Cycads
 
Ceratozamia euryphyllidia![]()
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Veracruz, Mexico.Habitat:
Wet, tropical rainforest.Description:
A small cycad with a trunk to about 20cm tall, but with leaves up to 3.2m long, and leaflets to 30cm long, and 15cm wide.General:
One of the most sought after cycads (rather obvious why), but very, very rare. Apparently only about 30 plants are known to exist in the wild.Culture:
Warm, sheltered and moist.
Figure 1. Fabulous leaf of C. euryphyllidia
Figure 2. C. euryphyllidia at Fairchild Botanic Gardens
Figure 3. C. euryphyllidia petioles
Figure 4. C. euryphyllidia
Contributed by: Michael Calonje, Collectors Seeds (Figures 1&4) Chuck Grieneisen (Figures 2&3)
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