An old favourite that’s been around for a while. A real classic chamaedorea, perfect for container production, a true landscaping palm that’s very predictable in growth. A great indoor plant, patio or a bright shaded spot in the garden. And best of all super easy to grow!

Here in Southern California it seems every nursery had lots of them about 20 years ago. Now , I rarely see them . I have a couple of clumps and the one in the shady side of the house is huge and dark green , planted in the ground. It has to be tied in a bundle to keep from being destroyed by the wind we get . The other is in a more sunny location and still in a pot . It is a lighter green and only about 6’ tall , including the pot. I have had them for many years , even before this house. They were originally house plants at our old house.

In the shade they do very well and thrive . Yours look very happy there . Cool tolerant and can handle a bit of wind if bundled up and tied. Mine have seen over 60mph gusts without losing a frond . Harry

We love looking out our kitchen window and seeing the “jungle effect” . The line that holds it up is tied to a single trunk C. Tepejelote to the right and a C. Lutescens to the left.

9 hours ago, happypalms said:

An old favourite that’s been around for a while. A real classic chamaedorea, perfect for container production, a true landscaping palm that’s very predictable in growth. A great indoor plant, patio or a bright shaded spot in the garden. And best of all super easy to grow!

That looks like my C. microspadix. Leaflets are too wide to be C. seifrizii.

8 hours ago, idontknowhatnametuse said:

That looks like my C. microspadix. Leaflets are too wide to be C. seifrizii.

Not so sure. Everything else about it seems about right for C seifrizii. The clear indicator would be red vs black ripe fruit. I know the old C ‘erumpens’ which is now a synonym of S seifrizii was originally separated based on wider leaflets. I’ve got the ‘Florida form’ which is supposedly a ‘hybrid’ between C seifrizii standard form and C ‘erumpens’ - it appears to have slightly wider leaflets than typical. Perhaps Richard has the ‘erumpens’ form?

I have a pup that sprouted on mine about a year or so ago that has wide leaflets . It looks completely different than the others . It sounds like this species can be variable. Harry

18 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Here in Southern California it seems every nursery had lots of them about 20 years ago. Now , I rarely see them . I have a couple of clumps and the one in the shady side of the house is huge and dark green , planted in the ground. It has to be tied in a bundle to keep from being destroyed by the wind we get . The other is in a more sunny location and still in a pot . It is a lighter green and only about 6’ tall , including the pot. I have had them for many years , even before this house. They were originally house plants at our old house.

In the shade they do very well and thrive . Yours look very happy there . Cool tolerant and can handle a bit of wind if bundled up and tied. Mine have seen over 60mph gusts without losing a frond . Harry

We love looking out our kitchen window and seeing the “jungle effect” . The line that holds it up is tied to a single trunk C. Tepejelote to the right and a C. Lutescens to the left.

Same as my one tied up to keep it in check. I have another clump In the garden that’s a monster, they can get large that’s for sure. It’s surprising how tough this palm is and a good cool tolerance helps gor those in the cooler areas!

Richard

15 hours ago, idontknowhatnametuse said:

That looks like my C. microspadix. Leaflets are too wide to be C. seifrizii.

I have microspadix and it’s a deeper green and more of a green leather look. I may have purchased the palm some odd 30 years ago and yes the memory is not the same, and my memory bank i finally got the combination and unlocked it and according to my memory bank it’s a sefritzii!

7 hours ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

Not so sure. Everything else about it seems about right for C seifrizii. The clear indicator would be red vs black ripe fruit. I know the old C ‘erumpens’ which is now a synonym of S seifrizii was originally separated based on wider leaflets. I’ve got the ‘Florida form’ which is supposedly a ‘hybrid’ between C seifrizii standard form and C ‘erumpens’ - it appears to have slightly wider leaflets than typical. Perhaps Richard has the ‘erumpens’ form?

It’s an old Rosebud farm, Rich trapnell palm and iam confident it is a sefritzii!

19 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Here in Southern California it seems every nursery had lots of them about 20 years ago. Now , I rarely see them . I have a couple of clumps and the one in the shady side of the house is huge and dark green , planted in the ground. It has to be tied in a bundle to keep from being destroyed by the wind we get . The other is in a more sunny location and still in a pot . It is a lighter green and only about 6’ tall , including the pot. I have had them for many years , even before this house. They were originally house plants at our old house.

In the shade they do very well and thrive . Yours look very happy there . Cool tolerant and can handle a bit of wind if bundled up and tied. Mine have seen over 60mph gusts without losing a frond . Harry

We love looking out our kitchen window and seeing the “jungle effect” . The line that holds it up is tied to a single trunk C. Tepejelote to the right and a C. Lutescens to the left.

Heres that monster!

Richard