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are sago's palms?


ThatPalmGuy

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I have one of these in my yard but some people at the nursery tell me it isnt a real palm.  my friends and neighbors disagree.  what is the truth?

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They are actually a cycad. Cycas revoluta is the actual name. Google that name and show them and they will change their minds. 

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1 minute ago, Chris Chance said:

They are actually a cycad. Cycas revoluta is the actual name. Google that name and show them and they will change their minds. 

Yep.

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1 hour ago, ThatPalmGuy said:

I have one of these in my yard but some people at the nursery tell me it isnt a real palm.  my friends and neighbors disagree.  what is the truth?

Will:

Welcome to Palm Talk!

As already indicated, sagos are cycads, not palms, which has huge practical significance.

Cycads are related to pines, firs, etc., and aren't generally harmed by weedkillers like Roundup. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong.)

Palms are related to grasses and are harmed by same weedkiller, as I too-well know.

Cycads as a group, are very slow but very long-lived, and tolerate deprived environments much better than palms do. Cycads as a group, have a toxins in them. Palms, as a group, don't and include some of the best edible things around, like coconuts, palm heart, etc.

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28 minutes ago, DoomsDave said:

 Cycads as a group, have a toxins in them. Palms, as a group, don't and include some of the best edible things around, like coconuts, palm heart, etc.

Now I'm getting hungry!  :)

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3 hours ago, ThatPalmGuy said:

I have one of these in my yard but some people at the nursery tell me it isnt a real palm.  my friends and neighbors disagree.  what is the truth?

Sago is a cycad. And cycads are related to pines. They just look palm like.

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Some cycads will grow moderately fast, so some are affordable landscape plants.

Palms are of course flowering plants.  Cycads have cones.  Sometimes spectacular ones.

While cycads are quite primitive in terms of their reproductive arrangements, they are adapting and evolving like other plants.  The American genus Zamia has around 80 species.  One even lives up in trees.  In Panama, at least one palm clearly mimics a Zamia, hiding from palm-eating insects in plain sight.  

One of the fun things about looking for Coccothrinax palms in Cuba was seeing little Zamias.

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Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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16 hours ago, ThatPalmGuy said:

I have one of these in my yard but some people at the nursery tell me it isnt a real palm

Since others above have explained what cycads are, I won't repeat that.  I will share that many palm enthusiasts are also cycad enthusiasts.  When you look through photos of peoples gardens on this site, you will see many people have cycads planted among their palms.  Also if you look under the other tropical plants other than palms section, you will see lots of topics which cover cycads.  The best overview top is one on cycad cones and flushes.  It is a very long string which you can find here:  http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/18101-cycad-cones-and-flushes/ .  Cycas revoluta, your sago, are the most readily available cycads in the nursery trade (at least here in the US), a gateway drug of sorts for fellow addicts.  Hi, my name is Tracy, and I am a palm and cycad addict, welcome to Palmtalk!

 

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33.0782 North -117.305 West  at 72 feet elevation

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You are probably growing Cycas revoluta, but Metroxylon sagu is also commonly referred to as Sago Palm and is a palm. The problem with common names!

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