Mutant crested leaf cycads

[Mike Evans]

I have been growing a few mutant crested leaf cycads from seed. I know they are kind of rare, but how rare? The first pics are Zamia furfuracea.

This is a Zamia loddigesii.

This is a Ceratozamia pressa aleman. It has two heads from one caldax.

Anyone else growing mutants? Please post. Any idea on what these are worth?

[cycadjungle]

Back when I started going to CFPS meetings (no typo), it seemed like every serious cycad collector's house we would go to had a Zamia furfuracea with faciated leaflets sitting around somewhere. I was told that 1 in 10,000 seedlings would come out this way. I used to go to big wholesale nurseries that grew furfuraceas and pick out any mutants I could find and they would cost the same as the regular one. Now, I have almost 50 of these, including males and females.(which I have yet to breed successfully)

Price all depends on what someone is willing pay. It goes with these and it goes with variegated cycads as well. I don't know if they sell them but a place down in Sarasota has variegated furf seedlings and they want $500 for them. I know I will do without them for that price. I sell one or two of these mutant furfs each year and one hour size goes for around $200 and $250 when it gets a little bigger. It looks like yours is about 4".

[Niceblue]

Hi Cycadjungle

I looking for some cycad Vareigated and Mutant seedling, can you share me 2? Or can you show me where I can get it. Thank you.

[cycadjungle]

I have about 40 good sized furfuraceas with faciated leaflets, but no seedlings. Some of these are 5 feet across. It appears as if you live in California and people from Florida have to be specially California verified to send any plants to CA, which I am not. Collectors all over the place have one here and one there, so they are out there, but I don't keep up with other people's inventory any more like I used to.

[BS Man about Palms]

I know of a giant crested C. revoluta growing in someones front yard. The crest is probably 4 foot across. I often wonder what that is worth.