Macrozamia moorei in habitat

[steve99]

 

I saw this cycad growing on the roadside between Rolleston and Injune in Central West Qld a few years ago.   I'm certainly no Cycad expert but from what I can tell it's probably a Macrozamia Moorei.   If I'm wrong can someone ID this cycad?  

[Mandrew968]

Bloody fantastic! I would say moorei is right. 

[tropicbreeze]

From the looks of it and the geographic location it'd have to be M. moorei. They're the tallest growing Macrozamia. Some of the other tallish ones like macdonnellii and frazeri have a much thicker caudex.

M. moorei

[jardinierpalmiertrat]

Very nice pictures.

[Mandrew968]

6 hours ago, tropicbreeze said:

From the looks of it and the geographic location it'd have to be M. moorei. They're the tallest growing Macrozamia. Some of the other tallish ones like macdonnellii and frazeri have a much thicker caudex.

M. moorei

Don't forget Macrozamia johnsonii as one of the big ones--and it resembles moorei most of all, in my opinion.

[Palm Tree Jim]

These are great habitat pictures!!

 

Thanks.

[Brucer]

I have one in my garden in Sydney. It is incredibly slow growing. Much much slower the macrozamia communis, which is very similar looking, but does not form a trunk.

[Jeff_Cabinda]

Is it easy to get seeds on the market?

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

6 hours ago, Jeff_Cabinda said:

Is it easy to get seeds on the market?

Some species are readily available but others are only available every few years in limited qtys. I have 50-100 seedlings of 8 different macrozamia species available. 

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

Here are pics of a macrozamia elegans and stenomera seedling; the two most cold hardy macrozamia.