Chamaedorea klotzshciana

[happypalms]

A great chamaedorea variety to have this one, right at home on jungle floor in the understory of the garden. If you create the palms habitat in the garden they certainly reward you for that microclimate, and thus chamaedorea is right at home!

[Jonathan]

A good grower down here too. I had a few three footers some years ago...unfortunately they all became drought casualties just pre covid.

Got a heap of new seedlings up now thanks to seed donations from Tim and Colin, thanks guys!

[tim_brissy_13]

58 minutes ago, Jonathan said:

A good grower down here too. I had a few three footers some years ago...unfortunately they all became drought casualties just pre covid.

Got a heap of new seedlings up now thanks to seed donations from Tim and Colin, thanks guys!

It’s a great palm and so easy to grow from seed. Your little ones would be from my group of 4 (3 males, 1 female) which pumps out about 300-400 seeds a year now. Germination is close to 100% when I’ve tried although I gifted all of the seed set this year. 
 

[happypalms]

1 hour ago, Jonathan said:

A good grower down here too. I had a few three footers some years ago...unfortunately they all became drought casualties just pre covid.

Got a heap of new seedlings up now thanks to seed donations from Tim and Colin, thanks guys!

Just give them shade and water, they don’t seem to fussy about soil. 
They are quite fast growing as well! 

[happypalms]

11 minutes ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

It’s a great palm and so easy to grow from seed. Your little ones would be from my group of 4 (3 males, 1 female) which pumps out about 300-400 seeds a year now. Germination is close to 100% when I’ve tried although I gifted all of the seed set this year. 
 

I would say my ones are from your seed. 

[Harry’s Palms]

I had three of these growing in my courtyard . When grew into afternoon sun , they died . Mine just did not handle being exposed to direct sun at all. Harry

[Jonathan]

20 hours ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

It’s a great palm and so easy to grow from seed. Your little ones would be from my group of 4 (3 males, 1 female) which pumps out about 300-400 seeds a year now. Germination is close to 100% when I’ve tried although I gifted all of the seed set this year. 
 

They look great in a tight group like that Tim. Must keep that in mind.

[gyuseppe]

they are also resistant to light frost

[happypalms]

21 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

I had three of these growing in my courtyard . When grew into afternoon sun , they died . Mine just did not handle being exposed to direct sun at all. Harry

The darker the light the better they get that deep metal green. They definitely dislike sun. 
Richard 

[happypalms]

2 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

they are also resistant to light frost

That’s great information to have for the cool climate growers, potential for a zone 9A on a balcony or protected greenhouse! 

[gyuseppe]

1 minute ago, happypalms said:

That’s great information to have for the cool climate growers, potential for a zone 9A on a balcony or protected greenhouse! 

Yes Richard, mine in the garden have surpassed the record cold of -5 degrees Celsius, which we had in January 2017, a very rare event, it has been more than 4 years since we have had temperatures below 0 degrees Celsius in winter.

[happypalms]

8 minutes ago, gyuseppe said:

Yes Richard, mine in the garden have surpassed the record cold of -5 degrees Celsius, which we had in January 2017, a very rare event, it has been more than 4 years since we have had temperatures below 0 degrees Celsius in winter.

Hopefully you don’t get any more cold snaps, unfortunately with global warming and an ever changing climate, some palms once unthinkable of growing in our gardens we can now grow! 

[Phoenikakias]

2 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

they are also resistant to light frost

This is exactly, what I like in them most!

[Phoenikakias]

22 minutes ago, happypalms said:

Hopefully you don’t get any more cold snaps, unfortunately with global warming and an ever changing climate, some palms once unthinkable of growing in our gardens we can now grow! 

Alas, I wish global warming were a steady, perpetual process. But nature does not work this way but rather with extreme weather events, both cold and warm. The warmer winter gets in average, the freeziest can turn out a very rare and exceptional cold spell. And then all non believers will witness that (previously selected) cool tolerant palms do not care much about winter average but rather about winter lowest.

[happypalms]

18 minutes ago, Phoenikakias said:

Alas, I wish global warming were a steady, perpetual process. But nature does not work this way but rather with extreme weather events, both cold and warm. The warmer winter gets in average, the freeziest can turn out a very rare and exceptional cold spell. And then all non believers will witness that (previously selected) cool tolerant palms do not care much about winter average but rather about winter lowest.

Sad as it is true well written words!