Pronunciation: kam-uh-DOOR-ee-uh klot-shee-AHN-uh
Common Name: Bowtie Chamaedorea
Chamaedorea klotzschiana is a uniquely leaved solitary, taller species with a good ornamental value for California gardens.
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Appearance and Biology
- Habit: solitary with a crown of 4-8 pinnate leaves
- Height: 12'
- Trunk: single; 1" thick; very closely ringed (seems rings get closer the taller the palm grows); medium green
- Crownshaft: 6"-8" tall; light green; base a bit fatter than stem but tapers to being thinner near leaves
- Spread: 4'-6'
- Leaf Description: pinnate; 2'-3' long; arching a bit; leaflets in clusters of 3-6 along rachis (hence 'bow tie' name); thin leaflets somewhat pendent
- Petiole/Leaf bases: thin; 6" long; unarmed
- Reproduction: dioecious
- Inflorescence: below crownshaft (or above old crownshaft making it look infrafoliar); 1' long; upright with pendent branches
- Fruit: spherical to slightly ovoid; 1/3"; black when ripe
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Horticultural Characteristics
- Minimum Temp: 28F
- Drought Tolerance: poor
- Dry Heat Tolerance: poor
- Cool Tolerance: good
- Wind Tolerance: poor
- Salt Tolerance: unknown
- Growth Rate: slow to moderate
- Soil Preference: adaptable
- Light Requirement: shade to filtered light (leaves very prone to burning in any direct inland sun)
- Human Hazards: none
- Disease or Horticultural Problems: this palm seems particularly attractive to slugs and snails, which quickly lacerate its somewhat thin leaflets
- Transplants?: tolerant
- Indoor?: fairly good, but prone to spider mites
- Availability: rare
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