Doh! Another winter casualty discovered yesterday. The centre of one of our cycads pulled out and the inside was all mushy. Cleaned all the mush out and left it pointing towards the sun to dry off. Will it regrow? I'm sure I've read on here that you can cut the caudex up to save plants or generate n...

... been asking me for more detail about how I wrapped and protected my two revolutas, so here goes.... The hard winter of 2009 caught me unprepared, ... all my plants to this level, but for me, I have two very special Cycas revolutas and they are completely worth the effort. When they were ...

I am on the Cycad list, found it quite accidently last year after joining this forum, So, a petition about: The suggestion to prohibit the trade in specimens of Encephalartos species, listed as critically endangered with a stem ...

My Cycad revoluta has yellow leaves, shall i cut off to the stem?

Francis, how is your cycas circinalis doing ? Mine has sat with leaves tied loosely together in the greenhouse all winter, from what I can see it looks pretty much as it did when I put it away. I know yours was a nicer plant and if ...

Been asked by a few people recently how well I wrap my Revoluta... Well here are a couple of shots, as pictures speak louder than words... http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/1084/p2080004g.jpg http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/8590/p2080007.jpg Good ...

:cry: hi there worried about my cycad after this winter i never covered it but its in a sheltered spot, all the leaves on it went yellow so i went and cut them off, but i wanted to go check on how its doing so i felt the bottom- solid, middle- ...

I got a Cycas revoluta last year, and planted it out, it's not huge but its not hopelessly small like my last one. The cold had ...

Have had this tiny little cycad pup for a couple of years and was in the throws of giving it to Squirrell when we both decided it was a little unique ..so i kept it

Would anyone like to hazard a guess as to why it maybe a little unusual

Johannesburg - The cycad, which is the world's oldest living seed plant and has outlived the dinosaurs, faces extinction if people continue to wrench the plants from their wild habitats and plant them in gardens. This is according ...

See pic attached, My cycas new fronds were not a big as the previous one when taken outdoor this year, the larger one were when it was indoors.

With frost now started in west midlands, can this plant be kept indoors in a garage now, it has a window for light source?

Hello.

I have a small revoluta I bought in 08 from Ikea. It's planted out and put out 5 fronds in 09. This year it put out one stunted frond in June. In August it started to put one more; it got to about 2 cm then stopped....then dried and died. What could this mean? Is it doomed??

... them at $60 for a 1 inch caudex and $120 for 2 inch caudex which puts mine in the $120 bracket. They've also hybridised it with a faster growing cycas which could be interesting. The attraction with this plant is it's potential hardiness to -8C. It was advertised as being capable of growing 2ft ...

... but not in the best condition. For the price I thought it was worth a go. Firstly, can anyone ID the palm i brought? It cost me a fiver. The cycad was a pound and looks dead. Can it be saved? Whats the best way to proceed? cut of the leaves? Ash

Hi what are the chance of a cycad surviving outside? i have seen some peoples living outside but i dont want to pay alot and for the frost to kill it and also if any one has the phoenix robellini living outside, as i bought one last year ...