One little chamaedorea that you just can’t beat (not even an Ernest augustii comes close @Harry’s Palms) this beautiful palm with its deep metallic green leaves, that’s as tough as nails.

This batch are all around 27 years old, so a lot to be said for my climate.

I have worked out how to hand pollinate them with success in viable seeds.

A neat little palm suitable for containers, perfect for the understory or wherever the shade is, they seem to prefer deep shade and will be lighter green in bright light areas.

One top palm well worth growing!

Quite lovely , unique coloring and they love the warm temperate ( or sub tropical!) garden. All of mine are well over 30 years old in pots. One of them , somewhere along the line , produced a viable seed that sprouted about 6-7 years ago in one of the pots. I have to tie them up 3-4 stems per pot so the wind doesn’t destroy them. They are at least 7-8’ tall , including the pots. Harry

Chamaedorea Metallica with their little buddy Ernie!

Another pot of C. Metallica with a surprise volunteer that popped up a while ago . Now there is a C. Microspadix volunteer in the pot !I bought these in the early nineties when they were about 2’ tall. My palm collector friend said they may be much older than I think.

This year I managed to make 3 of metallica ones, in the photo the largest ones, the other one is opening the 1st leaf

Good job !! Those are very healthy @gyuseppe . Harry

One of my favorites I agree, but 27 years for that size is astounding, Richard! My first viable seeds grew up to be flowering plants by their third year, now in their fourth year the tallest ones have 3-4 inches of "trunk" already. Their little growth rings are spaced about half an inch apart and new leaves appear at a steady pace. I did bring one inside to trial as a houseplant and is certainly seems to be sleeping in comparison, I suppose the climate does make all the difference.

2 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Good job !! Those are very healthy @gyuseppe . Harry

Yes Harry, chamaedorea love my climate, this summer I germinated 8 species of chamaedorea