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Knnn
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Your average Florida "Coontie" Zamia floridana

My Cycad collecting has started to drift more into the Zamias, May not be as exotic as some other Genus's but I still find these fascinating.

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I have never grown one, but I have always thought they were very interesting plants. 8)
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Is that related to Cardboard palm?

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My brother bought a cardboard palm (cycad) for his dorm room a few weeks back. Of course now half of the guys in his hall have one, and now so do I since he bought me one as well. Your cycad sure looks like one of those...
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Dave,

This is the "Palatka Giant" variant, The tips of the leaves are serrated where I believe the Cardboard Palm's tips are rounded. ( If I could take better photo's, still learning)

Zamias are tough to ID, especially when smaller. Some of them will produce different size & shaped leaves just based on general culture.

I did get about 1K in Zamia Sp. seeds in this week. Once I get some get seedlings going I'll post it if anyone wants to try some.

-Steve
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