If they are small, they should fall apart from each other when the soil is removed.

Thank you! Yes, they are very small. Do you know the max number I should keep in the pot? Thanks again.

They're so cute when they're small like that, how fun! That's entirely up to your desired aesthetic. They're great alone, or in any kind of group, IMVHO. Having at least an inch between trunks would allow some room for growing/expanding in diameter and better air circulation.

A 6 inch pot is small. I would pot up to 10 inch. ( yes....I know the "pros" are going to say only 1 inch larger. ) lol. Parlor palms tend to grow slow and can stay healthy in the same pot for many years.

What is the ideal number of PP plants in an eight or ten inch pot? Thank you.

Mmp: Unknown...but I have never seen a problem with their clumping nature. It really seems to be an advantage for trimming when needed.

I wouldn't pot-up at all, but do a full repot (remove old soil, and would trim the roots of larger, older plants, but baby palms probably won't have produced enough roots to necessitate that, then replace with new soil. Choose a bigger pot if needed at that time.)

The number of palms for any size pot at any particular time would depend on the size of the palms and their root mass - and most importantly, what the owner wants to see. Is one looking for a wild mass of palm foliage, to be able to see a trunk and the graceful arch of each individual leaf, what is the goal?

Palms don't need to be trimmed, except when the oldest leaf turns brown, as they do periodically as part of the aging process. It is easier to remove the petiole stump if there's more space. I remove them so pests can't hide in them.

Tiffany...most are not horticulture/design master's like yourself. I think most would have a hard time doing it your way.

I'm more concerned with the health of the plant than the aesthetic. I'm leaning toward repotting with new soil, leaving one clump. Right now it looks like it has three clumps of about ten.

Tiffany gives good advice. Anthony is a troll. Don't waste your time with him.

I had one of these, a huge custer of seedlings. It was found dumped and obviously not in the best of health. I decided to split them up. I ended up with 4 healthy plants but they got sickly and eventually they died. I'm wondering if it was root disturbance -some palms dont like their roots messed with.

Hard to say what happened, so sorry, Larry. If you're asking if folks agree with the generalization about disturbing the roots, I don't, after doing it many times over the decades I've had my oldest ones, all still alive & growing well. Being first dumped and already looking poorly sound like much more likely culprits to me.

And forgot to say before, some plants referred to as palms can form a clump but Chamaedorea elegans/parlor palm isn't one of them. They are solitary, branch-less individuals. Each sprouts from a seed.

http://garden.org/plants/photo/161420/

Thank you, everyone. I was able to split the top pictured plant into four pots. I'm holding out on separating the second one until I see if the others survive.

Tiffany, the roots separated just like you said with very little teasing apart. Many thanks for all the help. It's very much appreciated. Wish these little babies luck!