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Bamboo Palm
Bamboo Palm
A clumping indoor palm with slim, bamboo-like canes and soft fronds that copes well in medium light.
- Easy care
- Medium to bright indirect
- Keep slightly moist
- 14cm grow pot
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Bamboo Palm
R 160.00
About this plant
About this plant
Bamboo Palm
Also knows as: Parlor Palm, Areca Palm
Easy houseplant to take care of.
Do not overwater. However be sure to keep the soil slightly moist. In winter you can let the soil dry out before watering again.
Medium to bright indirect sunlight. No direct sunlight as the leaves might burn.
Humidity is not very important for this plant.
Noted for air purifying properties.
Note: Each individual plant is unique. This image is an example only, however the plant you receive will be as close as possible to this image description.
Note: Stem length indicated above is a guide to the estimated length rather than an exact length that you will receive.
Delivery and packaging
Delivery and packaging
We deliver nationwide with The Courier Guy: Pudo locker R89 or to your door R145. Gauteng customers can also collect in Boksburg (R25).
Orders ship from our depot within 7 working days, and most are on their way sooner. A few rarer plants are ordered in specially for you, which is why we allow 7 days. Couriers don't deliver on weekends.
Every order is packed by hand to survive the courier.
Healthy arrival guarantee
Healthy arrival guarantee
If your plant arrives dead or damaged, we replace it. Just let us know within 24 hours of receiving it and send us a few photos.
For everything else, see our refund policy.
Meet the plant
An easy palm with cane-like stems
Chamaedorea seifrizii · also known as Bamboo palm, reed palm
Native to Mexico and Central America
A clumping palm with slim, cane-like stems and feathery fronds, which is where the bamboo name comes from. It's one of the easier palms to grow indoors.
- A young bamboo palm in a 14cm grow pot, a good size for a corner table or plant stand.
- Happy in medium light and doesn't need extra humidity.
- Grows slowly into a full, leafy clump.
Where it thrives
The best spot in your home
Medium to bright, indirect light, such as a south-facing room or a few metres back from a north-facing window. Keep it out of direct sun, which burns the fronds.
Care card
- Light
- Medium to bright, indirect
- Water
- Slightly moist, drier in winter
- Humidity
- Average is fine
- Temperature
- 10 to 30°C, no frost
- Soil
- Free-draining potting mix
- Feeding
- Monthly in summer
- Growth
- Slow to moderate
- Outdoors
- Yes, shade, frost-free
Care made simple
Your first weeks together
- Place it in medium to bright, indirect light as soon as it arrives.
- Water when the top few centimetres feel dry, keeping the soil slightly moist; never let it stand in water.
- In winter, let the soil dry out a little more between waterings.
Plant doctor
If you see this, do this
- Brown frond tipsUsually uneven watering. Water deeply, let the excess drain, and don't let it dry right out in summer.
- Yellowing lower frondsOften overwatering. Let the top soil dry before watering again and check the pot drains.
- Fine webbing under frondsSpider mites, common in dry air. Rinse the fronds and wipe the undersides weekly until clear.
Questions
Good to know
What size will I receive?
What size will I receive?
A young palm in a 14cm grow pot. Every plant is unique; the photo shows the size to expect.
Is it a real bamboo?
Is it a real bamboo?
No. It's a palm with cane-like stems that look like bamboo.
How big does it get?
How big does it get?
Indoors it slowly forms a clump up to about 2m tall over several years.
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