Bamboo Palm ID

[plantapalm]

I was at a friends house the other night and he had these bamboo palms in his back yard. I have look at the Chamaedorea's and can not match the seed stalks. Can anyone help me with id on this palm. Thanks

[Alicehunter2000]

C. Microspadix? ..... bump to top..........

[plantapalm]

I was looking at that 1 the leave structure is almost identical. But the fruit i saw was  red for the C microspadix. The fruit are mature an almost black on this 1. My friend said his dad got it back in the 70's from costa rica. It was in a pot and traveled with him until he built his house in vero beach 7 years ago when it went in the ground.

[Alicehunter2000]

Come on everyone.....help plantapalm out.........maybe C. seizfreizi <-----?? name?

[Joe palma]

C. microspadix has red/orange seeds that I am familair with. It sure looks like a C. costaricana, which also has a ligule (part of the frond base that goes up near the trunk on the opposite side of the frond petiole).

Can you get a close-up pic where the frond meets the trunk??

I'm gonna check my Chamaedorea book by D. Hodel this evening.

Check this:

http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Chamaedorea/costaricana.html

[plantapalm]

Thank You! C. costaricana  looks very much like the one my friend has. I did get to collect some seeds from his palms I just started them and I am pretty stoked.  Thanks again!

[Joe palma]

After checking Don Hodel's book last night I have confirmed that C. costaricana has round black seeds.

So that is a bit more evidence that it is a costaricana.