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Chamaedorea plumosaScientific Name: Chamaedorea plumosa Hodel
Chamaedorea plumosa

Size: Up to 12 feet tall (3.6 m)
Min. Temperature: 24°F (-4.5°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Light shade to shade
Origin: Southern Mexico
Leaf: Pinnate, 5 to 9 plumose leaves, 120 to 170 irregularly arranged leaflets,
Trunk: up to 2.5 inches in diameter (6 cm).
Flower: separate male and female plants.
Fruit: black. 0.4 inch (1 cm). round.
Seed:

 

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Radicalis PalmScientific Name: Chamaedorea radicalis Mart.
Synonym: Chamaedorea pringlei
Chamaedorea radicalis

Size: Slowly up to 6 feet tall (1.8 m) to 6 feet in diameter (1. 8 m)
Min. Temperature: 21°F (-6°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Shade
Origin: Central Mexico
Leaf: Pinnate, 4 to 8 dark green pinnate leaves with 20 to 36 leaflets, 3 feet long.
Trunk: 1 inch in diameter (2.5 cm).
Flower: separate male and female plants, yellowish orange flowers. Male flowers in groups of 2 to 5 at the base of branches.. Flower stalk coming from among the leaves, flower stalk turn orange when carrying fruit.
Fruit: orange red. 0.5 inch long (1.2 cm). round, slightly elongated.
Seed:

 

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Bamboo PalmScientific Name: Chamaedorea seifrizii Burret
Synonym: C. erumpens
Chamaedorea seifrizii

Size: Up to 10 feet (3 m)
Min. Temperature: 25°F (-4°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Light shade to shade
Origin: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras
Leaf: Pinnate, 4 to 6 leaves with up to 36 narrow leaflets, 2 feet long (60 cm).
Trunk: clustering No crownshaft, Bamboo looking with raised rings, Up to 0.8 inch (2 cm).
Flower: separate male and female plants. Flower stalk coming from the lowest leaves.
Fruit: Orange truning black when ripe. 0.3 inch (8 mm). round, with persistant petals.
Seed: round.

 

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Stolon palmScientific Name: Chamaedorea stolonifera H. Wendl. ex Hook. f.
Chamaedorea stolonifera

Size: Up to 5 feet (1.5 m)
Min. Temperature: 28°F (-2°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Light shade to shade
Origin: Southeastern Mexico
Leaf: Pinnate, 5 to 8 simple leaves, bifid to 2/3 of their length (divided at the tip),
Trunk: clustering No crownshaft, green with swollen leaf rings.,
Flower: separate male and female plants. Flower stalk coming from the lowest leaves.
Fruit: black. 0.3 inch in diameter (8 mm). oval, thin, non persistant petals.
Seed: oval.

 

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Pacaya PalmScientific Name: Chamaedorea tepejilote Liebm.
Chamaedorea tepejilote

Size: Rapidly up to 15 feet tall (4.5 m) up to 8 feet in diameter
Min. Temperature: 28°F (-2°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Light shade to shade
Origin: Southern Mexico to Northern Columbia
Leaf: Pinnate, 3 to 7 leaves, with 12 to 50 leaflets, 4 feet long.
Trunk: Bamboo looking, with swollen rings, 1 to 4 inches in diameter (2.5 to 10 cm).
Flower: separate male and female plants. Yellow flowers. Flower stalk coming from below the leaves, female flower stalks turn orange when they bear fruit..
Fruit: black with persistent petals. up to 0.6 inch long by 0.3 inch in diameter (15 by 8 mm). oval.
Seed:

 

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Mediterranean Fan PalmScientific Name: Chamaerops humilis L.
Chamaerops humilis

