Palms   Chamaedorea falcifera

Synonymy:
None

Common Names:
None

Distribution:
Guatemala

Habitat:
Understory plant of the rainforest.

Description:
A small to medium sized, cane-like, solitary palm to about 3m, with wide, cupped leaflets.

General:
Not very commonly grown

Culture:
Warm, sheltered, and moist.

Figure 1. C. falcifera at the
Mt. Cootha Botanic Gardens, Brisbane.

Contributed by:

Mike Gray

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