Chamaedorea verecunda Size:9cm Supplement with a pebble tray

Supplement with a pebble tray or by grouping if humidity is low

with a humidifier) or in a well-ventilated terrarium-like setting if kept compact

drought-adapted succulent

which enhances its metallic sheen

Chamaedorea verecunda Size:9cm Supplement with a pebble trayChamaedorea verecunda is a small, solitary understorey palm from Panama, where it is known from cloud forest near the Continental Divide in the La Fortuna region of Chiriqu at around 1200 to 1400 m elevation. It is a simple leaved species rather than the more familiar feather leaved Chamaedorea types, and in habitat it grows in very wet forest, including forested ridges near small streams. Chamaedorea verecunda has a slender stem, often somewhat