Pronunciation: kahm-uh-DOOR-ee-uh row-zhah-see-AHN-uh
Common Name: none
Chamaedorea rojasiana is another fairly rare California palm, but is found in a few private and public gardens. It is a thin stemmed understory palm that seems at home in a shady, warm, moist California garden.
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Appearance and Biology
- Habit: solitary with a crown of 3-4 pinnate, sometimes bifid, leaves
- Height: 3'
- Trunk: single; 1/4" thick; bright green; evenly and widely ringed
- Crownshaft: inconspicuous (often covered with old leaf bases; same diameter as stem; about 3" tall; deep green
- Spread: 1'-2'
- Leaf Description: pinnate; sometimes fully or partially bifid; leaflets can be partially fused in groups and often that is the case at the end of the leaf; 1' long; deep green; fused leaflets prominently ridged
- Petiole/Leaf bases: thin; 2"-4" long; light green; unarmed
- Reproduction: dioecious
- Inflorescence: 1' long; half that length being the upright peduncle; rest pair, pendent flower structures; from within leaves
- Fruit: 1/4" diameter; ovoid; orange turning to purplish-black when ripe
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Horticultural Characteristics
- Minimum Temp: 32F
- Drought Tolerance: poor
- Dry Heat Tolerance: low
- Cool Tolerance: moderate
- Wind Tolerance: poor
- Salt Tolerance: unknown
- Growth Rate: slow
- Soil Preference: moist and well draining; acidic
- Light Requirement: shade to filtered light
- Human Hazards: none
- Disease or Horticultural Problems: seem exceptionally tasty to snails
- Transplants?: unknown
- Indoor?: unknown
- Availability: very rare
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