Taxonomically, this species of Chamaedorea is an accepted species. Unfortunately, this species disappeared from the market about 30 years ago. This is a suckering green leaf understory species that gets a mature height of twelve to fourteen feet and have an appearance similar to C. costaricana. But, the leaves are longer and the trunks are thicker. Trunks remain vertical and don’t usually lean. This species has historically been used to make some of the more interesting Chamaedorea hybrids including the famous “Irving Cantor” cross. They were chosen for hybridization because of their strong vertical trunks. Cold tolerance is into the twenties F. We are offering a limited number of small seedlings for sale. This is the first time we’ve had them in 25 years! The garden photo is of a plant at my personal garden. There’s few gardens worldwide that have mature specimens of this species. Note on the 15 gallon photo how tall the stem is before the plant suckers. These are super good growers!
| We’d recommend getting several so someday you can set seeds. |
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