DIOON MEROLAE DROP DEAD GORGEOUS CYCAD FROM CHIAPAS, MEXICO

This has always been one of our nursery favorites. It’s a slow growing species from Chiapas, Mexico. Trunks can, over centuries, get up to ten feet tall. Trunk thickness is about a foot on average. They can branch overhead and pup from the base. Leaf color is green or a definite gray-green. A plant with a 3 foot trunk can easily be a hundred years old. Leaves are gently keeled and leaflets are spiney and reflected backwards toward the ground. Thus, in cross section the leaf looks like the wings of a bird. Leaves are often stacked as you see with the citrus pot plant below. The span of leaves on a healthy plant is five to eight feet. Along the coast this species takes full sun. In far inland areas, I’d give morning sun. Cold hardiness is down to about 20 to 22 degrees F. It’s not as cold hardy as Dioon edule but, I think, a lot prettier. We can offer a nice variety of sizes for sale.

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