Dioon edule id

[Patrick]

Hello, trying to figure out which dioon I have here. I originally started with 3 different forms. Palma Sola, Queretaro and I think a Rio Verde. This is the only one that lived in a hot location in full sun. It's been in the ground 4 or 5 years now. The other two I had died within the first year. I can't recall if it was after the winter or not.

 

Thanks for the info.! I'm looking to get a brother or sister to plant nearby. 

I have more pictures if needed.

[Patrick]

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

Does it flush brown/purple?

[Patrick]

Flush is just starting. I can't recall but will have that information soon.

[Matthew92]

This looks just like the variety I got at Home Depot.

[Patrick]

10 hours ago, Opal92 said:

This looks just like the variety I got at Home Depot.

I wish they had stuff like this at MY local HD, but it's always the same. Queens, dasies, ice plant, Sagos

[Josue Diaz]

1 hour ago, Patrick said:

I wish they had stuff like this at MY local HD, but it's always the same. Queens, dasies, ice plant, Sagos

A year ago HD started carrying 3 gallon dioon spinulosum. I haven't seen them since then but every once in a while they'll bring stuff up that's probably better for southern California. We must be included in with their southern CA stores geographically because they've started carrying archontophoenix in all sizes, huge dypsis lutescens, howeas, livistona chinensis and huge, trunked chamaedorea plumosa. Foxtails by the dozen too, and plumeria. 

[Matthew92]

2 hours ago, Patrick said:

I wish they had stuff like this at MY local HD, but it's always the same. Queens, dasies, ice plant, Sagos

This was like 8 years ago. Never seen them there before or since. I was very surprised and immediately got one. Extremely slow growing, but more cold hardy than even cycas revoluta- didn't blink at 18 degrees. It has tolerated the humid, wet conditions just fine. If I were to design my tropical looking landscape up here, I'd have a good amount of these- nice change to the way overused sago.

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

Dioon are all super slow.  Angustifolia will burn at 10-12F, Edule will not burn until single digits and, unfortunately, most of the time the caudex will die before the leaves burn. As far as I know they are the only cycad in which the caudex will die from cold before the leaves burn.

[Patrick]

Went out this morning and it still flushing- 9 leaves woohoo! The flush does not look to be brown/purple. Flush is green

[5150cycad]

1 hour ago, Patrick said:

Went out this morning and it still flushing- 9 leaves woohoo! The flush does not look to be brown/purple. Flush is green

Healthy looking flush. I would guess that yours is palma sola. I have a Rio Verde and they usually flush the brown/purple leaves. I believe my quatero blues flush purple too. Here is a picture of my rio Verde. 

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

Well green flush and strong v leaflets lean towards palma sola, which is the fastest growing edule variety. 

[redbeard917]

On 6/5/2018, 1:32:56, Opal92 said:

This was like 8 years ago. Never seen them there before or since. I was very surprised and immediately got one. Extremely slow growing, but more cold hardy than even cycas revoluta- didn't blink at 18 degrees. It has tolerated the humid, wet conditions just fine. If I were to design my tropical looking landscape up here, I'd have a good amount of these- nice change to the way overused sago.

Opal, does yours look like this? I got it at HD as well, probably about 5-6 years ago.

[Matthew92]

14 hours ago, redbeard917 said:

Opal, does yours look like this? I got it at HD as well, probably about 5-6 years ago.

Yes, that does look like the type of I have. New flush of leaves has that same color. Here's a picture of mine- it is 8-9 years old. It has a long, complex history in my yard. Didn't have any growth for about 2 years where it first was, gave up on it at one point, got severe mechanical damage, a couple more transplants. Recently moved it again as the place it was in was too wet. Going to get it healthy in this pot before planting it in ground again.