Cycads
Zamia neurophyllidia
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Distribution & Habitat:
Low-lying Panamanian rainforest.
Description:
Very attractive small cycad to about 0.5m tall, and leaves to about 1.0m long.
The leaflets have a hard, almost plastic like feel, and are dark greeen, corrugated,
and finely toothed.
General:
Very similar to a small version of
Z. skinneri
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Culture:
Warm, sheltered, and moist. Doesn't like wet feet at all.
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Figure 1. Z. neurophyllidia
leaf detail. Note the leaf corrugations.
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Figure 2. Z. neurophyllidia
Figure 3. Z. neurophyllidia
Figure 4. Z. neurophyllidia
Figure 5. Z. neurophyllidia
male cones.
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Figure 6. Z. neurophyllidia
female cones.
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Figure 7. Z. neurophyllidia
male cones.
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