BOTANICAL NAME CHAMAEDOREA ELEGANS

PRONUNCIATION kam - ee -DOE- ree - uh EL - eh - ganz

COMMON NAME Parlor Palm

FAMILY Palmae

Life cycle House plant- perennial Outdoors- annual

Growth Habit Shrub Height 1 1/2’ - 5’ Width 1’ - 3’ Upright

ARRANGEMENT and composition Basal (sheath) becoming alternate and compound

LEAF Ovate Length 6’ Width 2’

MARGIN Entire

VEINS Parallel

FLOWER Yellow

FRUIT Insignificant

EXPOSURE Part shade Shade

USE House plant Interiorscaping plant

DESCRIPTION Thin stems bearing a graceful rosette of arching fronds with narrow dark green leaflets (11-20) on each side of rachis 8” long 3/4” wide (leaflets)

DESCRIPTION A slow growing tree The flower is yellow and not showy; a panicle cv. ‘Bella’ smaller

CULTURAL PRACTICES 62 degrees F. Propagate by division or seed Shade

PROBLEMS Spider mites

ZONES Tropical

NATIVE OF: Guatemala