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Chamaedorea elegans crece a menudo en interiores, y era especialmente popular en la época victoriana, cuando se pusieron de moda los invernaderos de plantas exóticas. Es originaria de las selvas tropicales de América en México y Guatemala. Crece un máximo de dos metros de altura con un crecimiento lento, si bien más rápido que la kentia, de la cual se puede considerar un sustitutivo en funciones decorativas ya que es más resistente que aquella y más económica. Prefiere moderada a alta humedad. Puede ser cultivada con poca luz, pero crece mejor con luz brillante indirecta.

Site Description: Under canopy of large ACMA, W side of bluff trail w/ W exposure- seen from trail Specimen Notes: Stewart Wechsler find Locality: Lincoln Park Associated Species: GASH, COCO, Circaea alpina, OECE, ACMA Habitat: Dry-Mesic Conifer and Conifer Deciduous Mixed Forest

Claytonia megarhiza nivalis
Claytonia megarhiza at Burke Museum

Claytonia megarhiza at PLANTS profile USDA

Iron Peak, Teanaway
Kittitas County Washington USA

080

Directions from TESC:
Head southwest on McCann Plaza Drive 0.2 mile. At the circle, take the first exit onto Evergreen Parkway. Go 1.5 miles. Take the ramp to Mud Bay Road and turn right. In 0.1 mile turn left on Delphi Road. Go 6.3 miles. Turn right on Waddell Creek Road. Go 2.8 miles. Turn left to stay on WCR. Go 3.3 miles. Turn right into Mima Mounds NAP.

A solitary specimen of this orchid. 30 cm tall with greenish- white flowers arranged spirally around the stem. The effect of this spiral seems enhanced by the aspect of the flowers pointing sideways rather than facing out. Associated with various grasses; bracken fern/Pteridium aquilinum; hairy cat's-ear/Hypochaeris radicata; moss, perhaps Polytrichum spp. (grey and dry at this season).