Pronunciation: kahm-uh-DOOR-ee-uh rize-oh-mah-TOE-suh
Common Name: none
Chamaedorea rhizomatosa is a very rare palm for California, but one that is growing here. It's culture is fairly straightforward, but finding one to plant is the hard part. As it sounds, it is a plant that spreads by its rhizomes, and is a sparsely clustering plant with pointed, ovoid leaflets, good for planting in areas of partial sun or filtered light.
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Appearance and Biology
- Habit: clustering with a crown of 2-4 feather leaves
- Height: 6'
- Trunk: multiple; 1/4" thick; deep green; ringed with nodes every 2"-4"
- Crownshaft: 6" tall; bright to lime green; about same thickness as stem
- Spread: 3'-4'+
- Leaf Description: pinnate; 2' long; pointed, ovoid leaflets; bright green
- Petiole/Leaf bases: 6"; light green; unarmed
- Reproduction: dioecious
- Inflorescence: below crownshaft; 1' long; arching; branched
- Fruit: unknown
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Horticultural Characteristics
- Minimum Temp: 30F
- Drought Tolerance: low
- Dry Heat Tolerance: moderate
- Cool Tolerance: moderate
- Wind Tolerance: low
- Salt Tolerance: unknown
- Growth Rate: slow
- Soil Preference: moist and well draining
- Light Requirement: shade to partial sun
- Human Hazards: none
- Disease or Horticultural Problems: none known
- Transplants?: unknown
- Indoor?: unknown
- Availability: extremely rare
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