Chamaedorea elatior

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Figure 1. C. elatior

Synonymy:

Chamaedorea desmoncoides

Common Names:

Climbing Chamaedorea

Distribution & Habitat:

It is native to moist or wet, dense forest mostly on the Atlantic slope but occasionally on the Pacific slope in in southern Mexico and Guatemala between 100 and 1500 m (300 and 4900 ft.) elevation.

Description:

A rare climbing species, and one of the few (if not the only) without spines; to about 20m long, with slender, cane-like, occasionally branching stems. The upper leaves are reflexed and hooked enabling it to cling to taller vegetation and grow to great lengths.

Culture:

Warm, sheltered and moist.

Figure 2. C. elatior at Naples Botanic Garden.

Figure 3. C. elatior on its way to the top.

Figure 4. C. elatior infructescence

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Figure 5. C. elatior simple leaf form

Figure 6. Simple leaf form

Contributed by:

Angelo Porcelli (Figure 2)
Ian Edwards (Figure 1,3,4,5&6)

External Links:

Kew, PalmWeb, JSTOR, Trebrown

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