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Hello! Today I bought this plant - called "Zamia" - but I am not shure, if it is a Zamia at all Who knows the botanical name????? Thank you for infos!

. . . and I thought I'd take a picture for you. It has four nice green leaves, a fifth one on its way out and another one emerging.

Amazing cycads! These manicured shrubs are a bit freaky.

The "crested" (also known as "cristate") phenomenon in cycads arises as a somatic mutation that causes the leaves (and cones) to emerge in a linear rather than circular fashion. It can happen in a single head of a multi-headed plant (which appears to be the case in the last photo above), suggesting that normal-looking offsets will remain normal and crested-looking offsets will remain crested. I have never seen a crested offset, though, so if someone has a photo of that, I would like to see it. Below is a photo of a crested male plant here in Miami. If you look closely, the single cone on the far right is a normal one on a normal apex. The apex to the left is crested, and that single apex is bearing more than 15 cones, some of which are fused together. Here is another photo from the opposite angle--which shows the normal cone and apex (now on the left) much more clearly: Jody

El Hoagie with a beauty of a S.glaucescens

Scarred for life , I'm afraid!

There are lots of hybrids out there. I would say that most date palms coming from less than reputable growers are not 100% pure bread. Some growers may think that they are selling a reclinata but in reality it may be reclinata x canariensis

The green leaf to leaf base ratio is closer to a true pineapple than any other "pineapple palm" out there!

Just got home - new discolored frond (since yesterday), and discolored on only one side. So what are my options? Also - any ideas on how my palm contracted this? It hasn't been trimmed in years, and never on any live fronds.

Don't know what happened, here it is !

Those pics are sick... Thanks Kris that's what I'm looking for in mine.

Margaret explains a thing or two. Oblongata or Klotziana ?

WOW. That last one is a monstrosity!!! How about: Cycas revoluta variegated Cycas revoluta 'aurea' (No, this is not a nutrient deficiency)

Mine is a sargentii that I got at PalmFest in 2005. The earliest picture I can find is from January 2008. I put it in the terra cotta pot below as soon as I got it home and it sat in the same spot. I had mild winters so I never moved it inside. I put it in the new pot (shown in first post) about a month ago. I had a good root system and seems to be doing well. I haven't kept track of the number of leave it produces each year Meg, but I will now. Al - Is the one you posted sargentii or lediniana? January 2008

Al - The P. lediniana seems to me to be a good choice for Kona - faster growing of the Pseudophoenix sp. and a bit drought tolerant - its on my want list but haven't seen it around at the usual sources on the Big Island. Don't remember seeing it at your place - how long have you had your's in the ground and how is it doing? (And PM me if you have a Big Island source) Thanks - gmp George, actually all the Psedophoenix should do real well in Kona and of course P. lediniana has done great for me planted in the ground as a very small seedling palm. Mine has been in the ground for about 6.5 years and only the first few years did I ever give it any supplemental water when I thought it might need it. It's now on its own. I'd call it very drought tolerant. Below is a pic of it taken about 6 months ago to give u an idea what it looks like at this stage of its life. If I find one available I'll let you know.