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.
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.
The male “flower” looks like a giant pine cone, and is full of pollen.
Thank you , I’m going to look for that here in Florida where we have plenty of cycads .