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Chambeyronia macrocarpa roots


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I've bought a C macrocarpa online, arrived today not looking amazing, but not bad either, two leaves, but with no visible tip of a spear. Small plant, about 1 and a half foot tall to the tip of the biggest leaf.

The pot it came in was pretty small and when I took it out to repot it I removed the old soil and noticed that the roots seem pretty hard, dark and dessicated. I have only repotted a few tough Chamadoreas before so I don't have a lot of experience with repotting palms and what good roots look like, but I think white fleshy roots are ideal. I think most palms are probably on the sensitive side when it comes to root disturbance, but not Chambeyronia, I believe? Am I right on this one?

What do you think of these roots? Are they toast, or will they recover? And if they are toast, will the plant produce new ones?

They don't look particularly bad, but not great either, desicated but not brittle.  A few of them are still white about half way up into the rootball, only the tips look iffy. And one or two are looking good.

I did not trim or damage any of them, just changed the soil to fresh compost with some leca and I will keep it moist as I understand this palm prefers it that way.

Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated.

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And after repot

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Nice Palm give it a good drink of seaweed extract for vitamin B strees relief. Your palm looks fine just repot as you would any  other  palm don’t fuss over it treat it  like any other plant you have. There easy to grow just don’t fuss over it.

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Thanks for the encouragement, I'll do just that.

I soaked the soil mix with diluted seaweed solution and it's now chilling in a warm bright place, won't touch it for a week or so and then I'll water normally.

It'll be a while until it gets to the size of the ones in your pictures anyway 😅

I did hear they make good houseplants, but I don't understand why they're not more common (in Europe at least). Maybe it takes a few years for things to get moving.

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  On 12/21/2024 at 12:00 PM, grinel said:

Thanks for the encouragement, I'll do just that.

I soaked the soil mix with diluted seaweed solution and it's now chilling in a warm bright place, won't touch it for a week or so and then I'll water normally.

It'll be a while until it gets to the size of the ones in your pictures anyway 😅

I did hear they make good houseplants, but I don't understand why they're not more common (in Europe at least). Maybe it takes a few years for things to get moving.

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Your welcome. I guess seed availability is one reason I don’t think there would be many mature plants in Europe producing seeds. There easily obtained in Australia if you look you will find  them.

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  On 12/19/2024 at 12:17 AM, grinel said:

I've bought a C macrocarpa online, arrived today not looking amazing, but not bad either, two leaves, but with no visible tip of a spear. Small plant, about 1 and a half foot tall to the tip of the biggest leaf.

The pot it came in was pretty small and when I took it out to repot it I removed the old soil and noticed that the roots seem pretty hard, dark and dessicated. I have only repotted a few tough Chamadoreas before so I don't have a lot of experience with repotting palms and what good roots look like, but I think white fleshy roots are ideal. I think most palms are probably on the sensitive side when it comes to root disturbance, but not Chambeyronia, I believe? Am I right on this one?

What do you think of these roots? Are they toast, or will they recover? And if they are toast, will the plant produce new ones?

They don't look particularly bad, but not great either, desicated but not brittle.  A few of them are still white about half way up into the rootball, only the tips look iffy. And one or two are looking good.

I did not trim or damage any of them, just changed the soil to fresh compost with some leca and I will keep it moist as I understand this palm prefers it that way.

Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated.

 20241218_191817.thumb.jpg.f9c1ecd5c562cf640a43dd08b54584f2.jpg

20241218_191823.thumb.jpg.0f919cc5d355c82ff551c404f357c1a6.jpg

And after repot

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It looks fine to me too, so I second what happypalms said..

I noticed you are in Ireland; I also live in the EU. May I ask who the seller was?

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I usually look on ebay but there were none available. I found a seller on Etsy,  'IndianaPlants', from Spain, but I think I got the very last one.

I also found it on achat-vente-palmiers.com/, they seem to have 2 sizes available, and many other species as well.

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  On 12/24/2024 at 1:31 PM, grinel said:

I usually look on ebay but there were none available. I found a seller on Etsy,  'IndianaPlants', from Spain, but I think I got the very last one.

I also found it on achat-vente-palmiers.com/, they seem to have 2 sizes available, and many other species as well.

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Thank you!

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