ID help

[KentiaPalm]

I bought three of the small palms in pots with the name “rafanolacia” here in Costa Rica . I tried to translate to see if it was Spanish but it doesn’t appear to have a translation and I also tried googling the name with no avail. Help would be greatly appreciated. 
 

 

[Beerend]

Chamaedorea elegans?

[akamu]

Chamaedorea cataractum aka cat palm

[KentiaPalm]

Oddly enough I found out from the local women who works at the shop said that the Scientific name of this palm tree is “Rhopaloblaste augusta”

it appears the name “Rafanolcia” is a name only Costa Ricans use.  

They grow these palms close together in pots for a fuller looking plant for potting culture.
 

They naturally don’t clump. 

 Answering my own question feels good without google

here’s a mature specimen for reference:

 

 

[Stevetoad]

hard to tell from the pics. Looks a lot like dypsis lutescens

[Stevetoad]

3 minutes ago, KentiaPalm said:

Oddly enough I found out from the local women who works at the shop said that the Scientific name of this palm tree is “Rhopaloblaste augusta”

it appears the name “Rafanolcia” is a name only Costa Ricans use.  

They grow these palms close together in pots for a fuller looking plant for potting culture.
 

They naturally don’t clump. 

 Answering my own question feels good without google

here’s a mature specimen for reference:

 

 

thats better than a chameadorea or dypsis lutescens

[quaman58]

I thought the same as Steve.  That's generally how D. lutecsens is sold here. Throw 100 odd seeds into a pot & you have a full looking houseplant.  Maybe they have an abundance of Rhopaloblaste seeds down there.

[Fusca]

Same here - I figured either D. lutescens or C. elegans but the seedlings looked different.  When I googled 'rafanolacia' I got 2 results and one of these ellagar.com selling the palm as a houseplant with this photo:

But the Rhopaloblaste augusta seedling photos on Palmpedia look much more like the original photo so I guess Rhopaloblaste augusta is correct ID.  Seeds are not tiny so they must cram them in there pretty good.

Edited March 17, 2020 by Fusca

[KentiaPalm]

6 minutes ago, Fusca said:

Seeds are not tiny so they must cram them in there pretty good.

Well the next best thing is separating them all and planting them.
 

This will really do a number to my property they look like if a coconut and a Kentia had a baby it would be a Rhopaloblaste 

Edited March 17, 2020 by KentiaPalm