Palm Flower ? This palm plant appeared, pedigree unknown, in my office many years ago, it came with a few friends which have long gone to their own pots. This one has stayed alive and thrived. Over the years I have had a parade of palms most of which have gone to palm heaven. :-( Perhaps through 'experience' this one has managed to avoid the fate of its predecessors. I was watering this one today and cleaning dead branches and discovered, I guess, a flower. Does anyone know what a palm flower looks like? Jerry Palm Plant ( photo / image / picture from Jerry Sullivan's Garden ) Palm Plant Flower? ( photo / image / picture from Jerry Sullivan's Garden )
I don't grow palms so I don't know for sure if each species has a different looking flower or not. My guess would be that yours looks like that. Lots of help huh? But it will be interesting to see how that 'flower' progresses.
I have grown this little palm. It is a sweet thing that doesn't need full sun and under ideal conditions only gets 2-3 feet tall. Young plants are often used in terrariums. They are called parlor palm or good luck palm. It's latin name is: Chamaedorea elegans (Neanthe bella. I was never successful with growing them from the seeds that they produce (the bumps are the seeds that they will later shed).
Hey Jerry, Chamaedorea elegans has no information entered on it's page and only one photo. hint, hint, hint,
Sneaky plant!! I would have missed the flower if I had not been cleaning dead branches. I will go over to the database and add stuff. Thank you everyone. Jerry
With the info in the database i will have to watch the flower to see what happens. Perhaps I may even find a seed. Thank you everyone. Jerry