Name of emersed tropical plant

[sciencefiction]

I have this mini palm sort of plant growing emersed in my tank. I noticed it has sprouted some sort of a flower and wanted to google the plant but can't remember the name of it anymore.

It's the one at the back with the "tree" kind of looking flower

 

[Another Phil]

Hi Sciencefiction,
looks like a parlour palm, Chamaedorea elegans, although I'm not an expert.
cheers phil

 

[sciencefiction]

Thanks Phil. That's the one! Well, at least looks exactly like my plant.

 

[sciencefiction]

Hey, this parlour palm has been mad flowering. All my emergent plants have... so I guess it's the season. But it took almost 3 years for this one to come across the right conditions

 

[zozo]

Some (Fruit) trees have to mature a few years before they can flower and cary fruit. Palms are one of those, some need 5 years (Like our Cherry tree) and there are palm species which even need about 50 years. I got one in house standing here for 12 years now and still didn't flower, i forgot the name after all those years. Almost the same as yours but thinner leaves and about 2 meters high now.

When you buy them they are very young maybe 1 or 2 years old depending in what conditions they are grown. Growth under artifical light can be rather fast and can become quite big in the first year and look rather mature, but aren't. 🙂