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| not sure if anyone is interested in cycad cones (not always the most interesting part of the plant) but sometimes its interesting to see the variety out there. Visited a nice local cycad collection a few days ago and saw a lot of cones, so here are some of them
Ceratozamia miquelliana
Ceratozamia norstogii (both Ceratozamia cones are female cones... I can't always tell what sex these cones are, but in this case it's obvious)
Cycas bifida female
Dioon sonarense... female cone, I think...
Encephalartos altensteinii... female cones, I think
Encephalartos arenarius blue form, male cone
Encephalartos cerinus female?
Encephalartos humilis older female cone
Encephalartos kisambo male cones open
Encephalartos longifolius male cone
Encephalartos natalensis male cones
Encephalartos trispinosus male cone
Encephalartos villosus 'thin leaf' cones... female?
Encephalartos whitelockii female cones
Macrozamia johnsonii female cones
Macrozamia lucida female cones (not with fertile seed sadly)
Macrozamia pauli-guilliami male cones (spelling?)
Zamia inermis male cones
Zamia skinneri female cones
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| Very cool-they really are amazing plants! Thanks! |
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| Cycads are really cool plants,great pictures and beautiful plants.I like the blue Cycads the best.I wish I could get my cycas revolutas to produce cones.There in 15 gal.pots and need to be potted up to 20 gal.pots.Is there any tips to get them to produce cones?I think I might have one female and one male.Why I say that is one has never produced pups,while the other one produces pups like crazy.Thanks for sharing,Randy |
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| What a cool bunch of pics! I think the cones are the best part. It's amazing how similar some of them look to conifer cones. |
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- Posted by houstonpat 9a (My Page) on Thu, Oct 14, 10 at 10:23
| I hope they have found a good use for the seed. It would be ashame to just let them die on the ground. |
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| An excellent use for the seed exists... grow more cycads! Sadly, most seed, unless one has bothered to fertilize the plants themselves, is not fertile. And it's not that edible, either (toxic, in most cases).. .oh well. |
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- Posted by tropicalzone7 7 (My Page) on Thu, Oct 14, 10 at 15:45
| Those are some beautiful cones! The colors on some of them are really impressive! Thanks a lot for sharing with us!! -Alex |
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