GOOD LOW PROFILE CYCAD – NO SPINES
FOR FILTERED LIGHT OF SOME SUN
This dwarf species of Zamiais from Puerto Rico and surrounding Caribbean areas. It is a small cycad with a caudex of six inches. It suckers, forming clumps. Its leaves are about 3 feet long, arching downwards and the leaflets are small. The petioles are unarmed. It likes filtered light and tolerates temperatures into the upper twenties F. It prefers partial sun or strong filtered light. But, it can be grown in sun along our coastal areas here. It is an ideal cycad species where one wants plants to stay small. It’s perfect for planting next to a walkway. We’re putting on Special a mature and very old specimen plant. It’s in a 15 gallon pot and can be mail ordered. It has about five different caudexes, each 3 to 4 inches in size. It’s holding about twenty leaves. Leaflets and petioles are spineless. Age is estimated at 30 years. It’s rare to find old specimens of this species, which by itself is rare and hard to find in any size.
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