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.
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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
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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
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