Conservation Status:
Endangered
Distribution & Habitat:
Lowland rainforest of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Description:
A truly spectacular plant, the most immediately noticable thing about
them is their unnaturely large leaflets, up to 50cm long,
and 15cm wide, corrugated, and a lovely glossy green.
The leaves can be up 2m long,
on a trunk which can grow to 2m high.
General:
A very much sought after plant by collectors for obvious reasons.
Culture:
An understory rainforest plant, so it likes warmth, humidity and shade.
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Figure 1. Z. skinneri
in habitat.
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Figure 2. Z. skinneri
in habitat, with new leaves.
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Figure 3. Z. skinneri
female cone.
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Figure 4. Z. skinneri
female cone.
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Figure 5. Z. skinneri
male cone.
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Figure 6. Z. skinneri
leaf detail.
Figure 7. Z. skinneri
pale new leaves.
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Figure 8. Z. skinneri
leaf in habitat.
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Figure 9. Z. skinneri
by William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865)
from Curtis's Botanical Magazine vol. 87, 1861.
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