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The pup of my cycas revoluta is also 'breaking'

bernieh

By Bernieh


The pup of my cycas revoluta is also 'breaking'  (Cycas revoluta)

The pup of my second cycas is showing a flush of new growth as well.



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These are lovely

1 Nov, 2009

 

Like these.....

1 Nov, 2009

 

Thanks Morgana and Clarice - I have two of the parent Cycas revoluta and they are both now having babies (pups). This particular cycas' pup is suddenly taking off.

1 Nov, 2009

 

May be that dust storm done it some good then

1 Nov, 2009

 

You might be onto something there Morgana!

1 Nov, 2009

 

Well like rain the leaves take in moisture, so may be the dust feed some nutrients into it.

1 Nov, 2009

 

Fabulous. How tall is the plant Bernieh ?

6 Nov, 2009

 

Sue - from ground level to the top of the 'break' is around 3 metres.

9 Nov, 2009

 

Wow ! :~))

9 Nov, 2009

 

Bernieh:

Don't you just love when they first push their
new fronds out? That's when they are nice and
soft...then they come hard and spiny like a
porcupine...and get you! LOL! As you can tell
I've been bitten/poked by cycads a lot in my
life. : > )

13 Nov, 2009

 

Lol ... know that feeling well. The other cycas is right next to the steps leading up from the courtyard to the driveway - where we walk in and out every day - and trying to keep it trimmed and away from the steps is a nightmare!

13 Nov, 2009

 

Bernieh:

Yes, that's a common practice with cycads -- placing
them outside doors and walkways when they're small,
cute and innocent. lol. Then the fronds grow from
2 - 8 feet / 61cm - 2.2 meter long in a few years...
and then the fronds need to be cut in half...which is
such a shame.

13 Nov, 2009

 

It definitely spoils the look of the fronds - the one above luckily is in a garden bed and allowed to grow freely whereas the other little beauty looks rather stunted and not half as attractive.

13 Nov, 2009



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