Chamaedorea tepejilote and wind

[idontknowhatnametuse]

How much wind can C. tepejilote take? I placed a pot of recently transplanted 1 year old C. tepejilote in a protected spot in a windy place of my house. Will this affect the growth of the trunk/fronds/roots in any way? This spot only gets sun for like 30-40 minutes everyday so they are safe from the heat.

[Harry’s Palms]

The paper thin leaflets get tormented by too much wind but the palms will survive. I have two Tepejelote on the side of my house . They get shredded by the heavy wind events every year but bounce back. Mine can take a fair amount of sun but they are about 30 years old from seedling tube. One became a clumper , the other remained a single trunk. When they got super tall they started burning a bit from the sun. Harry

‘This is the clumping one. The single is hidden but planted near the second window back.

Looking up , you can almost see through the thin leaflets . This is last Spring as the palm was recovering from our dry , windy winter

This is the above ground clump that formed on one stem . You can see blackening on the mature stems from the summer sun that only briefly hits this palm about mid day.. I wish I had a better pic of the single , but it is obscured by other Chamaedorea , namely a huge Seifritzi and a few Radicalis TF. Harry

[idontknowhatnametuse]

2 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

The paper thin leaflets get tormented by too much wind but the palms will survive. I have two Tepejelote on the side of my house . They get shredded by the heavy wind events every year but bounce back. Mine can take a fair amount of sun but they are about 30 years old from seedling tube. One became a clumper , the other remained a single trunk. When they got super tall they started burning a bit from the sun. Harry

‘This is the clumping one. The single is hidden but planted near the second window back.

Looking up , you can almost see through the thin leaflets . This is last Spring as the palm was recovering from our dry , windy winter

This is the above ground clump that formed on one stem . You can see blackening on the mature stems from the summer sun that only briefly hits this palm about mid day.. I wish I had a better pic of the single , but it is obscured by other Chamaedorea , namely a huge Seifritzi and a few Radicalis TF. Harry

I will bring the pot inside in heavy wind events so I think there's gonna be no problem with them then.