Cycads   Ceratozamia kuesteriana

Synonymy: C. eriolepis C. angustifolia Habitat: Only found in a small area of the Sierra Madre Oriental Range in southern Tamaulipas, Mexico. It grows in pine oak cloud forest, between 1000 and 1800 metres altitude. Description: A small cycad, with a slightly globose trunk, and leaves to about 1.5m long. The new leaves are quite an attractive bronze colour. It has smooth petioles, and very narrow leaflets. General: A very attractive plant, quite popular with collectors. Culture: A lightly shaded, moist, well drained position.

Figure 1. A quite spectacular C. kuesteriana at Fairchild Tropical Gardens

Figure 2. C. kuesteriana at Kew Gardens

Figure 3. C. kuesteriana at Kew Gardens

Figure 4. C. kuesteriana with new leaves, Kew Gardens.

Contributed by:	Ian Edwards (Figure 1)
	Colin Wilson (Figure 2,3&4)

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