Size: Slowly to 20 feet tall (6 m) 20 feet in diameter (6 m)
Min. Temperature: 6°F (-14°C)
Water Requirements: Moderate water
Sun Requirements: Full sun to light shade
Origin: Western Mediterranean Basin
Germination: 2 to 3 months, some authorities recommend dipping the seeds in sulfuric acid for 15 minutes.
Leaf: Palmate, Stiff leaflets., to 2 feet wide (60 cm). Thin and armed with sharp orange spines, up to 3 feet long (90 cm).
Trunk: clustering Covered with old leaf bases, and dense fibers, 6-10 inches (15-25 cm) in diameter.
Flower: dioecious (male and females on separate plants). Flower stalk coming from among and under the leaves, 6 inches long (15 cm).
Fruit: Turning brownish red when ripe. Around 1 inch long (2.5 cm). Round to oval, containing butyric acid, rather foul smelling.
Seed: 0.75 inches long (2 cm). Oval.

 

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Blushing PalmScientific Name: Chambeyronia macrocarpa Brongn.
Chambeyronia macrocarpa

Size: Slowly to 20 feet (6 m)
Min. Temperature: 28°F (-2°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Light shade
Origin: New Caledonia
Leaf: Pinnate, Young leaves are red and turn green with age. 3 to 6 leaves with 20 to 28 leaflets,
Flower: pink to cream-colored.
Fruit: crimson.
Seed:

 

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Florida Silver PalmScientific Name: Coccothrinax argentata (Jacq.) L.H. Bailey
Coccothrinax argentata

Size: Slowly up to 20 feet (6 m)
Min. Temperature: 26°F (-3°C)
Water Requirements: Moderate water
Sun Requirements: Full sun
Origin: Western Caribbean
Germination: Germinates fairly easily in 6 months with heat, but the seedling grows really slowly.
Leaf: Palmate, 12 to 18 leaves with silvery gray or golden bottom surface, 40-54 leaflets split at their ends., up to 3 feet wide (90 cm).
Trunk: Covered with fine brown fibers, closely woven at the top, bare, light gray at the bottom, 2 to 8 inches in diameter (5 to 20 cm).
Flower: White, fragrant, bisexual flowers. Flower stalk coming from below the leaves, 2 feet long.
Fruit: Brown when ripe. up to 0.5 inch in diameter (1.2 cm). Round.
Seed: round, wrinkled.

 

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Old Man PalmScientific Name: Coccothrinax crinita Becc.
Coccothrinax crinita

Size: Slowly up to 20 feet (6 m) up to 14 feet (4.2 m) in diameter
Min. Temperature: 26 to 28°F (-3 to -2°C)
Water Requirements: Moderate water
Sun Requirements: Full sun to shade
Origin: Cuba
Germination: takes 6 months to germinate
Leaf: Palmate, 15 to 25 almost circular leaves, green above, dull gray below. 38 segments, with split tips, up to 5 feet in diameter (1.5 m). unarmed, 3 feet long (90 cm).
Trunk: Covered with long hair like fibers., to 8 inches in diameter (20 cm). It appears bigger because of the the thick hair covering.
Flower: Bisexual yellow flowers. Flower stalk coming from among the leaves, 5 feet long.
Fruit: Purple. 1 inch long (2.5 cm). round.
Seed: round, wrinkled.

 

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Coccothrinax miraguamaScientific Name: Coccothrinax miraguama (Kunth) Leon
Coccothrinax miraguama

Size: Up to 20 feet tall (6 m) Up to 12 feet in diameter
Min. Temperature: 26 to 28°F (-3 to -2°C)
Water Requirements: Moderate
Sun Requirements: Full sun to light shade
Origin: Cuba and Hispaniola
Germination: Seeds germinate in 2 to 3 months
Leaf: Palmate, 20 to 30 almost circular leaves, silvery lower surface, 40 to 60 segments, up to 5 feet wide (1.5 m). unarmed.
Trunk: covered with old leaf bases and fibers. After a while, the trunk becomes bare and grey,
Flower: Cream bisexual flowers. Flower stalk coming from among the leaves, 3 feet long (90 cm).
Fruit: red when ripening turning dark red to black when ripe. 0.5 inch in diameter. round.
Seed: