Cycad Seedlings

A couple of Cycads germinated this year

 

Are they revoluta Steve.
Its strange how sometimes you get just the one leaf, and occasionally you get two.
I've germinated a couple of Dioon Spinulosum this year, and although they have germinated they've not produced any leaves yet, just a small crown :(

 

Dioon Edule Pete

Bought 3 seeds off ebay for about 3 pound

2 germinated and the third hasn't produced anything yet

 

Found this foreign link on ebay....look the same don't they

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dioon-Edule-Palma-Sola-RARE-Cycad-cycas-rare_W0QQitemZ7705330540QQcategoryZ90748QQssPageNameZWD2VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

A friend sent me one of these - but I found the one or two leaves a year while the base grew fine, just a tad uninteresting. So after 6 years, gave up.

Maybe I was just not getting it right.

 

Fran, you gave up and after 6 yrs, what did you do with it? A six year old plant is just getting going.
Steve I've got an edule, grew three of them about 8 yrs ago. I kept them in my frost free greenhouse, but two of them rotted off one winter, I reckon they were too damp.
I now keep the remaining one a bit drier and warmer in winter.


[ 14. August 2005, 08:06 PM: Message edited by: pete2255 ]

 

def same leaf pattern