Chamaedorea hooperiana - Hooper’s Palm

The Chamaedorea genus is my favourite!

Yes, me too. There’s hundreds of species and varieties.

One of my favorites is Chamaedorea ernesti-augusti or tuna tail palm. I have a 4 ft palm. My friend has a 7 (3.3 m) palm in front of his house and wants to give it to me. He wants it gone.

What a kind friend. Can you fit a 7 ft palm somewhere? It would be a massive exercise moving it.

I meant: 2.3 m tall, not 3.3 m tall 😂 I met my friend on GoY 15 years ago, he was interested in Delonix regia trees. He hasn’t posted any plants on GoY in many years and his garden is absolutely gorgeous! He only lives 3 miles from me.

A 7 ft Chamaedorea ernesti-augusti, tuna tail palm is going to be very easy to move. It’s a light palm. Most Chamaedorea species tolerate being relocated extremely well.

Bushbernie, you would be surprised of the large palms I’ve moved in the past. I once moved two 15 ft (4.6 ) tall Chamaerops humilis. OMG! They weighed a ton!

Wow, I've never had any experience moving such enormous plants. I can imagine though it would be hard work.

I've moved Parlour Palms before, but that's not much of a comparison!

It was a real pain. It was only me and two other guys. I couldn’t do it now without breaking my back. 😂

Can you imagine moving a 40 ft (13 m ) tall Jubaea chilensis? 😂. I’ve seen them moved, before and you need a huge crane. I think it can weigh 50 tons.

No, I really can't imagine moving a 40 ft anything! It would definitely need a crane and a whole team of people to complete a job like that.

Yes, and it’s extremely expensive to move such a large palm.