Cycads   Zamia fischeri

Synonymy: Zamia forsteri Zamia tenuifolia Conservation Status: Endangered Distribution & Habitat: Well-drained evergreen pine forest in San Luis Potosi and Quertaro, Mexico. Description: A small cycad with a subterranean trunk, and leaves to about 30cm long. It has thin paperish leaflets that hang down. Often mistaken for a fern. General: Very similar to Zamia vazquezii . Z. fischeri has fewer, shorter, leaves, and less than 12 pairs of leaflets. Culture: Sunny, moist, but well drained position. An easy and attractive plant. Unfortunately quite rare in cultivation, with most plants labelled (and sold) as such are in fact Zamia vazquezii .

Figure 1. Z. fischeri leaflets.

Figure 2. Female cone of Z. fischeri .

Figure 3. Nice plant of Z. fischeri .

Contributed by:	Mike Gray (Figure 2)
	Colin Wilson (Figure 1&3)

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