tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post5955547930696024285..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Question for the Hive Mind: Chamaedorea metallicamr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-41919365901564602882012-12-07T13:50:57.392-08:002012-12-07T13:50:57.392-08:00Well, they are aerial roots. Aerial roots can grow...Well, they are aerial roots. Aerial roots can grow a long ways down, and some tropical palms produce quite stout prop roots from quite high up on the stem, more than a meter. Some place I've got an image of them. Looks like there are more aerial roots getting ready to emerge from the next lowest internode. Makes it pretty easy to a cutting when you already have roots formed. The Phytophactorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064894836161407416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-9164325995747023482012-12-07T13:41:46.424-08:002012-12-07T13:41:46.424-08:00Almost every tall C. metalica I've ever seen g...Almost every tall C. metalica I've ever seen gets these on them. Actually scratch that I think every single one I've seen them has them. I don't think it's anything to worry about.Tomhttp://midwesternjungle.comnoreply@blogger.com