Zamia fairchildiana


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Plant Characteristics
Lifespan: perennial
Origin: Costa Rica, W Panama
Cultivation
Exposure: shade
Scientific Names

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This cycad is an attractive plant, growing on an upright trunk. Whorls of 3 to 10 leaves. Thin, papery-green leaves are erect. The leaf stalk is covered in pricks. Cream to yellow cones on the males, yellowy-green to lighter brown on the females.


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References

  • Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381

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