Pronunciation: kam-uh-DOOR-ee-uh nerr-oh-CLAM-iss
Common Name: none
Chamaedorea neurochlamys is not a super distinctive species, and a pretty rare one in California. It is one of the solitary, wider-leaflet variety (there are at least 5 or 6 of those).
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Appearance and Biology
- Habit: solitary with a sparse crown of 3-4 feather leaves
- Height: 10'
- Trunk: 1/2"-1" thick; dull green; ringed fairly far apart (looks like a reedy bamboo shoot)
- Crownshaft: none
- Spread: 3'-5'
- Leaf Description: pinnate; 2'-3' long; ovoid leaflets; dull green; thin and delicate feeling (often damaged by winds and/or sun)
- Petiole/Leaf bases: 10" long; thin; unarmed
- Reproduction: dioceious
- Inflorescence: below leaves; 1' long; distal half branched; upright; orange
- Fruit: ellipsoid; 1/2" long; yellow turning to red-orange to brown when ripe
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Horticultural Characteristics
- Minimum Temp: 30F
- Drought Tolerance: low
- Dry Heat Tolerance: low
- Cool Tolerance: moderate
- Wind Tolerance: low
- Salt Tolerance: unknown
- Growth Rate: slow
- Soil Preference: well draining, rich and moist
- Light Requirement: shade to filtered light
- Human Hazards: none
- Disease or Horticultural Problems: usually only holds 1 to maybe 2 nice looking leaves at a time in California
- Transplants?: unknown
- Indoor?: unknown
- Availability: rare
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