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Chamaedorea tepejilote

The pacaya palm is a slender, usually single-stemmed understory palm of humid forest from southern Mexico to northern Colombia. Its edible flower clusters are eaten locally. It wants shade, warmth, steady moisture and humid air, and copes well as a large container palm.

Chamaedorea tepejilote
Photo: Hermann Luyken, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets 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

It grows in the understory of wet lowland and premontane to lower montane forest, often on slopes and in ravines.

Recorded from sea level to 2,375 m, with a median of 1,125 m, so most records are from premontane forest.

Mexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeGuatemalaHondurasEl SalvadorNicaraguaCosta RicaPanamáColombia

🔒 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 CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.