KEEP EM COMING JODY!!!!!!!!!
Thanks I enjoy them!!

Yes, please, Jody.
Like this Canadian will be adding any in habitat pics. 😆 😆 😆

How stunning...no wonder people think they're palms when they see a habitat pic of D.mejiae and D.transvenosus.
They're as tall as timber trees 😯
Would you guess their ages at several hundred years?

And that Z. dressleri takes my breath away...now that's eye candy.

Good idea about the new posting

Hard to believe anything can survive on those limestone cliffs in Mexico.
Some pictures even show them growing on a vertical face.
The Panama rainforest looks otherworldly.

Barb

Would you guess their ages at several hundred years?

Based on data taken from plants growing in dooryard gardens in Honduras, that large Dioon mejiae plant is estimated to be 1,200 years old... which means it was a seedling during the fall of the Roman Empire!! These were the largest plants of this species that I observed in more than 20 populations, and there were at least a dozen plants of that size in that particular population. It was truly a religious experience being the presence of those ancient entities. But even seeing coonties growing in habitat in Florida is exciting.

Jody

Jody,

which means it was a seedling during the fall of the Roman Empire!!

the sheer magnitude of that statement!
I hope the Mexican and South African governments have a program in place to protect these sites.

Both pics indicate the ancient trees are in a gorge/gully that provided shelter from wildfires, storms, etc.
Perhaps similar to the Blue Mountains habitat that isolated Wollemia nobilis?

What those ancient trees have "seen" !!! Thank you for this.
Barb

Great pics Jody. Is that photo of the Dioon sp. Cycad taken in the mountains south east of Mazatlan Mexico?Looks to growing at a high elevation. Great shot of the mountains and valley below with the Cycad.

John