Erik, They are tough Palms, I leave mine in a dark corner, forget about them, and they thrive 😆

Have some more photos of the Parlour Palms over here, (in the Palmae set)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/steveks/

Steve

Tough is what I need, as I get busy or travel and my plants have to take care of themselves.
My C. radicalis lives in a put. It is outdoors April to October in afternoon shade and thrives despite being ignored. The rest of the year it is indoors in a rather cold room.
I'd like to try more Chameadora. Do you start from seed? Buy them?

I've started Chamaedorea tepejilote and C. seifrizii from seed.
The C. metallica came from eBay, in my opinion, these are one of the hardiest & most under rated of the genus.

The Cat & Parlour Palms all came from the local WalMart 😆
You can usually find 10-20 Parlour Palm seedlings in a 3" pot. The Cat Palms are larger, and usually rootbound in 2-3 gallon containers.

Steve

I sometimes feel as if my palm purchases from HD and Walmart are "rescues." The local HD, for example, left their Washies, Ch. humilis and Rhaphis palms outdoors during the January cold, with lows in the lower single digits and highs in the teens(oF) for a few days. Not just a few but a LOT of them. I politely asked the dept. manager about this and she said they didn't have room for them indoors, "But it was a protected microclimate here so we thought they'd be alright. Guess they weren't."
Back to Chameadora metallica, how "hardy" do you think it is? I try to only keep plants in pots for the patio that are hardy into USDA zone 9 (lows in the 20s oF) as we get that weather on occasion even in October and April, interspersed with much warmer temps. My C. radicalis is so tough it can deal with that.
--Erik

That's a shame, most of these store personnel seem to have no clue as the cultural requirements of anything they sell.
(The "Tropical Foliage", and other generic tags aren't much help either 😆

How did those Palms look after that? Any survivors?

Here's some info on C. mettalica,

Hardiness: USDA Zones 9 - 12. Mature and established plants have been reported to tolerate temperatures down to 28ºF (-2.2ºC) for four days with no leaf damage. They will not survive temperatures below about 20ºF (-6.7ºC), though.

http://www.floridata.com/ref/C/cham_met.cfm

Steve