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Cycad cones and flushes

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Yesterday at 12:15 AM1 day

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2 hours ago, Brian said:
I have 3 Microcycas calocoma that flush annually at the start of the rainy season. Unfortunately when the rains start here we get these nasty little red beetle like bugs that destroy the new flushes. This year one of my Microcycas calocoma flushed before the first rains so my hope is that they will harden off before the rains start.

Those Microcycas Calocoma look awesome and that is one I dont see in many gardens here! No little red bugs here just caterpillars get on some of my flushes🤬Im just like you I hope the flushes harden off before they attack!

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Yesterday at 12:22 AM1 day

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2 hours ago, Tracy said:
There are a number of flushes working there way through my California garden right now. I wish I could spell the old abbreviation for California with the Encephalartos species names, but I am not growing any ferox so lack the "f". I detest the term some use as a substitute for the state, which is "Cali" but without the "f" that is what I'm stuck spelling:
C = for Encephalartos caffer
A = for Encephalartos arenarius
L = for Encephalartos lehmanii or longifolius
I = for Encephalartos ituriensis
Back in the day, before the postal service implemented the two letter state abbreviations, we wrote "Calif." for the abbreviation on mail. Anyone remember using that abbreviation and how much a stamp cost in that day?
On a slightly different note, I can't help thinking of the tragic outbreak of ebola virus currently happening in the Ituri region when I look at my two E. ituriensis.