Pronunciation: kam-uh-DOR-ee-uh ad-SEND-denz
Common Name:
Chamaedorea adscendens is a wonderful understory plant and one of the most ornamental of all the Chamaedoreas for southern California. It is somewhat unique for a Chamaedorea in having leathery, durable leaves and a blue-greenish tomentum on them. This plant seems to be more resistant to snails and spider mites than most Chamaedoreas.
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Appearance and Biology
- Habit: solitary with a crown of 3-5 leaves
- Height: 7' though usually much shorter
- Trunk: 1/3" single; green; ringed
- Crownshaft: no true crownshaft
- Spread: 1'-2'
- Leaf Description: pinnate; 12"-16" long; upright or laterally oriented; large, leathery, ovoid leaflets with very large irregularly bifid terminal leaflet in young plants; leaves covered with thin layer of tomentum giving them a blue-green appearance sometimes
- Petiole/Leaf bases: 2"-4" long tubular; unarmed
- Reproduction: dioecious
- Inflorescence: 1'-18" upright, orange pedicle with yellow flowers; unbranched; arising from below leaves
- Fruit: green to black when ripe
- Seed:
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Horticultural Characteristics
- Minimum Temp: 30F
- Drought Tolerance: moderate
- Dry Heat Tolerance: poor to moderate
- Wind Tolerance: poor
- Salt Tolerance: unknown
- Growth Rate: slow
- Soil Preference: moist, rich, acidic and well draining
- Light Requirement: partial sun to filtered light
- Human Hazards: none known
- Disease or Horticultural Problems: none known
- Transplants?: good
- Indoor?: fairly good but suffers from low light
- Availability: rare but readily available at many specialty palm nurseries
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