Chelyocarpus ulei

Big Island, Hawaii

Chelyocarpus ulei

Fairchild FL.

Scientific Classification

Genus:	Chelyocarpus
Species:	ulei

Synonyms

None set.

Native Continent

America

Morphology

Habit:	Solitary
Leaf type:	Pinnate

Culture

Survivability index

Common names

None.

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. Rare in cultivation.