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
.
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Figure 1. Z. fischeri
leaflets.
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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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