Chamaedorea elegans infloresence indoors

[Pee Dee Palms]

Well, this is something I thought I'd never see. 2 of my Chamaedorea elegans that are in the same pot and have been indoors all their lives, have put out infloresence. Is this particularly rare? I've tried to look at websites but, I can't seem to find any info on this. 

Edited May 27, 2022 by General Sylvester D. Palm

[Fusca]

15 hours ago, General Sylvester D. Palm said:

2 of my Chamaedorea elegans that are in the same pot and have been indoors all their lives, have put out infloresence. Is this particularly rare?

Not rare - if the palm is happy it will flower indoors.  However if you manage to get viable seed that would be rare!  C. elegans are dioecious so a male and a female plant are needed but indoors you'd have to help them out with the pollination process unless you have bees indoors also!  

[Pee Dee Palms]

17 minutes ago, Fusca said:

Not rare - if the palm is happy it will flower indoors.  However if you manage to get viable seed that would be rare!  C. elegans are dioecious so a male and a female plant are needed but indoors you'd have to help them out with the pollination process unless you have bees indoors also!  

Yeah, I think I'll just send my pet bees out to pollinate them  This is probably a really stupid question but, how do I tell if one is a male or a female, and what are the ones I have now? Cause I thought that the female sends out a stalk to collect the pollen, and then the male sends out one to distribute the pollen. 

[JohnAndSancho]

16 minutes ago, General Sylvester D. Palm said:

Yeah, I think I'll just send my pet bees out to pollinate them  This is probably a really stupid question but, how do I tell if one is a male or a female, and what are the ones I have now? Cause I thought that the female sends out a stalk to collect the pollen, and then the male sends out one to distribute the pollen. 

The male is the one that rolls over and falls asleep after pollination. 

[Pee Dee Palms]

4 minutes ago, JohnAndSancho said:

The male is the one that rolls over and falls asleep after pollination. 

[Fusca]

9 hours ago, General Sylvester D. Palm said:

Yeah, I think I'll just send my pet bees out to pollinate them  This is probably a really stupid question but, how do I tell if one is a male or a female, and what are the ones I have now? Cause I thought that the female sends out a stalk to collect the pollen, and then the male sends out one to distribute the pollen. 

I think the one in your photo is a female - the male inflorescence has more flowers in the same amount of space.  The flowers on the female inflorescence spaced farther apart to allow room for the fruit to develop.  This site has some flower pics:  https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Female-inflorescences-of-Chamaedorea-A-C-elegans-B-C-deckeriana-C-C-oreophila_fig1_28238365