Jump to content

  • WELCOME GUEST

    It looks as if you are viewing PalmTalk as an unregistered Guest.

    Please consider registering so as to take better advantage of our vast knowledge base and friendly community.  By registering you will gain access to many features - among them are our powerful Search feature, the ability to Private Message other Users, and be able to post and/or answer questions from all over the world. It is completely free, no “catches,” and you will have complete control over how you wish to use this site.

    PalmTalk is sponsored by the International Palm Society. - an organization dedicated to learning everything about and enjoying palm trees (and their companion plants) while conserving endangered palm species and habitat worldwide. Please take the time to know us all better and register.

    guest Renda04.jpg

cycas from madagascar

bruno

By bruno
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

 Share

Recommended Posts

bruno Experienced

bruno

Posted
Posted

Hello, could one of the cycad specialist give me the name of this one, really straight and beautiful.

I have never seen one so extra and "arrogant". Found it near the house of my friend Xavier, just by the beach, among hundreds of dypsis madagascariensis,  10 miles from the malagasy corypha.

cycasxavier.jpg

Xavier's little girl gives the scale this time again.

cycasxavier2.jpg

antananarivo madagascar

altitude 1200m

LJG Grand Master

LJG

Posted
Posted

It will be too hard to tell from the pics. However just taking a guess I woudl ahve to go with Cycas thouarsii. It is native there (although some disagree).

Len

Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

Shadowridge Area

"Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

-- Alfred Austin

Jeff Searle Grand Master

Jeff Searle

Posted
Posted

(LJG @ Feb. 05 2007,16:01)

QUOTE
It will be too hard to tell from the pics. However just taking a guess I woudl ahve to go with Cycas thouarsii. It is native there (although some disagree).

Bruno,

   A very large speciman. Are there many in the population in that area? I agree with Len, it's most likely the native species there. Last year when I was down on the Masoala, we some some growing only a few feet from the salt water. Thanks.

Jeff

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

bruno Experienced

bruno

Posted
  • Author
Posted

There were about ten of them, and another one with several straight trunks like thisone, enormous, that must have been about 7OO meters away in another depression like this one. There were no others as straight. It is the straightness that attracted my eye. I have seen many cycas in different locations on Mada, with long leaves to the ground or thick trunks always a little crooked. Are they all thouarsii?

antananarivo madagascar

altitude 1200m

Jeff Searle Grand Master

Jeff Searle

Posted
Posted

Hello Bruno,

    Yes, they are all the same species. Would'nt they look nice if some were transplanted down Independence Avenue in Tana? :D

Jeff

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

SubTropicRay Grand Master

SubTropicRay

Posted
Posted

How old are the pictured specimens?

No one cares about your current yard temperature 🙃

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing



  • Recently Browsing

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...