Difference between revisions of "Chamaedorea schiedeana"

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Pronunciation: kahm-uh-DOOR-ee-uh shee-dee-ANN-uh

Common Name: none

Chamaedorea shiedeana is somewhat like a tall, solitary thin-leafed version of a Chamaedorea oblongata, though much more rare in cultivation. This is a Mexican species.

Appearance and Biology

Habit: solitary with a crown of 4-6 feather leaves
Height: 12' tall
Trunk: single; 3/4"-1" thick; medium green; closely ringed with marked changes in diameter at each ring
Crownshaft: indistinct/incomplete
Spread: 2'-6'
Leaf Description: pinnate; 18"-3' long; mostly horizontally oriented; leaflets ovoid and falcate as well as curled/wavy and thin; medium green to light green; differs from Chamaedorea oblongata not only in thinness of leaflets, but in number of leaflets per leaf (about one and half times as many)
Petiole/Leaf bases: 12"-18" long; thin; unarmed; light green
Reproduction: dioecious
Inflorescence: from below leaves; arching; 2'-3' long, most of that peduncle; branched somewhat at ends; orange with age
Fruit: spherical; 1/3" in diameter; olive green turning to black as ripens

Horticultural Characteristics

Minimum Temp: 30F
Drought Tolerance: moderate
Dry Heat Tolerance: moderate
Cool Tolerance: moderate
Wind Tolerance: low
Salt Tolerance: unknown
Growth Rate: slow
Soil Preference: adaptable
Light Requirement: filtered sun
Human Hazards: none
Disease or Horticultural Problems: leaflets tatter in winds and from snails
Transplants?: unknown
Indoor?: unknown
Availability: very rare

Huntington Gardens near Pasadena, California
Huntington gardens
rather under-watered specimen, Huntington Beach, California
Huntington gardens
Lotusland, Santa Barbara, California
placement of inflorescences on stem
flower in Lotusland
fruits in fall in the Huntington gardens

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+File:Chamaedorea scheidiana 1.jpg|Huntington Gardens near Pasadena, California
+File:Chamaedorea scheidiana 2.jpg|Huntington gardens
+File:Chamaedorea schiedeanna K.jpg|rather under-watered specimen, Huntington Beach, California
+File:Chamaedorea schiedianas H.jpg|Huntington gardens
+File:Chamaedorea schiedeana crown lL.JPG|Lotusland, Santa Barbara, California
+File:Chamaedorea schiedeana leaf 1.JPG|
+File:Chamaedorea schiedeana leaf tip.JPG|
+File:chamaedorea schiedeana stem LL.JPG|
+File:Chamaedorea schiedeana flweornig style.JPG|placement of inflorescences on stem
+File:Chamaedorea schiedeana flower again.JPG|
+File:Chamaedorea schiedeana flweor LL.JPG|flower in Lotusland
+File:Chamaedorea schiedeana fruits in fall H.jpg|fruits in fall in the Huntington gardens
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 [[Category: Chamaedorea]]

Difference between revisions of "Chamaedorea schiedeana"

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Revision as of 17:33, 1 January 2015