Cycad cones and flushes

[Brian]

Encephalartos ituriensis flushing. 

[Brian]

This one came from seed I bought labeled as Encephalartos natalensis (vryheid). It has nice colors on the new flushes.

[Urban Rainforest]

33 minutes ago, Brian said:

Encephalartos ituriensis flushing. 

That Ituriensis is looking awesome! Did you grow that one from seed?

[Brian]

20 minutes ago, Urban Rainforest said:

That Ituriensis is looking awesome! Did you grow that one from seed?

Thanks! Yes I grew it from seed. I had it mislabeled as Encephalartos laurentianus for a while but it became obvious that it was actually Ituriensis. My laurentianus is not as big but now that I got it in the ground I’m hopeful it will speed up.

[Urban Rainforest]

36 minutes ago, Brian said:

Thanks! Yes I grew it from seed. I had it mislabeled as Encephalartos laurentianus for a while but it became obvious that it was actually Ituriensis. My laurentianus is not as big but now that I got it in the ground I’m hopeful it will speed up.

Super Impressive to have grown that from seed!
I have most of the bigs including Ituriensis and
Laurentianus, Whitelockii, Equatorialis, kisambo gets pretty big and I got one you dont see every day called Bunia sp. love em all!

[JohnAndSancho]

I know this one is still just a baby and it's still inside under grow lights, but I wanted to show off anyway. I swear every time I look over here it's grown another inch. I really need to find an ideal spot for it and start ripping out grass one day. 

[Brian]

4 hours ago, Urban Rainforest said:

Super Impressive to have grown that from seed!
I have most of the bigs including Ituriensis and
Laurentianus, Whitelockii, Equatorialis, kisambo gets pretty big and I got one you dont see every day called Bunia sp. love em all!

Cool story about Bunia in Peter Heibloem’s book, Cycads of Central Africa. I never had the chance to grow Bunia but I do have many others of the Central African cycads. I had access to many different species seeds and got pretty good germination results. Most have been easy to grow in this climate but I did loose all of my E. Poggei, which rotted very easily. The others in the Poggei complex like delucanus, marunguensis, schmitzii and schaijesii have all done very well albeit they are very slow growing. I’m like you and love them all! 

[Brian]

This Encephalartos macrostrobilus flushes one leaf at a time instead of all at once. So on this flush the first leaf came out and once fully out the next one started. Now the third one is coming out. It still a young plant so maybe it will eventually start throwing complete flushes.

[Urban Rainforest]

Dude you got a very nice collection and quite a few plants I dont have! I think the Bunia sp. is a little bit on the rare side at least I dont see it around much. Even a google search brings up very few images. Cycads of Eudlo has coning plants of it though!

[Urban Rainforest]

20 minutes ago, Brian said:

This Encephalartos macrostrobilus flushes one leaf at a time instead of all at once. So on this flush the first leaf came out and once fully out the next one started. Now the third one is coming out. It still a young plant so maybe it will eventually start throwing complete flushes.

That Macrostrobilis has some very wide beautifull leaves!

[Tracy]

3 hours ago, Brian said:

This Encephalartos macrostrobilus flushes one leaf at a time instead of all at once. So on this flush the first leaf came out and once fully out the next one started. Now the third one is coming out. It still a young plant so maybe it will eventually start throwing complete flushes.

Yes, I concur.  Single leaf sequential flushes tend to be a juvenile trait which I have noticed my plants eventually grew out of.  That isn't to say your  E macrostrobilis is guaranteed to change, as I haven't grown the species so am not qualified to say.  My basis is assuming it behaves like the other Encephalartos that I have grown. 

[DippyD]

Better late than never… female dyer, female Nubi, male Nubi, Tri and aren.

[DippyD]

Few more….

[Urban Rainforest]

Awesome plants and coneage!

[DippyD]

21 minutes ago, Urban Rainforest said:

Awesome plants and coneage!

Glad to see you back! You went MIA for a few years lol! All the cycads you got look great! Might need to come load up! 🤙🏼

[Urban Rainforest]

2 minutes ago, DippyD said:

Glad to see you back! You went MIA for a few years lol! All the cycads you got look great! Might need to come load up! 🤙🏼

Thanks man its good to be back! Still got plenty for sale🤙

[Brian]

I currently have a green and a blue Encephalartos arenarius flushing at the same time. It’s interesting to see the difference between the two plants. The blue one is two headed since germination and much younger but grows a bit faster than the green one. 
The blue one also has gnarlier looking leafs while the green one tends to look more organized even though it’s flushing a bit unevenly on this flush.

[Brian]

A few flushing caudex on this Encephalartos munchii x manikensis x munchii clump.

[Brian]

A couple of flushes on one of my favorites, Encephalartos eugene-maraisii.

