All our Cycads - most in the ground, a few in pots

[PalmatierMeg]

I used to have several dozen cycads, mostly Zamias, in large pots. Last fall after our gardens were decimated by Hurricane Ian, I decided to downsize my collection, plant large ones and repot a limited number of small ones. As many of my Zamias were loddigesii x pumila hybrids bought at various Palm Beach sales, I kept a few that were different looking or primo and composted the rest. Broke my heart but had to be done. I did something similar with my many Dyckias, although I gave larger ones to @PalmMom007for her nursery.

I planted a number of cycad spp on our Garden Lot and distributed the rest in pots around surviving palms. I've lost many nametags over the past year so my IDs may be wrong or flat out missing. Anyway, here goes.

Encephalartos sclavoi - the only one of its genus to survive for me here in FL but it's a dandy. Blue Encephalartos can't seem to hack our swelter

Ceratozamia latifolia - I think. My only specimen from this genus

Cycas armstrongii - germinated seeds from RPS before customs brouhaha

Cycas siamiensis Dwarf - also from RPS

Dioon edule - just put up a new flush of leaves

Dioon edule 'Queretaro Blue' - took a major beating from Ian but I hope it survives

Dioon spinulosum

Zamias - this tropical genus does really well in SWFL

Z furfuracea - I've had this one - a male, I believe - for years. The cardboard "not-a-palm"

Z floridana - Coontie, of course

Z picta

Z picta 'Heavy Yellow' with odd-shaped leaves. Probably hybrid

Z nana

Z plicata - ridged leaves are really neat

Z spartea

Z unknown species

Z loddigesii x pumila hybrid #1

Z loddigesii x pumila hybrid #2

Z loddigesii x pumila hybrid #3

[Tracy]

3 hours ago, PalmatierMeg said:

Ceratozamia latifolia - I think. My only specimen from this genus

This one looks like Ceratozamia hildae.  On the blue Cycads from the Encephalartos genus not liking your part of Florida, I suspect it isn't heat but the humidity and rain they don't like.  Most want well draining soil and hate having wet feet for extended periods of time.  Our friend on this forum, Gene from the Phoenix area, grows many beautiful blue Encephalartos without problem in temperatures that far exceed what you would see in Florida, at least I don't think you get into the high one hundred and teens and low twenties.

[Merlyn]

Really neat and unique plants there!  I was going to say Hildae too.  They look better in part shade, but seem ok with a lot of sun here in Orlando.

Your Edule is likely a Dioon Angustifolium, closely related but essentially a scaled down Edule. 

And the Spinulosum *might* be a Rzedowskii, which is much more rare and IMO nicer looking.  The leaflets draping down and forward swept is what makes me think it could be Rzedowskii. 

And the Picta looks like a really neat mutant leaf.  Zamia Furfuracea sometimes get wacky "fasciated" leaflets about one in 10k or so...