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Chamaedorea radicalis

Chamaedorea radicalis
Photo: Gaiacoyote, CC0

Chamaedorea radicalis is a small, slow-growing palm from eastern Mexico, grown as a tough, shade-tolerant houseplant and landscape palm. It is easy to keep alive indoors as long as it gets bright, indirect light and is not overwatered.

Family
Arecaceae (Palm family)
Grows as
Palm
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Let the top few centimetres of soil dry out between waterings; reduce water in winter.
Soil
Well-draining peat- or coir-based potting mix with some perlite or sand.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Native range
NE. Mexico
Climate
subtropical

About

Chamaedorea radicalis, the Mexican parlor palm, radicalis palm or hardy parlor palm, is a species of flowering plant and is native to Mexico. Because of its attractive leaves and hardiness it is commercialized widely outside the country. It belongs to the family Arecaceae.

Where it grows

Chamaedorea radicalis is endemic only to the Mexican states of Durango, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas and Veracruz.

Other Chamaedorea plants

Cascade Palm · Pacaya · Parlor palm · Chamaedorea ernesti-augusti · Metallic Palm · Chamaedorea microspadix · Seifriz's chamaedorea · Pacaya Palm · Chamaedorea tuerckheimii · Chamaedorea woodsoniana · Chamaedorea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chamaedorea radicalis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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