Pronunciation: kam-uh-DOOR-ee-uh/kam-eh-doh-REE-uh COR-ray
Common Name: none
Chamaedorea correae is a beautiful, small, understory bifid palm from Panama that is an excellent palm for shady, frost-free California gardens. Sadly it is very rare in cultivation and obtaining one is a rare event.
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Appearance and Biology
- Habit: solitary with a crown of 3-4 bifid leaves
- Height: 3'
- Trunk: single; 1/8"-1/4"; dark green; fairly closely ringed
- Crownshaft: 2"; often covered with leaf bases of cut or dead leaves so rarely appreciated; dark green
- Spread: 16"-20"
- Leaf Description: pinnate/bifid; leaves divided to nearly half their length; about 12" long (2/3 the leaf blades); lime green; irregularly ridged; outer edges have some irregular evidence of leaflet tips (not smooth edged); outer leaf edges not parallel, but slightly angled outward- butterfly-like leaves
- Petiole/Leaf bases: 4"-5" long; slightly channeled; unarmed
- Reproduction: dioecious
- Inflorescence: from below leaves; 6"-8" long; rarely branched
- Fruit: spherical; 1/3"; black when ripe
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Horticultural Characteristics
- Minimum Temp: 30F
- Drought Tolerance: low
- Dry Heat Tolerance: moderate
- Wind Tolerance: low
- Salt Tolerance: unknown
- Growth Rate: very slow
- Soil Preference: moist and well draining; acidic
- Light Requirement: shade to filtered sun
- Human Hazards: none
- Disease or Horticultural Problems: none noted
- Transplants?: easy
- Indoor?: unknown but suspect OK except for humidity needs to keep from brown tipping
- Availability: very rare
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