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Učlanjen(a)
06.08.2009
Poruka
24.424
Wine PalmScientific Name: Caryota urens L.
Caryota urens

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Size: Relatively fast growing to 90 feet (30 m)
Min. Temperature: 26°F (-3°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Light shade
Origin: India, Burma, Sri Lanka
Germination: 4 months to 1 year to germinate in warm media, easy
Leaf: Bipinnate, Dark green, 9 feet.
Trunk: N/A, Gray, smooth with leaf scars,
Flower: Cream. Flower stalk coming from among the leaves, 12 inches.
Fruit: Dull red. 3/4 inches. round.
Seed: Dull gray. Round with groves.
 
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Učlanjen(a)
06.08.2009
Poruka
24.424
Ceroxylon vogelianumScientific Name: Ceroxylon vogelianum (Engel) H. Wendl.
Synonym: Ceroxylon hexandrum
Ceroxylon vogelianum

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Size: Up to 40 feet tall (12 m)
Min. Temperature: 26°F (-3°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Light shade
Origin: Columbia, Venezuela, Ecuador
Leaf: Pinnate, Plumose leaves with 150 to 220 leaflets arranged irregularly and not on the same plane.,
Trunk: greenish to brown with a fine layer of wax, up to 8 inches (20 cm).
Fruit: orange red. 0.7 inches (2.2 cm). round with grooves.
Seed:
 
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Učlanjen(a)
06.08.2009
Poruka
24.424
Cat PalmScientific Name: Chamaedorea cataractarum Mart.
Chamaedorea cataractarum

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Size: up to 4 feet tall (1.2 m) clumping
Min. Temperature: 24°F to 28°F (-2°C to -4.5°C)
Water Requirements: Regular to abundant water
Sun Requirements: Light shade to shade
Origin: Southeastern Mexico
Leaf: Pinnate, 3 to 6 leaves, 30 to 50 leaflets, up to 12 inches long, 1 inch wide (30 x 2.5 cm), 40 inches long (1 m).
Trunk: clustering trunk might be horizontal, forked, clump forming, 1 inch in diameter (2.5 cm).
Flower: yellow flowers, separate male and female plants. Flower stalk coming from among the leaves, 20 inches long (50 cm), closely spaced flowers make it look thicker..
Fruit: black. up to 0.4 inch long by 0.25 inches diameter (10 x 6 mm), persistent petals. oval, flesh should not be handled with bare hands.
Seed:
 
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Učlanjen(a)
06.08.2009
Poruka
24.424
Costarican Bamboo PalmScientific Name: Chamaedorea costaricana Oerst.
Chamaedorea costaricana

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Size: up to 12 feet tall (3.6 m) clump is 4 to 5 feet in diameter (1.2 to 1.5 m) or more
Min. Temperature: 28°F (-2°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Light shade to shade
Origin: Southeastern Mexico to Panama
Germination: Germinates irregularly, up to 6 months
Leaf: Pinnate, 3 to 6 leaves with 30 to 60 leaflets, sheaths with flaps, 4-6 feet long (1.2 to 1.8 m).
Trunk: clustering green, bamboo looking with ring scars, vatiable, up to 2 inches in diameter.
Flower: creamish yellow flower, separate male and female plants. Flower stalk coming from below the leaves, erect or pendulous. Becoming orange when carrying fruit..
Fruit: green turning black when ripe. 0.25 to 0.4 inches in diameter (6 to 10 mm), 0.5 inch long (1.2 mm). round to ellipsoid.
Seed:
 
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Učlanjen(a)
06.08.2009
Poruka
24.424
Parlor PalmScientific Name: Chamaedorea elegans Mart.
Synonym: Neanthe bella, Collinia elegans
Chamaedorea elegans

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Size: Very slowly to 5 feet (1.5 m)
Min. Temperature: 25°F (-4°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Shade
Origin: Southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize
Germination: Easy from fresh seeds.
Leaf: Pinnate, 5 to 12 dark green leaves, 20 to 40 leaflets narrower at the connection with the leafstem., Up to 30 inches long (75 cm).
Trunk: Ringed with old leaf scars, and sometimes aerial roots., 0.3 to 0.6 inch in diameter (7.5 to 15 mm).
Flower: Yellow flowers with petals joined at their tips, separate male and female plants. Flower stalk coming from among the leaves, erect, up to 32 inches (80 cm).
Fruit: Black when ripe. 0.25 inch in diameter (0.6 mm). round, sometimes thin petals are persistant.
Seed: round.
 
