Chamaedorea costaricana
A clumping understory palm of humid and cloud forests from southern Mexico to Panama. It spreads by short rhizomes into colonies of bamboo-like canes up to several metres tall. It wants filtered light, steady mild temperatures, high humidity and evenly moist soil, and it handles cool nights better than most tropical palms.
Where it grows wild
Grows in the understory of humid to very humid forest, cloud forest and dwarf forest on mountain slopes, often forming large colonies.
Recorded from near sea level to about 2,650 m, median around 1,400 m; the literature gives its core band as about 600 to 1,650 m.
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