Chamaedorea glaucifolia ? radicalis?

[PalmatierMeg]

In fall 2009 I bought a pot with two stems of a Chamaedorea at a plant sale in Cape Coral. I thought this palm was C. glaucifolia but I have since bought a bonafide C.g. from Christian Faulkner. While these Chams have similar features I don't think they are the same species. The double-stemmed palm has grown seeds about the size of a blueberry on one stem, so that side is female. The smaller stem has also flowered and is male, I think. Any ideas?

Chamaedorea with fruit

[SouthSeaNate]

It does look very much like a Chamaedorea radicalis Meg, the flower spikes in particular are identical to ones on my own one...

[PalmGuyWC]

Meg,

Your palm is definately a Cham radicalis. The fruit will turn orange while Cham glaucifolia has black fruit when ripe. Radicalis is super hardy to cold while C. glaucifolia is tender to frost.

Dick

[peachy]

Meg I am going along with everyone else on this one. Radicalis flowers from the bottom of the palm and glaucifolia has finer leaflets in my experience. Radicalis are very tough also...even the Peach cant harm them.

Peachy

[FRITO]

I will join the bandwagon and go with C. radicalis.

I have a nice grouping of Chamaedorea radicalis (hybrids between the regular form and trunk form) they set seed for the first time this year I made sure the males were close to the females (some are still in pots) and they look idetical to your green immature seed as of now.

this is the first time i have produced palm seed in my yard, it is a good feeling!

try some hybrids Meg with the Radicalis, this is the hardiest chamaedorea! (no damage here in north florida into the teens with no protection)

Luke

[DoomsDave]

MEG:

Those two palms in the top right pic look like C. radicalis tree type to me, no mistaking those infructescences.