[Hillizard]

Thought I'd share pics of the new single fronds emerging right now on two of my Cycas debaoensis. I always hope the local critters visiting my yard don't chew on them at this stage! That's a Trachycarpus princeps in the background of the 1st picture.

[Billeb]

Here’s a Transvenosus x Latifrons I got from Jeff @ Aloes a few years ago as a tiny strap leaf. It seems very happy now. Cycads really like these Stuewe treepots. A few more flushes and I think it will really be something to look at. 

-dale 

[Urban Rainforest]

7 hours ago, Billeb said:

Here’s a Transvenosus x Latifrons I got from Jeff @ Aloes a few years ago as a tiny strap leaf. It seems very happy now. Cycads really like these Stuewe treepots. A few more flushes and I think it will really be something to look at. 

-dale 

With those 2 parents it should turn out amazing! I agree about the Stuewe treepots. I ordered a couple cases of them in differant sizes this year and the plants def like them. An added plus is they take up less room than the round containers. I put them in milk crates and the small size you can put 12 to a crate and the large size you can put 6 of them and they fit perfect like they were made for them!

[Billeb]

1 hour ago, Urban Rainforest said:

With those 2 parents it should turn out amazing! I agree about the Stuewe treepots. I ordered a couple cases of them in differant sizes this year and the plants def like them. An added plus is they take up less room than the round containers. I put them in milk crates and the small size you can put 12 to a crate and the large size you can put 6 of them and they fit perfect like they were made for them!

They are definitely worth the money. I bought a few cases of the pots in addition to their 6 pot holders. Approved! 
 

-dale 

[Tracy]

Triplets on an Encephalartos arenarius blue form × and a pair of eyes on another Encephalartos arenarius × .  I see some face or s pair of eyes, but it is much.like what the mind does when looking at clouds; always trying to impose anthromorpic order. 

[Urban Rainforest]

This Trappes Valley Latifrons I bought last year while only throwing one leaf flushes at least each leaf is bigger than the last. I think its almost to that two leaf flush stage.

[Urban Rainforest]

9 hours ago, Tracy said:

Triplets on an Encephalartos arenarius blue form × and a pair of eyes on another Encephalartos arenarius × .  I see some face or s pair of eyes, but it is much.like what the mind does when looking at clouds; always trying to impose anthromorpic order. 

Haha I’m definately seeing a face on that second one! Your stoked to be getting so many cones!

[Urban Rainforest]

Well its the peak of flush season and lots of plants going off right now! Here is just a few. None of my 5 big Eugenes flushed last year. Im hoping they all do this year! This one is throwing a monster flush.

[Urban Rainforest]

Pure strain Arenarius

[Urban Rainforest]

All 3 Caudexes throwing on this 15 gal. Encephalartos Cerinus.

[Urban Rainforest]

Dwarf Horridus flushing.

[Urban Rainforest]

The bigs are starting to get with it too!

Encephalartos Laurentianus

[Urban Rainforest]

Whitelockii

[Urban Rainforest]

Encephalartos Kisambo flushing

[Tracy]

Encyclia longifolius pushing what appears to be a female cone.  I have male cones of longifolius too.

[Tracy]

15 hours ago, Tracy said:

Encyclia longifolius pushing what appears to be a female cone.  I have male cones of longifolius too.

Ooops I missed that auto fill selected Encyclia instead of Encephalartos.   I do in fact have many Encyclia orchids in addition to Encephalartos genus Cycads. 

[Urban Rainforest]

46 minutes ago, Tracy said:

Ooops I missed that auto fill selected Encyclia instead of Encephalartos.   I do in fact have many Encyclia orchids in addition to Encephalartos genus Cycads. 

 

46 minutes ago, Tracy said:

Ooops I missed that auto fill selected Encyclia instead of Encephalartos.   I do in fact have many Encyclia orchids in addition to Encephalartos genus Cycads. 

Haha I caught that but I thought maybe the taxonimist changed Encephalartos to Encyclia just like they changed Dypsis to Chysolidocarpus! 😐I was thinking now I got to change all my tags🤣

[Tracy]

This Encephalartos dyerianus flush with its silvery green tint really stands out amidst the green

[Urban Rainforest]

Dyerianus is one of my favorites in the Eugene complex! Yours looks epic and that flush really does stand out in the surrounding landscape. I have 8 Dyers but they are on the small side.I cant wait until they throw nice flushes like yours!

[Urban Rainforest]

Im really liking the wide spikey leaves on this one! Fat Arenarius x Arenarius x Woodii. Its got that hybrid vigor also as this is the second flush this season.

[Urban Rainforest]

Every year this Dwarf Horridus throws a nice lavender colored flush.