Spring time is flushing time for many cycads, and happily I'm seeing some flushes in my garden

Ooops, I meant to share some different flushes.  Some of the Encephalartos in my garden flushing.

15 minutes ago, Tracy said:

Spring time is flushing time for many cycads, and happily I'm seeing some flushes in my garden

Nice garden!

A few other Encephalartos flushing.  I love that these need so little water, I can allocate their rations to my far more thirsty palms.  Besides which, I like the color difference.  One friend who installed some hardscape for my previous home used to refer to all my cycads as "little palms".  He grew up in Oaxaca Mexico, and I guess that was what his family and friends called the native Dioons from the area.

52 minutes ago, Tracy said:

Spring time is flushing time for many cycads, and happily I'm seeing some flushes in my garden

Looks like you have some good drainage   

1 hour ago, Tracy said:

Spring time is flushing time for many cycads, and happily I'm seeing some flushes in my garden

Funny.....and the cycad flushes not too bad either.

I bet it's very relaxing to go into your garden on a nice day, sit on the cool tiles, and listen to the sounds of your water feature. Nice cycads too. We need some IDs though, for those of us like me who are beginners and for those who might search the forum for a specific species in the future.

2 hours ago, redbeard917 said:

We need some IDs though, for those of us like me who are beginners and for those who might search the forum for a specific species in the future.

In order, the top is a hybrid of E horridus and woodii (woodii only exists at this time as male, so it has to be crossed with something).  Second and fourth photos are siblings, of an E natalensis x horridus, just a fun cross.  The third photo down, with my dog, is one of the blue cycads, Encephalartos princeps.  The E princeps new flush will turn more blue after the leaflets mature and harden off.

7 hours ago, Tracy said:

Ooops, I meant to share some different flushes.  Some of the Encephalartos in my garden flushing.

 

Looks great Tracy!

7 hours ago, Tracy said:

Above is another hybrid Encephalartos, E horridus x woodii.  My error on the previous woodii hybrid, it was in fact E arenarius x woodii, sorry about that bad ID.  Both of these woodii were George Sparkman projects.

What about Cycas?  This Cycas thouarsii is probably the fastest growing cycad I have ever had, its caudex height now exceeding even C revoluta which were larger when planted.  I bought this as a seedling somewhere around 2004 to 2006, and its been producing female seed for a few years.  The last batch was produced this last winter and it flushed the new set of leaves several weeks back, as they are all hardened off now. Two perspectives, from a distance and closer up of the caudex with female seeds readily visible.

I missed these flushes in my Carlsbad garden. I don't disturb the renters in that house, so its always exciting when I have an opportunity to check up on things. Encephalartos arenarius with a distinct blue tint. E transvenosus and finally E sp. vumba (was bought as E munchi vumba seed, but I guess it  has been determined not to be munchii).

Nice cycads Tracy.

Newer posters may have missed it but there is a several year running topic on cones and flushes that is up to 25 pages at this time.  Your one-stop spot for a wealth of cycad images.  Maybe post em there too for ease of finding them.