Cycads   Cycas nongnoochiae

Distribution & Habitat: It grows in full sun in low scrub on steep limestone bluffs near Tak Fa, central Thailand. It is locally abundant, but with a very restricted distribution. Description: A solitary cycad with dark, deeply fissured bark on a slim trunk to about 5 metres tall. It's leaves are regularly arranged, grey-green or blue, semiglossy, with flat leaflets up to 1.6 metres long. General: Only described in 1990, it is thought to have originated as a hybrid between C. siamensis and C. clivicola , but has now stabilised as a species. Culture: Sunny, well drained position preferably in a limestone based potting mix or soil.

Figure 1. A young plant of C. nongnoochiae .

Figure 2. C. nongnoochiae in habitat.

Figure 3. C. nongnoochiae

Figure 4. C. nongnoochiae

Figure 5. C. nongnoochiae

Figure 6. C. nongnoochiae seeds.

Figure 7. C. nongnoochiae

Figure 8. C. nongnoochiae

Figure 9. C. nongnoochiae

Contributed by:

Phasith Romyen (Figure 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8&9)

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