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==Habitat and Distribution== | ==Habitat and Distribution== | ||
| − | + | Found in rainforest in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil, usually below 500 metres elevation. | |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | Chelyocarpus ulei is a single-stemmed palm, with fan-shaped leaves. The stem is 1 to 8 metres (3 ft 3.4 in to 26 ft 3.0 in) tall, and 4 to 7 centimetres (1.6 to 2.8 in) in diameter. Trunk type: Solitary. Leaf detail: Palmately compound, with relatively even segmented divisions, erect leaves. | + | Chelyocarpus ulei is a single-stemmed palm, with fan-shaped leaves. The stem is 1 to 8 metres (3 ft 3.4 in to 26 ft 3.0 in) tall, and 4 to 7 centimetres (1.6 to 2.8 in) in diameter. Trunk type: Solitary. With palmate leaves up to 1.6 metres (5 feet) across, at the end of a 1-1.5 metre (3-4.5 feet) petiole. The leaves are deeply split, and silvery white underneath. Leaf detail: Palmately compound, with relatively even segmented divisions, erect leaves. |
==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||
| − | Requirements: Filtered light when young, full sun when mature, consistently moist soil, well drained position. | + | Requirements: Filtered light when young, full sun when mature, consistently moist soil, well drained position. Warm, sheltered and moist. Tropical in its requirements. |
==Curiosities== | ==Curiosities== | ||
Rare in cultivation. | Rare in cultivation. | ||
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Habitat and Distribution
Found in rainforest in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil, usually below 500 metres elevation.
Description
Chelyocarpus ulei is a single-stemmed palm, with fan-shaped leaves. The stem is 1 to 8 metres (3 ft 3.4 in to 26 ft 3.0 in) tall, and 4 to 7 centimetres (1.6 to 2.8 in) in diameter. Trunk type: Solitary. With palmate leaves up to 1.6 metres (5 feet) across, at the end of a 1-1.5 metre (3-4.5 feet) petiole. The leaves are deeply split, and silvery white underneath. Leaf detail: Palmately compound, with relatively even segmented divisions, erect leaves.
Culture
Requirements: Filtered light when young, full sun when mature, consistently moist soil, well drained position. Warm, sheltered and moist. Tropical in its requirements.
Curiosities
Rare in cultivation.
References
Special thanks to Geoff Stein, (Palmbob) for his hundreds of photos, edric.
- IMAGE GALLERY
Fairchild FL.
Many Special Thanks to Ed Vaile for his long hours of tireless editing and numerous contributions.
