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Chamaedorea elegans

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happypalms Grand Master

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Often forgotten elegans is a another underrated chamaedorea simply because it has become common doesn’t mean it’s not for a palm collector planted on mass or in group plantings it looks magnificent they have been around for years in Australia sold by the thousands in chain stores it certainly fits into any garden in the situation a simply stunning little palm 

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The nurseries and chain stores put 20 or more into a pot and it's just a shrubby mess. Being that crowded isn't good for long term survival either.  As a single specimen it is one of my top favourite palms. I have a few inside the house and a couple of bigger ones outside. They are tough as old boots, look very pretty and don't get the admiration they deserve. The small ones in a nice little pot make great gifts and people think you spent a fortune !

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27.35 south.

Warm subtropical, with occasional frosts.

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It's hard finding them potted individually. Older ones have great character, truly an elegant palm species.

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I have killed several both in pot and in the ground. On long term has still survived only one having found shelter among a Rhapis clump!

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1 hour ago, Phoenikakias said:

I have killed several both in pot and in the ground. On long term had survived only one having found shelter among a Rhapis clump!

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What killed them? The cold?

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I have a small collection of them. I originality bought one of those pots with like 20 seedlings, and split the plants up. They look so much better as a group of individual plants. Great palm in my opinion. I've been thinking of getting more. 

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1 hour ago, ego said:

What killed them? The cold?

Root disease, prob caused by too much or too little watering and too much sun.

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2 hours ago, Phoenikakias said:

Root disease, prob caused by too much or too little watering and too much sun.

Murderer! You had them under full sun? I love their shape, I wanna use them as border plants on the sides of the garden corridor but I am afraid of their super slow growth. They are very slow, right?

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happypalms Grand Master

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8 hours ago, peachy said:

The nurseries and chain stores put 20 or more into a pot and it's just a shrubby mess. Being that crowded isn't good for long term survival either.  As a single specimen it is one of my top favourite palms. I have a few inside the house and a couple of bigger ones outside. They are tough as old boots, look very pretty and don't get the admiration they deserve. The small ones in a nice little pot make great gifts and people think you spent a fortune !

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We all remember our grandmother growing them in the kitchen I dived those 20 in pot up and get a stack of individual ones a good score just because they have become chain store common doesn’t mean there not beautiful 

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7 hours ago, hbernstein said:

It's hard finding them potted individually. Older ones have great character, truly an elegant palm species.

Underrated little palm I say not given enough recognition 

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6 hours ago, Phoenikakias said:

I have killed several both in pot and in the ground. On long term has still survived only one having found shelter among a Rhapis clump!

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How can you kill a elegans palm 😄 that’s a criminal offence the IPS will be in touch with a notice of infringement 🤣

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happypalms Grand Master

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3 hours ago, Pal Meir said:

I don’t know if these two male palms are still alive. If so they should be 51 yr old now …

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That’s a specimen being that age you would leave that one to the grandchildren 

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1 hour ago, ego said:

Murderer! You had them under full sun? I love their shape, I wanna use them as border plants on the sides of the garden corridor but I am afraid of their super slow growth. They are very slow, right?

Yer I agree you can’t kill a elegans there should be laws against it the only problem with them being a border is there height as they age but that’s twenty years later so border away I say 

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3 hours ago, ego said:

Murderer! You had them under full sun? I love their shape, I wanna use them as border plants on the sides of the garden corridor but I am afraid of their super slow growth. They are very slow, right?

It depends on where you have them, their feeding regime, soil type and pot size. I grow them as solo specimens in pots and they go from 10 cm babies to 1 metre with a 20 cm trunk in 3 years.

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I came. I saw. I purchased

 

 

27.35 south.

Warm subtropical, with occasional frosts.

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12 hours ago, happypalms said:

Yer I agree you can’t kill a elegans there should be laws against it the only problem with them being a border is there height as they age but that’s twenty years later so border away I say 

I was thinking of buying already tall ones cos I don't wanna wait for ever. I'm in my 40s already!

Is there some Chamaedorea species that grows faster?

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happypalms Grand Master

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1 hour ago, ego said:

I was thinking of buying already tall ones cos I don't wanna wait for ever. I'm in my 40s already!

Is there some Chamaedorea species that grows faster?

Chamaedorea Radicalisand and  plumosa there some fast growing ones given enough water 

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