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[[File:Chamaedorea_hooperiana02.jpg|right|frame|Figure 2. ''C. hooperiana'' stem bases]]
===Common Names:===
Maya Palm<br>
===Distribution & Habitat:===
Mexico rainforest.

===Description:===
A very elegant and attractive small/medium sized clustering palm up to 4m tall.

===General:===
Only recently discovered (by Don Hodel in 1992, during research for his
definitive book on Chamaedoreas
'''Chamaedorea Palms - The Species and Their Cultivation'''),
this is said to be one of the most beautifull of the Chameadoreas.

===Culture:===
A sheltered, moist but well drained position. Frost tolerant but a slow grower.


[[File:Chamaedorea_hooperiana.jpg|left|frame|Figure 1. ''C. hooperiana'']]
[[File:Chamaedorea_hooperiana03.jpg|right|frame|Figure 3. ''C. hooperiana'' infructescence.]]
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===Contributed by: ===
Colin Wilson (Figure 1,2&3)


===Gallery: ===
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File:C.hooper_shoots.jpg|''C. hooperiana'' shoots (Ian Edwards)
File:C.hooperiana.jpg|''C. hooperiana'' (Ian Edwards)
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