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Love palm
Love palm
The classic parlour palm: soft, feathery fronds that bring a tropical touch indoors.
- Easy care
- Medium to bright indirect
- Keep slightly moist
- 10cm grow pot
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Love palm
R 110.00
About this plant
About this plant
Love Palm
Also knows as: Chamadorea elegans
Easy houseplant to take care of.
Do not overwater. However be sure to keep the soil slightly moist.
Medium to bright indirect sunlight.
Humidity is not very important for this plant.
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
A small parlour palm for desks and shelves
Chamaedorea elegans · also known as Parlour palm, love palm, neanthe bella palm
Native to Southern Mexico and Guatemala
A slow-growing palm with fine, arching, feathery fronds. A houseplant that stays a manageable size for years.
- A compact parlour palm in a 10cm grow pot that fits a desk, shelf or windowsill.
- Easy indoors: medium to bright indirect light and soil kept just slightly moist.
- Not fussy about humidity, so it copes with normal Highveld homes.
Where it thrives
The best spot in your home
Medium to bright, indirect light away from direct sun. Keep it indoors in Gauteng; it does not handle frost.
Care card
- Light
- Medium to bright, indirect
- Water
- Keep slightly moist
- Humidity
- Any
- Temperature
- 15 to 30°C, no frost
- Soil
- Free-draining potting mix
- Feeding
- Every 2 months in summer
- Growth
- Slow
- Outdoors
- Shaded patio, frost-free
Care made simple
Your first weeks together
- Place it out of direct sun, in medium to bright light.
- Water when the surface starts to dry, keeping the soil just slightly moist.
- Don't overwater: always let the excess drain away.
Plant doctor
If you see this, do this
- Brown frond tipsUneven watering or very dry air. Water more regularly and trim the tips.
- Yellowing fronds, soggy soilOverwatering. Let the surface dry before watering again.
- Pale or scorched frondsToo much direct sun. Move it back from the window.
Questions
Good to know
What size will I receive?
What size will I receive?
A palm in a 10cm grow pot. Every plant is unique; the photo shows the size to expect.
How big does it get?
How big does it get?
Slowly up to about 1m indoors over several years.
Does it need high humidity?
Does it need high humidity?
No. Humidity is not very important for this palm, which makes it easy indoors.
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