Solo Menage-a-trois

Our three way hybrid cycad, C. x menageatroisensis (Cycas panzhihuaensis x (revoluta x taitungensis) appears to be in full “flower” this week, months after we tried, but failed to impregnate it. Despite being unproductive reproductively, it’s quite fascinating as a garden feature. Cycads came about back in the day before flowering was invented, so they actually produce cones, like a pine tree. Despite the leaves frying at 11F, the female strobilis remains undamaged. Our clone picture below is a female.

Cycas x menageatroisensis

3 thoughts on “Solo Menage-a-trois

  1. Wow, what a great photo! Are there features here that
    tell us this is a female, and not a male, strobilus? Of course, the females are easy to recognize after they form seeds. And I have seen male cycad cones, but only after they have dried up. TY.

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