PalmsNorth.com – Cold Hardy Palm Forum

I found that with one of my DIoon Edule (first one to flush this year) that with them too, if you cut old flushes off, it will force another flush. I ...

That looks like either caterpillar or grasshopper (not likely) damage. Bt should work on the former; the latter you can kill by hand if you can see th...

There was a cluster of about 3 Revolutas that had Male cones, only about 200'-300' away. I picked some seeds that were from the last time that still h...

Jody, while I was in Florida, the neighbors had a BIG Revoluta that had a female cone. She is REALLY old lady that wanted to help me out. WHen will th...

Despite their obvious benefit to cycads, are they considered pests once they've completed their pollination? They do not cause any problem at all to t...

Is the Key to Dioon Identification Poster still available? I really need to order one Yep. You can even buy it online:And here is the page for the Ce...

Maybe Jody would know how many color variations there are with emergent leaves on these? Steve, there are a number of regional forms of D. edule, and...

Jody, With the potted Dioon edule, very nice! What kind of potting mix works well with one that size? Do you have it on a fertilizer schedule? Hey St...

Is the ferox every bit as stiff as horridus? It looks somewhat softer but that may be the green versus blue color. Oh, yeah! They are just as stiff a...

Speaking of D. edule, my largest plant just started flushing this week. Here are the early photos of the flush.26 June (first noticed it):27 June:29 J...

And here is another D. spinulosum that just started flushing a week or so ago.26 June:27 June:29 June:Jody

Here are the next two installments in the E. ferox leaf flush saga:27 June:29 June (I counted 11 leaves so far):29 June (closeup of leaf bases):Jody

Thanks Jody!Having visited Dioon edule in habitat, would you know the highest soil temperatures these Cycads are exposed to?The ones I have in contain...

Jody, That is the first time I have seen a flush progression on a larger specimen, Thank You for posting them 8) Steve You are very welcome, Steve. ...