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Cycad cones and flushes

Urban Rainforest

By Urban Rainforest
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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George Sparkman Veteran

George Sparkman

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Thanks Brett,

since you loved the dual cones you won't mind it being a triple.

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Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

George Sparkman Veteran

George Sparkman

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I love Ferox in cone !

And I could not resist putting pollen of a very aggresive Horridus on this one. We will see what happens since Ferox don't like to play with other species that much.....

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Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

DippyD Mentor

DippyD

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Thanks Brett,

since you loved the dual cones you won't mind it being a triple.

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Speechless!!!

DippyD Mentor

DippyD

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I love Ferox in cone !

And I could not resist putting pollen of a very aggresive Horridus on this one. We will see what happens since Ferox don't like to play with other species that much.....

e.ferox5.jpg

I thought about this cross when I first got into cycads and always wondered what it would turn out to be the barbs on a ferox with the barbs, overlapping leaflets and blue of a horridus. I really hope you get some viable seed. These could be a crazy cross. Has anyone that you know of made this cross successfully?

Ronald Newbie

Ronald

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Looks like a very nice specimen to me. It does seem like a cross to me. Am I right?

Best regards, Ronald.

Thanks Brett,

since you loved the dual cones you won't mind it being a triple.

conerama17b.jpg

virtualpalm Veteran

virtualpalm

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I love Ferox in cone !

And I could not resist putting pollen of a very aggresive Horridus on this one. We will see what happens since Ferox don't like to play with other species that much.....

Hey, George. Please keep me in mind if you get viable seed! I got 15 or 20 seeds of E. ferox x trispinosus from a friend a few years ago and two of them germinated. They are both doing well but don't look anything alike. I look forward to watching them develop.

DippyD Mentor

DippyD

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I love Ferox in cone !

And I could not resist putting pollen of a very aggresive Horridus on this one. We will see what happens since Ferox don't like to play with other species that much.....

Hey, George. Please keep me in mind if you get viable seed! I got 15 or 20 seeds of E. ferox x trispinosus from a friend a few years ago and two of them germinated. They are both doing well but don't look anything alike. I look forward to watching them develop.

Very cool any photos Jody?

George Sparkman Veteran

George Sparkman

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I love Ferox in cone !

And I could not resist putting pollen of a very aggresive Horridus on this one. We will see what happens since Ferox don't like to play with other species that much.....

Hey, George. Please keep me in mind if you get viable seed! I got 15 or 20 seeds of E. ferox x trispinosus from a friend a few years ago and two of them germinated. They are both doing well but don't look anything alike. I look forward to watching them develop.

I will keep you in mind Jody. I remember seeing the E. ferox x trispinosus at your place and not really being able to see the parents in the cross.

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Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

Palmzilla Proficient

Palmzilla

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Male horridus

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Braden de Jong

 

Palmzilla Proficient

Palmzilla

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Female horridus

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Braden de Jong

 

Palmzilla Proficient

Palmzilla

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Meet my horridus king

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Braden de Jong

 

Palmzilla Proficient

Palmzilla

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Leave you guessing on this

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Braden de Jong

 

Palmzilla Proficient

Palmzilla

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Female natalensis

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Braden de Jong

 

DippyD Mentor

DippyD

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Meet my horridus king

Wouldn't this be your horridus queen?

Palmzilla Proficient

Palmzilla

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Meet my horridus king

Wouldn't this be your horridus queen?

True True its definitely a queen :)

Braden de Jong

 

Palmzilla Proficient

Palmzilla

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Thanks George, some of my green cycads don't look as nice now after that week of extreme cold. That was a crazy cold spell!

Braden de Jong

 

George Sparkman Veteran

George Sparkman

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Thanks George, some of my green cycads don't look as nice now after that week of extreme cold. That was a crazy cold spell!

Yeah but one is only a flush away from great looking cycads again after these cold spells.

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Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

George Sparkman Veteran

George Sparkman

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Looks like a very nice specimen to me. It does seem like a cross to me. Am I right?

Best regards, Ronald.

Thanks Brett,

since you loved the dual cones you won't mind it being a triple.

conerama17b.jpg

Hi Ronald,

yes it is a hybrid and coning for the first time and showing a pretty good mix of both parents in the cones.

Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

Palmzilla Proficient

Palmzilla

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That is a awesome hybrid George. It looks super robust and vigorous. My guess is longy x horr. I see longy in the cone :)

Braden de Jong

 

George Sparkman Veteran

George Sparkman

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Thanks Braden. It is a very strong grower. Although Long x Hor is one of my favorite crosses this is not one of them and none of those two species were involved.

Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

Ronald Newbie

Ronald

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Thanks Braden. It is a very strong grower. Although Long x Hor is one of my favorite crosses this is not one of them and none of those two species were involved.

princeps x arenarius?

Mr Cycad Community Regular

Mr Cycad

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Here's a few more from downunder today... The wet season has arrived! :)

Dioon angustifolium

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Bowenia spectabilis

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Dioon sonorense

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Encephalartos ferox

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Encephalartos gratus

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Encephalartos princeps

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Kurt

Living the dream in the Rainforest - Average annual rainfall over 4000 mm a year!!!

Mr Cycad Community Regular

Mr Cycad

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Thanks Braden. It is a very strong grower. Although Long x Hor is one of my favorite crosses this is not one of them and none of those two species were involved.

princeps x arenarius?

I'd guess the same! :interesting:

Kurt

Living the dream in the Rainforest - Average annual rainfall over 4000 mm a year!!!

Mr Cycad Community Regular

Mr Cycad

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A few more...

Encephalartos dyerianus

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Zamia vazquezii

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Encephalartos altensteinii with its second flush this growing season (smaller than the last as its been unseasonably dry)

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Zamia roezlii

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That's it for now, I'm going back outside!

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Kurt

Living the dream in the Rainforest - Average annual rainfall over 4000 mm a year!!!

MichaelS Contributor

MichaelS

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Kurt,

I love your Bowenia spectabilis picture !

Michael

aussiearoids Grand Master

aussiearoids

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EXtra large rounded leaves on this Zamia purpurea seedling .

Came from the Stan Walkley collection. post-354-0-44843400-1358860089_thumb.jpg

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Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

  • 4 weeks later...
Gary - Collaborator

Gary -

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Here is my Cycas Rumphii having a new flush through a cone. I wonder what the chances are of the seeds being fertile?

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George Sparkman Veteran

George Sparkman

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I don't know if you have the right pollinators.

Bruce or Kurt would most likely know.

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Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

Gary - Collaborator

Gary -

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G'day,

Here is a new Cycad i picked up last week. I think it is Ceratozamia Robusta, having a nice bronze/brown new flush.

How much sun can these guys take?

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George Sparkman Veteran

George Sparkman

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For me they need partial shade for sure but I do not grow very many. Maybe Jody can answer this one a bit better.

Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

virtualpalm Veteran

virtualpalm

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They prefer partial shade/filtered light here in Florida as well. Full sun may cause them to wash out a little.

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yachtingone Grand Master

yachtingone

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For those of you are members of the yahoo cycad forum I would recomend going there right away! Highly entertaining to say the least...

Randy

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Brad-Tampa Community Regular

Brad-Tampa

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Let's bump this classic thread with pics of coning Cycas scratchleyana from PNG:

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Yes it has scale, it has been sprayed

edbrown_III Grand Master

edbrown_III

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Very cool looking female cone !

Best regards

Ed

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Gary - Collaborator

Gary -

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Spring 2013 flushes.

E. Whitelockii i transplanted earlier this year.

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Gary - Collaborator

Gary -

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E. Ferox.

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