At the end of the day .... Dioon spinulosum i think

[seeds]

i was really excited thinking that my seed was encephalartos but i guess it is dioon spinulosum, its a very nice cycad although.... What do you think??? i need some comments here hehe

[Kennybenjamin]

I think you are correct, Dioon spinulosum. Looks like you will have a lot of them!

[Pedro 65]

Encephalartos Paco, the seed and leaf tell you that !

Can't do a smiley face as I'm on my daughters IPad while she is training hard at gymnastics.

Pete

[Ben in Norcal]

Yes, that is definitely an Encephalartos of some sort. I am no expert but the leaf pattern is a definite give away. It's not a Dioon.

[Sim01]

Leaf and seed are definitely Dioon, and most likely spinulosum indeed.

[Ben in Norcal]

i just checked mine. I revise my earlier vote - it is Spinulosum.

[Pedro 65]

Encephalartos Paco, the seed and leaf tell you that !

Can't do a smiley face as I'm on my daughters IPad while she is training hard at gymnastics.

Pete

Paco, I thought Spinulosum's 1st leaf would be much finer, its a dead ringer for Encephalartos I must say, and from this pic off Ebay yours are certainly Spinulosum so I "correct" myself

All best $elling them.

Pete

[Kailua_Krish]

Maybe it could be one of the other Giant Dioons if you got lucky? (rzedowskii or meijae) I can't really tell the difference at that stage, Jody explained it one time to me that it has to do with seed shape.

[cycadjungle]

First you look at the seeds for genus. Dioons have single holes on the attachment points and Encephalartos will have many scars in a pattern that are not very deep. I'm seeing a single hole, with the end elongated. So, Dioon. Wide, tropical leaflets with spines, spinulosum, mejiae, redowskii. Mejiae have an outy belly button for an attachment point and prickily petiole. Scratch, no hair on the new leaf, scratch redowskii, spinulosum it is.

[Kailua_Krish]

Thanks Tom for explaining it again!