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Cycad cones and flushes

Urban Rainforest

By Urban Rainforest
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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virtualpalm Veteran

virtualpalm

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Here is a "Hairy Little Dude" or "Dudette".

Part of a small group only a few weeks from going into the hillside.

Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

Cool photo, George. Perchance you might be wiling to inform the uneducated (i.e., ME) as to the species?

Jody

George Sparkman Veteran

George Sparkman

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Here is a young E.arenarius "Blue Form" and a small E.latifrons in the background that is only a year younger.

The E.latifrons are so much slower in putting out leaves but do have fairly large caudices for the small set of leaves.

They are pretty much the slowest species that I have a good number of in the ground (there are of course slower ones but I only have one or two of each).

The second picture shows one of the E.latifrons closer up and the third pictures shows one of the female E.arenarius "Blue Form".

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Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

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Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

virtualpalm Veteran

virtualpalm

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Hi Jody,

maybe I should have named it "Hirsute Little Dude"

Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

Jody

tinman10101 Mentor

tinman10101

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george

how about a pic of the whole "hirsute dude"? would love to see the leaflets.

tin

My Santa Clarita Oasis

"delectare et movere"

George Sparkman Veteran

George Sparkman

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Hi Tin,

at this young age they are just starting to show character and the earlier leaves are quite uninteresting.

They seem to be really starting to grow facial hair with the newest leaf (more like petiole/leaflet hair).

In a few days I will be back at the nursery taking more pictures of plants.

I will post an updated picture later in the week showing the "entire" little plant.

But in the meantime here is a not so little 15g E.horridus.

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How is your garden doing Tin ?

Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

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Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

George Sparkman Veteran

George Sparkman

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E.nubimontanus "Long Leaf" has very long leaves even in full inland sun and somehow avoids wind damage in our dry wind storms.

The other forms of E.nubimontanus seem to be a bit better proportioned , not quite as leggy.

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Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

ellidro Mentor

ellidro

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Okay I'll add a few.

Enc. dyerianus

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Enc. middleburgensis

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Enc. longifolius

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Enc. inopinus

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Encinitas on a hill 1.5 miles from the ocean.

ellidro Mentor

ellidro

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Enc. lehmanii

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Enc. lanatus

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Encinitas on a hill 1.5 miles from the ocean.

Gbarce Grand Master

Gbarce

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Zamia Imperialis (or maybe hamanii- still not sure)

2 seedling put out a new leaf at the same time

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Gene

Manila, Philippines

53 feet above sea level - inland

Hot and dry in summer, humid and sticky monsoon season, perfect weather Christmas time

http://freakofnaturezzz.blogspot.com/

Palmzilla Proficient

Palmzilla

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Almost done flushing

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Braden de Jong

 

Gbarce Grand Master

Gbarce

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Almost done flushing

E. Latifrons right? That is awesomely beautiful!!!

Gene

Manila, Philippines

53 feet above sea level - inland

Hot and dry in summer, humid and sticky monsoon season, perfect weather Christmas time

http://freakofnaturezzz.blogspot.com/

Gbarce Grand Master

Gbarce

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Cycas Longipetiolula-- pushed out 6 leaves this time!

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Gene

Manila, Philippines

53 feet above sea level - inland

Hot and dry in summer, humid and sticky monsoon season, perfect weather Christmas time

http://freakofnaturezzz.blogspot.com/

PalmsZA Proficient

PalmsZA

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Gene, thats Cycas is superb!

Sub-tropical

Summer rainfall 1200mm

Annual average temp 21c

30 South

Peter Grand Master

Peter

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That is a beauty Gene! Here is my Dioon edule this morning-19 leaf flush:

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San Fernando Valley, California

virtualpalm Veteran

virtualpalm

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Here's a new flush you don't get to see very often:

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Jody

Jeff Searle Grand Master

Jeff Searle

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The psuedo looks like it's cranking.... :winkie:

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

GeneAZ Rising Star

GeneAZ

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Almost done flushing

Magnificent plant!

virtualpalm Veteran

virtualpalm

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The psuedo looks like it's cranking.... :winkie:

Yes, sir, it is! In fact, the topmost leaf is new as well.

Jody

Gallop Experienced

Gallop

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My son checking out the recent flush on C multipinnata

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Paul Gallop

Gbarce Grand Master

Gbarce

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The psuedo looks like it's cranking.... :winkie:

Yes, sir, it is! In fact, the topmost leaf is new as well.

Jody

What species is that? I was guessing it was a Microcycas calocoma but you guys mentioned: "pseudo".

Gene

Manila, Philippines

53 feet above sea level - inland

Hot and dry in summer, humid and sticky monsoon season, perfect weather Christmas time

http://freakofnaturezzz.blogspot.com/

virtualpalm Veteran

virtualpalm

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Anyone care to take a guess at the species of this new flush?

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Jody

George Sparkman Veteran

George Sparkman

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Hi Jody,

based on the many spines on the upper margins of the leaflets and the amount of "Fuzz" I would say E.munchii.

But I am not sure the "Fuzz" would stay with all the rain you have been getting.

Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

DippyD Mentor

DippyD

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Anyone care to take a guess at the species of this new flush?

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I second munchii

Jody

Gallop Experienced

Gallop

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Jody, that looks like Dioon spinulosum. I'm growing them in the ground here in Pensacola. The leaves die off each winter but they come back nice each spring.

Paul Gallop

virtualpalm Veteran

virtualpalm

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Not E. munchii or D. spinulosum. I wish I had a nice, blue E. munchii that size, though!

Jody

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George Sparkman Veteran

George Sparkman

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Well,

then I would say Dioon rzedowskii but I thought the leaflets were skinnier and I will not venture into a third genus.

Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

virtualpalm Veteran

virtualpalm

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That is correct, George. Good guess. All the leaflets are spiny... it is a young plant still. It will lose all the spines as it gets older. It will also lose the glaucous sheen pretty quickly with all the rain we have been getting.

Jody

rprimbs Mentor

rprimbs

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Here are a few pictures of plants that flushed recently. The E. ferox got a sickly yellow and burnt looking flush last year that never grew, then it got a beautiful flush this year. My C. cairnsiana got a surprisingly good flush this year considering how small of a plant it still is. I've got to plant it in the ground and see if I can get it growing! My C. thouarsii got a great flush after a sickly little flush earlier this year. This has to be one of the easiest cycads to grow. I don't know why it isn't used more in landscaping here. And my C. debaoensis X C. revoluta is healthy but the leaves only seem to have split once. I was hoping for more splitting but perhaps that will occur as it gets bigger.

rprimbs Mentor

rprimbs

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Here are a few pictures of plants that flushed recently. The E. ferox got a sickly yellow and burnt looking flush last year that never grew, then it got a beautiful flush this year. My C. cairnsiana got a surprisingly good flush this year considering how small of a plant it still is. I've got to plant it in the ground and see if I can get it growing! My C. thouarsii got a great flush after a sickly little flush earlier this year. This has to be one of the easiest cycads to grow. I don't know why it isn't used more in landscaping here. And my C. debaoensis X C. revoluta is healthy but the leaves only seem to have split once. I was hoping for more splitting but perhaps that will occur as it gets bigger.

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