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Multi-head Cycad

Fusca

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in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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Fusca Grand Master

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Found this old photo I took in Brasil (Uberlândia, MG) several years ago.  No idea of the species but never saw one this large before.  Can't recall how many heads there are but it is all a single plant.

 

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One that I found close to my place, Cycas armstrongii. Seems like the main trunk was broken off near ground level and it produced two new trunks. Over a considerable number of years the two trunks further divided resulting in the multiple heads it now has. The height is about 3 metres.

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This little boy will be interesting someday.  The main caudex popped out new growth points from a previous round of cones.  So in addition to numerous basal pups including a 10" one I removed back in 2018, it has 4 growth points from the main caudex now.  Two of the secondary growth points are visible in this photo, one on the right side of photo holding a flush, and one just below the main flush and above the basal pup building up energy for a flush.

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33.0782 North -117.305 West  at 72 feet elevation

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