Chamaedorea elegans
The parlour palm is a small, single-stemmed understory palm from the rainforests of southern Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. It is used to deep shade, warm humid air and a mild, drier winter, which is why it adapts so well to rooms. It grows only from seed, and cutting off its single growing point kills the stem.
Where it grows wild
Grows on the floor of humid lowland and lower montane rainforest, often among vines and sometimes along rock walls and limestone outcrops.
Recorded from near sea level to about 2,060 m, median about 550 m. A thinner-stemmed form grows lower down and a stouter form in the highlands.
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