''Chamaedorea microspadix'', or the hardy bamboo palm, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''

Chamaedorea ''Chamaedorea'' is a genus of 107 species of palms, native to subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas.Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, palms checklist''Chamaedorea''/ref>Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan ...

'', native to eastern Mexico (Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, and Veracruz). It is remarkably cold hardy for a palm, able to survive occasional frosts down to . Its multiple stalks are jointed, reminiscent of bamboo canes. It is

dioecious Dioecy ( ; ; adj. dioecious, ) is a characteristic of certain species that have distinct unisexual individuals, each producing either male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproduction is ...

. When growing outdoors it prefers moist soil and indirect sunlight, and typically reaches . It does well in homes and commercial buildings, usually only reaching when grown in containers. With its low maintenance requirements and showy red fruit, it has gained the

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microspadix Endemic flora of Mexico Flora of Hidalgo (state) Flora of Querétaro Flora of San Luis Potosí Flora of Veracruz Dioecious plants Plants described in 1933 Taxa named by Max Burret {{palm-stub