Cycas revoluta - Female Sago Palm with seeds

My goodness....those seeds look huge..........

Milky:

Yes, the seeds grow pretty large...they resemble a
large acorn.

Jeeze!!!! My sago is teeny-tiny, and it's great to see the sago this big. Just massive!! It must be really old, more than 100 years perhaps?

No, this sago palm is probably around 30 years old.

This one is probably around 70 years old, though.

http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/185773-cycas-revoluta-sago-palm/member/Delonix1

Here's more sago palm pics:

http://www.growsonyou.com/Delonix1/photos/sago

Thanks for the links!

Sago is a very slow glowing thing. Hope I can live long enough to see my baby sago get that big!

Yes, sago palm can be slow growing. It only puts out 2 or 3 flushes of new growth a year...very rarely it'll put out 4.

Delonix1
I do have 5 sago palm in my front yard for 11 yrs already, but I have never (know they have seeds) see them got any seed like the seed on this one before, I wonder why? Maybe is because my sago palm aren't female?
Since I first bought them they kind of small, but they are doing very well & fast grower, they grew so big & having a lot of babies that I can even believe my eye.

Steven143:

Yes, you have to have male and female plant to get seed production. I know there's a lot of very large sago palms in San Jose. If you go through some of the older neighborhoods like Willow Glen, Cambrian Park and downtown San Jose you'll see many.

Delonix1
How can I tell the differents between a male & a female sago palm? Thank you.
Yes I do see a lot of bigger sago palm then my in Cambrian Park, Downtown, & other different neighborhood , but I haven't been to Willow Glen yet.

You can actually go on internet and research male and female sago palms. You'll see the difference in the cones.

Here's some info. from wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycas_revoluta

Delonix1
Thank you for a helpful link. Now I know which one of my sago palm is female or male.

You're very welcome! :>)