Pronunciation: kahm-uh-DOOR-ee-uh NEW-bee-um
Common Name: none
Chamaedorea nubium is still a very rare Chamaedorea in California, but it is a relatively nice one. It is a tightly clumping species with bifid leaves.
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Appearance and Biology
- Habit: clustering with a vertical crown of 5-6 bipinnate leaves
- Height: 15' estimate
- Trunk: multiple; 3/8" thick; bamboo-like culms; bright green; ringed with fairly widely spaced nodes
- Crownshaft: incomplete, consisting of multiple leaf bases
- Spread: 3'-6'+
- Leaf Description: bipinnate; 1' long; leaf blades about a 35 degree angle; leaves divide 2/3 of their length; bright green
- Petiole/Leaf bases: 3"-4" long and thin; unarmed
- Reproduction: dioecious
- Inflorescence: below leaves; thin and upright; 12" long, 6" of pedicle, then 6" of several simple branches
- Fruit: 1/2"; spherical; black when ripe
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Horticultural Characteristics
- Minimum Temp: 32F
- Drought Tolerance: low
- Dry Heat Tolerance: low
- Cool Tolerance: moderate
- Wind Tolerance: low
- Salt Tolerance: unknown
- Growth Rate: slow
- Soil Preference: adaptable
- Light Requirement: shade to partial sun
- Human Hazards: none
- Disease or Horticultural Problems: none
- Transplants?: unknown
- Indoor?: unknown, but suspect good choice
- Availability: very rare
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