0°C in the Netherlands. The USDA hardiness zone is 9a, according to a nursery. By 2011 it was grown by Harri Lorenzi, a senior Brazilian botanist specialised in palms, in his Plantarum institute. Conservation In 2004 the Secretaria de Estado do Meio Ambiente of the state of São Paulo rated the species as 'Vulnerable' (SMA no. 48, 2004). In 2012 the conservation status was evaluated as 'least concern' by the Centro Nacional de Conservação da Flora in Brazil. References archeri Flora of Brazil