1. BOTANICAL NAME
CHAMAEDOREA ELEGANS

2. PRONUNCIATION
kam - ee -DOE- ree - uh EL - eh - ganz

3. COMMON NAME
Parlor Palm

5. FAMILY
Palmae

6. Life cycle
House plant- perennial
Outdoors- annual

7. Growth Habit
Shrub
Height 1 1/2’ - 5’
Width 1’ - 3’
Upright

8. ARRANGEMENT and composition
Basal (sheath) becoming alternate and compound

9. LEAF
Ovate
Length 6’
Width 2’

10. MARGIN
Entire

11. VEINS
Parallel

13. FLOWER
Yellow

14. FRUIT
Insignificant

15. EXPOSURE
Part shade
Shade

16. USE
House plant
Interiorscaping plant

17. DESCRIPTION
Thin stems bearing a graceful rosette of arching fronds with narrow dark green leaflets (11-20) on each side of rachis 8” long 3/4” wide (leaflets)

18. DESCRIPTION A slow growing tree
The flower is yellow and not showy; a panicle
cv. ‘Bella’ smaller

19. CULTURAL PRACTICES
62 degrees F.
Propagate by division or seed
Shade

20. PROBLEMS
Spider mites

21. ZONES
Tropical

22. NATIVE OF:
Guatemala