Another palm ID

[Steve Mac]

It is a Chamaedorea of some sort (I think) with a very distinctive leaf shape and pattern.

I have drawn on it the show the palm in question. 

      

 

[idontknowhatnametuse]

C. elatior?

[Crafty1]

Looks like C. Oblongata 

 

[gilles06]

Not chamaedorea, not sure it is palm?

[Jonathan]

  21 hours ago, idontknowhatnametuse said:

C. elatior?

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That was my first thoughts too. 

[Steve Mac]

Thanks Guys, @Jonathan @idontknowhatnametuse yes it is elatior.  @Crafty1 it does look like oblongata, but the stems are thinner, the leaflets are thinner and longer and the elatior leaflets have a longer skinnier tip.  @gilles06 as the only climbing palm with no hooks on it, it is perhaps one of the least 'Chamy' looking of all Chamys.

What tricked me was that I forgot that there are different forms, and that they have different juvenile and adult leaves.

This is my other elatior with big bifid leaves, that has not reached the climbing stage yet. The other one appears to  have gone straight to adult leaf style from seed.

 

[tim_brissy_13]

Yeah definitely C elatior. Mine have both the bifid fronds and fully split climbing fronds after it has started to climb 6-7 years from germination.  Photo from last September. They are MUCH bigger now. These are rockets after they start to climb.