Indoors
Parlor palm
Chamaedorea elegans
- Cat: not toxic
- Dog: not toxic
- Light: half shade
About the plant
The parlor palm comes from the rainforests of southern Mexico and Guatemala, where it grows in the understorey. That is why it copes well with partial shade and is one of the easiest indoor palms. It grows slowly and is safe for pets.
Parlor palm and pets
- Cat
- not toxic
- Dog
- not toxic
Care
- Watering
- about every 6 days in summer (April to September), every 10 in winter
- Light
- half shade
- Air humidity
- normal
- Temperature
- 16–28 °C
- Feeding
- April to September, every 4 weeks
- Repotting
- every 2 years, in spring
- Grown
- in a pot
A palm for shade: it grows well away from the window. Safe for cats and dogs.
This is a rough guide for a flat in Poland. In flowers every plant also has its own watering interval, which learns from how the soil was.