Cycas debaoensis FINALLY sending new leaves up

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Cycas debaoensis FINALLY sending new leaves up

Post by lucky1 » Sat Aug 25, 2012 10:00 am

Man oh man, this took a long time this summer, probably from our cold spring.

This one's finally doing more:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/7857837404/" title="004 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8442/7857 ... 8b9464.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="004"></a>

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Post by Knnn » Fri Aug 31, 2012 4:47 pm

Nice work Barb!
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Post by lucky1 » Fri Aug 31, 2012 5:55 pm

Thanks Steve.

Seems to have slowed down in our recent heatwave.

Look at nature's artwork on the unfurling leaves...I'm always awed by this:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/7902883336/" title="002 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8037/7902 ... 0abd_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="002"></a>

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Post by Cameron_z6a_N.S. » Mon Sep 03, 2012 11:21 am

Nice shots, Barb. It is always quite a process to see a cycad's soft flushes turn into spiky fronds :lol:
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Post by lucky1 » Mon Sep 03, 2012 11:54 am

Thanks, Cameron.

The nice thing about C.debaoensis is that it NEVER becomes spiky, remaining soft and pliable.

Here's my fav internet pic of a mature one:

http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=Cycas+deb ... 0,s:0,i:73

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Post by TimMAz6 » Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:50 pm

that's a beauty Barb! If I lived in a zone 8/9 location I would be growing cycads all over the place!
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