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Chamaedorea elegans

COMMON NAME

​Parlor palm

TYPE

​Palm

FAMILY

​Arecaceae

NOTES

Chamaedorea elegans is almost immediately recognizable, even by the causal observer since it is one of the most widely used house plants in the world. It is a versatile and almost no-maintenance plant that is able to grow in every indoor and outdoor condition possible with little help and care.

GEOGRAPHIC REGION

Southern Mexico, Guatemala

NATIVE HABITAT

Found in moist or wet, dense forest on the Atlantic slope to 1,400 m elevation; often on limestone.

WEB SOURCES

palmpedia.net

wikipedia.org



Chamaedorea elegans