Dioone or cycad ?

[KentiaPalm]

I would like an identification of this beauty I just trimmed it’s rusty bottom leaves. Looks rather primitive.

 

[Silas_Sancona]

14 minutes ago, KentiaPalm said:

I would like an identification of this beauty I just trimmed it’s rusty bottom leaves. Looks rather primitive.

 

Looks like a Zamia to my eye.. Maybe a cardboard? Zamia furfuracea..

[Jubaea_James760]

I 2nd that.

[KentiaPalm]

Thanks guys it certainly isn’t either of those other things I thought lol. I love these

[Dimovi]

It looks like Zamia pumila (coontie palm)

[Dimovi]

It is definitely Zamia and it is probably pumila or furfuracea.

If the leaves are thick and stiff it is furfuracea.

 

http://www.caribbean-plants.com/shop/en/p/151/coontie-zamia-pumila/

https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/377791/#b

[KentiaPalm]

24 minutes ago, Dimovi said:

It is definitely Zamia and it is probably pumila or furfuracea.

If the leaves are thick and stiff it is furfuracea.

 

http://www.caribbean-plants.com/shop/en/p/151/coontie-zamia-pumila/

https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/377791/#b

I think your right those leaves are very thick.

thanks !

[oasis371]

Zamia furfuracea, no doubt.

[Merlyn]

It is definitely Zamia Furfuracea.  Z. Pumila leaves are much narrower.  I've been edjumacated that Z. Furfuracea has a variety of leaf shapes, possibly due to some hybridization with Loddigesii, but maybe it's just natural variation.  The Z. Furfuracea in cultivation all look like the photos, with short, blunt, rounded tips.  The other variety is about twice as long and with pointy tips, but is otherwise identical.  Here's a long leaf type with a rounded leaf in the background.

 

[KentiaPalm]

That’s a good way to put it physically. The leaf characteristics definitely differ. Oh the joys of horticulture nomenclature.

[GeneAZ]

To answer your original question,  it is a cycad.  Zamia is one genus of cycads.  Dioon is another.

[Alberto]

11 hours ago, GeneAZ said:

To answer your original question,  it is a cycad.  Zamia is one genus of cycads.  Dioon is another.

I was going to give this answer also ... :-) Is it a mammal or a dog? Yes it is a mammal but a wolf.