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While there are more than 200 species of cycads, only one is native to Florida, and only a couple are popular landscaping plants in our area.
This cycad is found in dry, hot sites in the scrublands of eastern India. Clumps of the plant are common via pups only in males. Clumps of the plant are common via pups only in males. The plant is fairly fire resistant, except as seeds and seedlings, which are very vulnerable to annual grass fires.
Plant covered with snow. Of all the cycads, C. revoluta is the most popular in cultivation. It is seen in almost all botanical gardens, in both temperate and tropical locations. In many areas of the world, it is heavily promoted commercially as a landscape plant. It is also quite popular as a bonsai plant. First described in the late 18th ...
This plant is dioecious, meaning it has separate male and female cones. The male cones are green, 30–50 cm long and 7–10 cm wide, while the female cones are green, 35–45 cm long, 15–20 cm wide, and oval-shaped. The seeds are oblong, measuring 30–35 mm in length and 8–23 mm in width, covered in a brown sarcotesta. [3]
The leaves can be completely lost during cold periods, with the plant lying dormant in its tuberous root system, allowing this cycad to be relatively cold hardy. The plant can survive up to USDA region 8b (10° to 20°F). The stems and leaves regenerate after the cold period subsides with full foliage. [8] [9]
This is a tall, tree-like cycad plant with a stem that can be upright or lying down, reaching up to 4.5 m (15 ft) in height and 30 and 45 cm (12–18 in) in diameter. Its bright green, feather-like leaves grow in a cluster at the top of the trunk, each leaf being 1–1.5 m (3.3–4.9 ft) long and supported by a 10–20 cm (4–8 in) long stalk ...
A specimen of L. hopei is known as the tallest living cycad at 17.5 m tall. These cycads are generally unbranched, tall, and with persistent leaf bases. They are easily cultivated as ornamental plants and are relatively cold hardy; L. peroffskyana was first described by a specimen grown at Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden in 1857.
This cycad has an underground trunk, reaching up to 1.5 m in height and 25-30 cm in diameter. It often produces secondary stems from shoots at its base. Its pinnate leaves, 60–90 cm long, grow in a crown at the top of the stem, each supported by a 10-20 cm petiole without thorns.