is but it got whacked 2 years ago and is still healthy and green.

One of my Chamaedorea tepejelote with no head since 2007 and still green as can be after 14 years  that way. 

[Jimhardy]

zombie 

[Gonzer]

2 hours ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

One of my Chamaedorea tepejelote with no head since 2007 and still green as can be after 14 years  that way. 

Yeah Jim, Chamaedoreas are weird that way. As long as the stem produces chlorophyll they'll keep going like the Energizer bunny.