USA growers post please pictures of your cultivated Chamaedorea microspadix specimens

[Phoenikakias]

I had received many years ago seeds of this sp from a grower in N Florida. Resulted plants turned rather dissimilar to the usual form in Europe. I wonder whether those plants are hybrids or a real variety. They are so considerably more sun tolerant, not that they like full sun, nonetheless they do not get scorched so easily.

Plants from USA seeds

European form

 

[Harry’s Palms]

I have a few of these around the yard . They all get burnt easily by direct sun , even if they are in mostly shade. They produce viable seed and stay shorter than other Chamaedorea sp with smaller twisty stems. As far as variety , I wouldn’t know . I haven’t seen them available here for many years except from private growers , like myself . I have been  giving away seeds and seedlings. Harry

thsi one has been in a pot for a very long time . It’s hard to see because I’ve got it jammed between a large potted plumeria and my clumping Tepejelote.

The fruit (multiple M/F in same community pot ). This palm is very sun sensitive , trying to give it as much shade as possible.

[Foggy Paul]

Here is ours. This was a freebie from @Perito a couple years ago. It also was pale and a little burnt, even in the SF fog, until we put in a triple king last year to provide shade. It has flowered a bit but no seeds yet. 
 

[Mazat]

23 hours ago, Phoenikakias said:

I had received many years ago seeds of this sp from a grower in N Florida. Resulted plants turned rather dissimilar to the usual form in Europe. I wonder whether those plants are hybrids or a real variety. They are so considerably more sun tolerant, not that they like full sun, nonetheless they do not get scorched so easily.

Plants from USA seeds

European form

 

Great Konstantinos.

Give us two a little time then we will also succeed with this approach, in the sense that anything is possible somehow. ..😃

[Mazat]

22 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

I have a few of these around the yard . They all get burnt easily by direct sun , even if they are in mostly shade. They produce viable seed and stay shorter than other Chamaedorea sp with smaller twisty stems. As far as variety , I wouldn’t know . I haven’t seen them available here for many years except from private growers , like myself . I have been  giving away seeds and seedlings. Harry

thsi one has been in a pot for a very long time . It’s hard to see because I’ve got it jammed between a large potted plumeria and my clumping Tepejelote.

The fruit (multiple M/F in same community pot ). This palm is very sun sensitive , trying to give it as much shade as possible.

Wonderful, Harry 🤗

[Mazat]

14 hours ago, Foggy Paul said:

Here is ours. This was a freebie from @Perito a couple years ago. It also was pale and a little burnt, even in the SF fog, until we put in a triple king last year to provide shade. It has flowered a bit but no seeds yet. 
 

Also great specimens, Paul 🤗

[RiverCityRichard]

In the mix with C. Costaricana, C. Radicalis, and C. Ernesto Augusti. Been in the ground 3 years from a 1g

[idontknowhatnametuse]

In Mexico. Full sun during spring and summer, partial sun during fall/winter. They grow like rockets for me. Seed came from San Luis Potosí, in their natural habitat. Never suffered sunburn.

[gyuseppe]

1 hour ago, idontknowhatnametuse said:

In Mexico. Full sun during spring and summer, partial sun during fall/winter. They grow like rockets for me. Seed came from San Luis Potosí, in their natural habitat. Never suffered sunburn.

very strange, here the summer sun would burn them

[idontknowhatnametuse]

4 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

very strange, here the summer sun would burn them

I have read that this species has different varieties

[Phoenikakias]

10 minutes ago, idontknowhatnametuse said:

I have read that this species has different varieties

Aha, now plot is thickening.

[Jim in Los Altos]

Most of mine are very tall now and all trunks at eye level. You have to look up to see foliage. Morning sun on most of them. I have one in afternoon sun and it’s mostly fine but a little leaf tip burn at times. 
 

[Phoenikakias]

8 hours ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

Most of mine are very tall now and all trunks at eye level. You have to look up to see foliage. Morning sun on most of them. I have one in afternoon sun and it’s mostly fine but a little leaf tip burn at times. 
 

Jim, you latitutude is close to mine, so the incidence angle of solar radiation is roughly the same.  What other factors should be crucial for the much better sun tolerance of your plants? Bay microclimate (increased air humidity and fog), lower average temperature in summer (plus cooler nights) or special varieties involved in the genes of your plants?

[gyuseppe]

10 hours ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

Most of mine are very tall now and all trunks at eye level. You have to look up to see foliage. Morning sun on most of them. I have one in afternoon sun and it’s mostly fine but a little leaf tip burn at times. 
 

Do they get that tall? Mine now reach about 3 meters.

[MikeB]

They are fast growers for me and have naturalized.  If they pop up in a good spot I just leave them.