just some Encephalartos pix

[George Sparkman]

I was getting tired of reading about all the problems revolving around

blue Encephalartos dealings (not the plants) in the sales area,so I thought

a couple of pictures would be a nice change.

E.arenarius socializing with a nearby E.horridus

"Broad Leaf" E.trispinosus putting out some leaves

Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

[LJG]

Never seen a "Broad Leaf" Tri. Very cool.

[freakypalmguy]

Me neither (but I'm a rookie). I would have guessed E. longifolius joubertina form. That's a beauty George.

[Urban Rainforest]

Me neither (but I'm a rookie). I would have guessed E. longifolius joubertina form. That's a beauty George.

I'm with you on this one Matt. It looks like Blue Longy to me. Over lapping leaflets and where are the spines . I have what I bought as broad leaf tri in the ground and basically it has a wider than normal leaf, narrow leaflets with 2 to 3 spines each. Nice plant either way.

Stevo

[surferjr]

Me neither (but I'm a rookie). I would have guessed E. longifolius joubertina form. That's a beauty George.

I'm with you on this one Matt. It looks like Blue Longy to me. Over lapping leaflets and where are the spines . I have what I bought as broad leaf tri in the ground and basically it has a wider than normal leaf, narrow leaflets with 2 to 3 spines each. Nice plant either way.

Stevo

She's for sure questionable?

Best,

clark

[George Sparkman]

This is one of a group of strange Tris.

Not too long ago - several flushes ago - they were "just" really stacked Tris.

I had at one time several dozen of Broadleaf Trispinosus.

I only kept the ones that were unusual in some way.

Here are a couple of pictures I took to actually show Tri-spines from previous flushes of the same plant.

In the second picture you can see a leaf with spines that I am holding up

and to the right you see another leaf with plenty of spines but still stacked

and right above it you see a spineless leaf from the very next flush.

These transformations all started after the caudices were 6"+ and in full inland sun.

I see how one could lean towards Longi but it is not.

I will look for some older pictures of these broadleaf tris as youngsters - clearly looking like trispinosus.

And when it comes to questionable judgements one should just not throw stones sitting in a glasshouse ...........

Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

[virtualpalm]

This is one of a group of strange Tris.

Not too long ago - several flushes ago - they were "just" really stacked Tris.

I had at one time several dozen of Broadleaf Trispinosus.

I only kept the ones that were unusual in some way.

Here are a couple of pictures I took to actually show Tri-spines from previous flushes of the same plant.

In the second picture you can see a leaf with spines that I am holding up

and to the right you see another leaf with plenty of spines but still stacked

and right above it you see a spineless leaf from the very next flush.

These transformations all started after the caudices were 6"+ and in full inland sun.

I see how one could lean towards Longi but it is not.

I will look for some older pictures of these broadleaf tris as youngsters - clearly looking like trispinosus.

And when it comes to questionable judgements one should just not throw stones sitting in a glasshouse ...........

Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

George, that first photo of the broad-leaf tri looked to me like it might have had some princeps in it (I didn't see any longi in it). Any chance the broad-leaf tri is a princeps x tri hybrid?

Jody

[George Sparkman]

Hi Jody,

I guess it would be possible, but I got them as bunch of seedlings from a very reliable source

as Broadleaf Tris.For several years they looked like a trispinosus with all parts just a bit bigger

and then they started changing.As 2" plants nobody would have thought anything other than Tri.

And they are from the US so there is no way they accidentally crossed.

Bottom line - I think they something special.

We will just have to wait until they cone to learn more.

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

[freakypalmguy]

That's right, I remember seeing some of those when I was there with my wife. They were really bitchen looking cycads. Almost has a Latifrons stacking to it. Let's see some more George.

And btw, I wasn't questioning what the plant was, just saying what this rookie would have ID'd it as

Matt

[George Sparkman]

Hi Matt,

that's funny.

Believe me - You are not sitting in the glasshouse.

Back to pictures - I will take some pix later this week.

I saw something really cool somewhere on the hillside the other day

but I had no camera handy.

Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

[Urban Rainforest]

George, The younger leaves definately look like Tri. That is amazing how they are going through that transformation. The caudex on mine is only 5 inches so maybe mine will change soon too. I purchased mine from a reputable local source also about 7 years ago. Good stuff!

Stevo

[Sr. Califas]

Almost 10 years later! Are there any updated photos or information on these cool cycads?