Cycads in containers: big or small?

[daxin]

I have read and heard many advices of growing cycads in larger than normal containers for optimal growth, but then I saw these Dioons in really small containers and yet they seem to be still quite healthy. I'd like to ask our experts here if this is a possible long term arrangement. FYI, the fronds are about 5' long and the containers are about 1' wide.

[freakypalmguy]

Dioons seem to not care too much about being in containers or there size, and in fact seem to thrive in them, a lot of cycads do. I have seen cycads that have been in fifteen gallon containers for so long that the caudex is larger in diameter than the opening of the container itself.

I hear that some are a bit more finicky when it comes to container size, such as certain Cycas (cairnsiana and sp. super silver are two that come to mind).

Those are some very beautifull and happy Dioons in your pictures, thank for posting them. I've never thought of them as house plants, but they seem to be thriving inside.

Matt

[Dave-Vero]

Your plants may eventually put out flushes that make them too big. But you have sort of a bonsai situation--both root systems and nutrient uptake are restricted. The results, as of now, are beautiful.

The pottery reminds me of William Kidd, Miramar, Fla.

[daxin]

I wish these were my plants, but they are from the garden of the late Don Worth. Our local palm society had a meeting there in May and here is a link with more photos:

http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=18081

I have had some discussion with people on the GOTE forum, and they said Dioons and Cycas revoluta are especially tolerant of underpotting, but many other Cycas species can not take this kind of treatment at all. This explains the sight of many big Cycas revolutas in small containers in Suzhou, China. Below is a photo from my trip there last summer.

[Kris]

Dear Daxin

Beautiful stills,those dioons are fentastic,the interior decor of that place is pretty neat And the other view from those glass panels look to me like a palm heaven out there.Can we all have the pleasure of seeing the coverage of that lovely garden seen below_Please ?

Thanks for the big sized stills...

Lots of love,

Kris

[Darold Petty]

Kris, read this thread for the stills of the Don Worth garden. (Sorry, they are mostly thumbnails !)

http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=18081

[Kris]

Kris, read this thread for the stills of the Don Worth garden. (Sorry, they are mostly thumbnails !)

http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=18081

Dear Darold

Thanks very much for that link,and its very kind of you to search that intreasting thread.I think i would have missed it !

And once in a way i even enjoy thumbnails...

Thanks & Love,

Kris