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Chamaedorea rhizomatosa

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A very unusual way of clumping the rhizomatosa. They just start a vegative shoot and head for the ground and pop up further away from the parent plant. It’s still a rare palm, I have removed small plants and they are quite easy to keep alive. A very unique palm, with its rhizomes.

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    That is very unique. I have never seen one.Harry

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    is very rare !

    GIUSEPPE

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    Would love to find one for my California garden but, alas, they are exceptionally rare.

    Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

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    I assume they'd be reasonably easy to layer or divide?

    Even so, I guess you only get a few new plants a year, rather than potentially hundreds from seed, hence the scarcity??

    Are both sexes in cultivation???

    Many questions!

    South Arm, Tasmania, Australia - 42° South

    Mild oceanic climate, with coastal exposure.

     

    Summer: 12°C (53°F) average min, to 21°C (70°F) average daily max. Up to 40°C (104°F max) rarely.

     

    Winter: 6°C (43°F) average min, to 13°C (55°F) average daily max. Down to 0°C (32°F) occasionally, some light frost.

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    On 7/5/2026 at 11:19 PM, Harry’s Palms said:

    That is very unique. I have never seen one.Harry

    They are rare, sort of the standard looking chamaedorea, that is until you see what it does and once you have close look they are not your standard chamaedorea that’s for sure.

    Richard

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    On 7/6/2026 at 2:49 AM, gyuseppe said:

    is very rare !

    And no chance of seeds either, makes them even rarer in Australia.

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    On 7/6/2026 at 2:49 AM, gyuseppe said:

    is very rare !

    And no chance of seeds either, makes them even rarer in Australia.

    On 7/6/2026 at 8:38 AM, Jim in Los Altos said:

    Would love to find one for my California garden but, alas, they are exceptionally rare.

    Seeds are about your only chance, unless you find a plant or a collecter that has them! It’s strange how a chamaedorea elegans is so common, so what really makes this one so rare is in Australia there is only one female (I think female) plant that was introduced into cultivation by @palmtreesforpleasure Mr Colin Wilson. So a real collecter palm in that sense!

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    On 7/6/2026 at 2:49 AM, gyuseppe said:

    is very rare !

    And no chance of seeds either, makes them even rarer in Australia.

    19 hours ago, Jonathan said:

    I assume they'd be reasonably easy to layer or divide?

    Even so, I guess you only get a few new plants a year, rather than potentially hundreds from seed, hence the scarcity??

    Are both sexes in cultivation???

    Many questions!

    Yes easy to do a division, I have taken one plant so far and there is another smaller one that I can take and would post quite well to a state near you!

    And as far as I know only one sex, i think female. @palmtreesforpleasure can shed light on this subject in more detail!

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    3 hours ago, happypalms said:

    And no chance of seeds either, makes them even rarer in Australia.

    Yes easy to do a division, I have taken one plant so far and there is another smaller one that I can take and would post quite well to a state near you!

    And as far as I know only one sex, i think female. @palmtreesforpleasure can shed light nteresting

    3 hours ago, happypalms said:

    Yes easy to do a division, I have taken one plant so far and there is another smaller one that I can take and would post quite well to a state near you!

    Yes please!

    South Arm, Tasmania, Australia - 42° South

    Mild oceanic climate, with coastal exposure.

     

    Summer: 12°C (53°F) average min, to 21°C (70°F) average daily max. Up to 40°C (104°F max) rarely.

     

    Winter: 6°C (43°F) average min, to 13°C (55°F) average daily max. Down to 0°C (32°F) occasionally, some light frost.

    I was told once that Rhapis Humilus is also shared through division only , that all the plants are divisions . Maybe , one day , there will be more Chamaedorea Rhizomatosa available through private collectors. Harry

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