ID @ Lowes

[darkcoolboo]

Found at Lowes in Tucson,  AZ. We were thinking fishtail palm or metallic palm over in Facebook. 

Thank you

- Nathan

[Silas_Sancona]

18 minutes ago, darkcoolboo said:

Found at Lowes in Tucson,  AZ. We were thinking fishtail palm or metallic palm over in Facebook. 

Thank you

- Nathan

Chamaedorea metallica  Nice find...

[Kim]

Does look like Chamaedorea metallica.

If growing indoors keep a sharp eye out for spider mites. They can kill this palm quickly.

[Harry’s Palms]

C. Metalica , a great palm for low light . Fairly fast growing and somewhat cold hardy if protected in 10a. or 9b outdoors. They can survive for many years in pots.

[darkcoolboo]

Thanks

[Silas_Sancona]

2 hours ago, darkcoolboo said:

Thanks

Looking at the picture, it seems there are multiple plants in the pot.. Cross your fingers,  hopefully there will be -at least- one male or female plant in the pot..  Very easy to germinate seeds and grow here.. If you ever find one ( or a couple.. )  Cham. ernesti - augusti,  the other, reasonably common  " Fishtail " Chamaedorea  did fine here too.

Just don't make the ..really.. dumb mistake i did w/ mine ( ...and my ernesti specimen ) and keep them where they get -any- afternoon sun ( ..or any direct sun at all ). ...Not good, lol. 🙃🤦‍♂️= me after loosing both my older colonies, male and female plants / 2 pots full of seedlings after moving here. 

As mentioned, they can do great indoors too.

[happypalms]

Good find if they had a dozen buy the lot rare palm in my area 

[PalmatierMeg]

Fantastic find. Wish my Lowe's carried these uncommon Chamaedoreas. Years ago I bought pots containing 4 individual plants. I separated then potted each so they did not compete. One palm in each pot was pinnate instead of whole leaf.

[Looking Glass]

Liberate that sucker….  I always scan the plant sections of various Lowes and HD.  About once or twice a year I’ll run into an out-of-the-way palm, bromeliad, or croton.   Last year I walked in and they had 8 pots of older double coonties for cheap.  Bought them all on the spot and planted them out.  Last month I bought every little $5 bush on fire/batik croton that had appeared in the indoor plant section.  Sometimes they have a pleasant surprise there.  I’d snag Metallica if I saw it there.  

[darkcoolboo]

^{Thanks, everyone. It sounds like a good choice for a sunny windowsill.} 

Edited January 19 by darkcoolboo
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[Silas_Sancona]

Following the trail put forth by Nathan, ( ...Not me,  silly,  lol )  decided to see if i might stumble upon a pot of green gold at one of the local Blue Boxes. 

Green Gold  ..Found!   Something else on the " houseplant " list in the the lower left  corner of the shot too ( Anthurium superbum ) but passed on it since the foliage / roots weren't looking great.  No, lol ..i didn't buy all 4 ( 5 actually ) pots o' Metallica on the shelf.  One is fine. No need to be greedy..   Though i'll be keeping my eye out, just in case i decide to add one more ..to up my male to female ratio odds.



Fingers crossed both sexes are in the pot ( 4 plants P/P )  No repeating the mistake of putting it outside, at all, during the summer  either.. 🙃