Palms   Chamaedorea arenbergiana

Conservation Status: Unknown Distribution & Habitat: Endemic to mid-altitude wet forest regions of Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras. Description: A small to medium sized solitary Chamaedorea, with a dark green, ringed trunk to about 4m tall, which has leaflets up to 15cm across, and an infructescence that looks like a green corn-on-the-cob. Similar in appearance to a small C. tepejilote , altho this species has much wider leaflets. Culture: Warm, sheltered and moist. Figure 2. C. arenbergiana juvenile trunk detail.

Figure 1. C. arenbergiana

Figure 3. C. arenbergiana

Figure 4. C. arenbergiana inflorescence.

Figure 5. C. arenbergiana infructescence.

Contributed by:	Colin Wilson (Figure 1,2&3)
	Ian Edwards (Figure 4&5)

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