New Lepidozamia Peroffskyana leaves:

Ok,ya talked me into bragging..here's my pride and joy C.circinalis.Although my 30+ year old edule is in between flushes it also -due to age alone -is my other cycad son.

And my camera doesnt show the fresh grass green of the fronds..when Neo finds the perfect inexpensive camera-let me know!

Some new flushes around The Cycad Center garden in Fallbrook today

Encephalatos arenarius

Encephalartos ferox

More to come

here are some new Ceratozamia Mexicana leaves:

My young and still unidentified cycad (please help...)

leaf detail

Bruce?

Enc. dyerianus x Enc middleburgensis

Enc. latifrons x Enc arenarius

looking down the center of a brand new Dioon spinulosum flush:

Here's a few of mine that I have pictures of:

Zamia furfuracea

Cycas Nova Wilailak (+ Zamia vazquezii) - I love these almost iridescent leaves

Dioon spinulosum (finally a flush - after 7 months in the ground!)

Still waiting for the Encephalartos natalensis...sure looks yellow  

Nice, Matt.  I passed on some cardboard palms that were really cheap at Houston palm tree because I thought they weren't hardy (not that that's ever stopped me before).  What cycads do well for you?

I've had this cardboard palm for 8-9 years.  I bought it as a 15 gal with 3 heads.  It now has about 15 growing points - been growing in the ground for 6 years (transplanted 3 times).  The coldest temps it has seen is about 24F.  It completely defoliated, but came back strong the next year.

I'm still experimenting with cycads - I've planted e.ferox, e.natalensis, d.edule (3 varieties), d.spinulosum, d.merolae, c.nova wilailak and z.floridana in my landscape in the last year (several others in pots).  So far, the zamias & dioons seem to be doing the best here (no surprise).  My yard is kind of small so I can't get too carried away with palms - although I seem to keep finding new places to plant those too  

I figure the cycads will be easiest to protect when the big cold snap finally hits.  If worse comes to worst, I can always dig them up to protect them.

Thanks,

Matt

One group of coonties (never stop flushing actually) and a d.edule palma sola (2nd flush this year - still pretty small though) ...

An older dioon edule (and another rainy day)...

Another dioon spinulosum (flushed a few weeks ago).

The blue E.ferox is a good investment.I haven't seen a bad one in our area.Price,and finding one is the tough part.You have a fine start Matt.

A picture of my Encephalartos villosus still throwing!!

Dioon something...

Was told Purposii when I bought it, don't think so now..

Definitely not a dioon purpusii,  hope you did't pay purpusii prices for it,

It looks like a Dioon edule var "jacala"

Still a stunning plant with the purple emergant leaves

Thanks for the help Bruce, I've got various other pics, but can't get them small enough to post

Bill

What qualifies as a flush?  My Cycas taitungensis has been producing one leaf every 4-6 since I got it last August as a two leaf seedling.  It is now pushing up three new leaves together, so does this qualify as it's first flush.

My new camera is due soon, so I'll post a picture soon thereafter.

dioon edule "rio verde", not as exotic as some but ......

cycas clivicola

red/brown emergent leaf color

(Neofolis @ Jul. 22 2006,04:33)

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What qualifies as a flush?  My Cycas taitungensis has been producing one leaf every 4-6 since I got it last August as a two leaf seedling.  It is now pushing up three new leaves together, so does this qualify as it's first flush.

My new camera is due soon, so I'll post a picture soon thereafter.

I think if its 1 leaf, its "throwing a leaf" if its more than 1, "its throwing a flush".  

But what do I know??

Here's some fresh leaves on coonties, with caladiums (Gingerland variety from a Lake Placid grower) and a rouge plant (Rivina humilis) peeking up in the upper left corner.  I left seeds from a female cone in the bed, and they came up conveniently on their own under the caladium blanket.

Zamia roezlii