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Parlour Palm
Parlour Palm
Chamaedorea elegans
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical rainforest
Range
Central America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

The Parlor Palm is one of the world's most popular houseplants, native to the rainforest understory of southern Mexico and Guatemala. Its leaves are harvested commercially as xate — used in floral arrangements worldwide for weeks without wilting.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Arecales
Family
Arecaceae
Genus
Chamaedorea
Species
Chamaedorea elegans