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aerial roots Chameadorea metallica

wimmie

By wimmie
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I am growing Chameadorea metallica's for many years now, but today I noticed that the two lower leafs were being pushed off the stem of the palm. When I pulled those two leaves off, I saw some aerial roots coming from the stem. Has anyone seen this "behavior" before? 

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I have seen this behavior particularly on taller Chamaedoreas. I’m not sure why they do this, my guess is that they would grow to the ground and stabilize itself better. 

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Wimmie, if your palm becomes too tall for its location then it can be air-layered and reduced in height.  I used a device called  https://rooterpot.com/index.html

My plant was more than 2 meters tall,  I left the device in place for about 6 months.  Then I severed the top 60 cm and replanted it.

  C. metallica is one of the few palms that can be treated this way.

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