Chamaedorea microspadix
A clustering bamboo-style understory palm from the mountains of eastern Mexico, one of the most cold-tolerant Chamaedorea. It wants shade, steady moisture in summer and a cool, drier winter, and handles a light frost better than almost any other species in the genus.
Where it grows wild
Understory of humid oak, pine-oak and montane forest on the Gulf-facing slopes of the Sierra Madre Oriental, often on limestone slopes and in ravines. Based on the measured range and what is known of the genus; species-specific habitat detail is thin.
Recorded from about 400 to 2,300 m, median about 1,350 m; most records sit in the 1,000 to 1,800 m band.
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