Pronunciation: cam-uh-DOOR-ee-uh frawn-DOE-suh
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Chamaedorea frondosa is one of the newer Chamaedoreas for California, but it seems to be a good one so far. It is small, understory bifid palm that seems to have some resistance to brown-tipping and looking stressed, from Central America.
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Appearance and Biology
- Habit: solitary with a crown of 5-10 bifid leaves
- Height: 2'
- Trunk: single; 1/3" thick
- Crownshaft: incomplete
- Spread: 2'
- Leaf Description: bifid (fused pinnate); deeply ridged; deep green; ovoid with small wedge taken out of one end; about 12"-14" long
- Petiole/Leaf bases: 1", channeled; green; arching
- Reproduction: dioecious
- Inflorescence: branchless about 5" long; yellow-orange flowers
- Fruit:
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Horticultural Characteristics
- Minimum Temp: 28F
- Drought Tolerance: poor
- Dry Heat Tolerance: untried
- Wind Tolerance: unknown but unlikely good
- Salt Tolerance: unknown
- Growth Rate: moderate
- Soil Preference: moist and rich
- Light Requirement: filtered sun to shade
- Human Hazards: none known
- Disease or Horticultural Problems: none so far
- Transplants?: probably good since small root system
- Indoor?: possibly OK
- Availability: very rare and so far only very occasionally shows up on palm lists
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Orange county, California
Orange county, California
Lotusland, Santa Barbara, California, grown in some direct sunlight, and obviously not happy about it
another Santa Barbara palm in a tad too much direct light