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Učlanjen(a)
06.08.2009
Poruka
24.424
Ernest August's PalmScientific Name: Chamaedorea ernesti-augustii H. Wendl.
Synonym: C. latifrons, Geonoma latifrons
Chamaedorea ernesti-augustii

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Size: Slowly growing up to 4 feet tall (1.5 m)
Min. Temperature: 24°F to 28°F (-2°C to -4°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Light shade to shade
Origin: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras
Leaf: Pinnate, 3 to 8 leaves, bifid to half their length, 12 to 18 veins per side., up to 2 feet long, 1 foot wide (60 x 30 cm).
Trunk: 0.5 inch in diameter (1.2 cm).
Flower: orange flowers in spring, separate male and female plants. Flower stalk coming from among the leaves, 24 inches (60 cm), erect..
Fruit: black. 0.5 by 0.4 inches (1.2 by 1 cm). round to elliptic, petals rarely persistent.
Seed:
 
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Učlanjen(a)
06.08.2009
Poruka
24.424
Glaucous Parlour PalmScientific Name: Chamaedorea glaucifolia H. Wendl.
Chamaedorea glaucifolia

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Size: Slowly up to 8 feet tall (2.4 m)
Min. Temperature: 28°F (-2°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Light shade to shade
Origin: Southeastern Mexico
Leaf: Pinnate, Bluish green leaves, 100 to 140 12-inch long leaflets (30 cm), irregularly arranged, plumose., 4-6 feet long (1.2 to 1.8 m). glaucous petiole and rachis.
Flower: separate male and female plants.
Fruit: black. 0.25 to 0.4 inch (6 to 10 mm). round, thick petals.
Seed:
 
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Učlanjen(a)
06.08.2009
Poruka
24.424
Metallica PalmScientific Name: Chamaedorea metallica O. F. Cook ex H.E. Moore
Chamaedorea metallica

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Size: Slowly up to 7 feet (2.1 m) 2 feet in diameter (60 cm)
Min. Temperature: 25°F (-4°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Light shade to shade
Origin: Southeastern Mexico
Germination: irregular germination
Leaf: Pinnate, 9 to 16 metallic looking dark green to black bifid leaves., up to 12 inches long (30 cm).
Trunk: No crownshaft, Dark green with leaf rings.,
Flower: separate male and female plants. Flower stalk coming from the lowest leaves. Orange flower stalks on female plants..
Fruit: Black when ripe. 0.5 inches long (1.2 cm). almost round.
Seed:
 
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Učlanjen(a)
06.08.2009
Poruka
24.424
Hardy Bamboo PalmScientific Name: Chamaedorea microspadix Burret
Chamaedorea microspadix

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Size: Up to 8 feet (2.4 m)
Min. Temperature: 20°F (-6°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Light shade to shade
Origin: Central Mexico
Leaf: Pinnate, 18 to 22 regularly arranged leaflets,
Trunk: clustering Ringed, 0.4 inch (1 cm).
Flower: separate male and female plants. Flower stalk coming from among the leaves, 3 to 6 branches. Male flowers in pair..
Fruit: orange red. 0.4 inch (1 cm).
Seed:
 
LEGEND
Učlanjen(a)
06.08.2009
Poruka
24.424
San Pablo PalmScientific Name: Chamaedorea pinnatifrons (Jacq.) Oerst.
Chamaedorea pinnatifrons

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Size: 4 to 13 feet tall (1.2 to 4 m) up to 4 feet wide (1.2 m)
Min. Temperature: 28°F (-2°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Light shade to shade
Origin: Southern Mexico to Peru and Brazil
Leaf: Pinnate, 4 to 8 leaves with 8 to 22 leaflets, or simple leaves with up to 11 veins per side.,
Trunk: 0.2 to 1 inch in diameter (5 to 25 mm).
Flower: separate male and female plants. Female flowers cream colored. Flower stalk coming from between the leaves, bright orange to cream.
Fruit: yellow orange, turning black or yellow when ripe. up to 0.6 inches long by 0.2 inches in diameter (1.5 by 0.5 cm). elongated.
Seed:
 
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