C. Cataractarum

[JohnAndSancho]

Shot in the dark, but can anyone tell from a photo if this is a trunking sucker or multiple plants? Asking while I watch the Cubs play awful baseball. The plant on the right appears to be trunking too. 

[edbrown_III]

they develop a short trunk 

 

[Collectorpalms]

aka Non-Clumping Cat litter. Multiple plants in a liner bumped up to a larger pot.

Edited June 5, 2022 by Collectorpalms

[thyerr01]

I won't specifically comment on your plant as I don't know how long you have had it, but mine purchased as 8-10 stem clumps from big box stores flower as a mix of males and females. A group of seedlings grown like this will reach a saleable size much faster than letting one plant divide, so this makes sense.

[Jim in Los Altos]

John, Are you asking if Chamaedorea cataractum is a clumping palm? It’d so, yes. It clumps profusely. Or are you asking if yours is a clump or a mass planting? All I can say is that every C. cataractum that I’ve bought or have examined in the store, has been simply a clump, rather than a mass planting. They clump at an early age so I don’t see the necessity of growers mass planting them but perhaps some do. 

Edited June 5, 2022 by Jim in Los Altos

[JohnAndSancho]

2 hours ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

John, Are you asking if Chamaedorea cataractum is a clumping palm? It’d so, yes. It clumps profusely. Or are you asking if yours is a clump or a mass planting? All I can say is that every C. cataractum that I’ve bought or have examined in the store, has been simply a clump, rather than a mass planting. They clump at an early age so I don’t see the necessity of growers mass planting them but perhaps some do. 

I was asking if this one seemed to be a clump or multiple plantings, @Jim in Los Altos - I have a younger pot in my office that I know is multiple sprouts, and a smaller clump on my patio too. I just can't tell if these are all suckers or multiple sprouts in this one large plant. Either way it's growing incredible in a corner of my apartment, and I'm happy with everything other than having to move it another 2" out of the corner every 2 weeks lol. Thank you. 

 

[JohnAndSancho]

Bump 

 

Can anyone identify the gender of this one via this flower spathe? Forgive my ugly dog walking shoes. 

 

Also, the Cubs are still just completely awful.  

[edbrown_III]

its male -- rule of the  thumb for Chamaedoreas --- branched infloresces = male ... unbranched = female 

 

[JohnAndSancho]

6 hours ago, edbrown_III said:

its male -- rule of the  thumb for Chamaedoreas --- branched infloresces = male ... unbranched = female 

 

So all of my Chamaedorea are males. It's a sausage fest. 

[Looking Glass]

9 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

So all of my Chamaedorea are males. It's a sausage fest. 

It’s a sword fight.