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Chamaedorea metallica

The metallic palm: a small, single-stemmed understory palm with blue-green, metallic-sheened, mostly undivided leaves, from humid forests of Veracruz and Oaxaca. It is rare in the wild but common in cultivation, and thrives in low light, warm-intermediate temperatures and evenly moist soil.

Chamaedorea metallica
Photo: Chhe (talk), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Grows on the floor of humid evergreen forest, often on limestone slopes, at low to middle elevations.

Recorded at 50–1622 m, median about 360 m.

Mexico GulfMexico Southwest

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its Public domain licence, unmodified.