Chamaedorea sartorii Liebm. In Mart.

A small narrow palm. It has a single stem. This is 0.6-4 m tall and 0.8-1.6 cm across. There are 3-6 leaves that have leaflets along the stalk. There are 5-10 leaflets on each side. They are S shaped and 20-40 cm long and 4-7 cm wide. The flowering stalk is erect and branched. The male stalks have 30 hanging flowering branches densely covered with flowers. The females have 4-8 flowering branches. These have bright orange petals. They fruit are oval and 0.9-1.2 cm long by 7-8 mm wide. They are black.

The shady understorey of rainforests on moist, humus-rich soils. Rain forests, often on limestone soils, at elevations from 100-1,300 metres.

Can be grown by seedlings.