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Cardboard Palm (Zamia furfuracea) |
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The Cardboard Palm belongs to the Cycad family (Cycad is Greek for ‘palm’, as most Cycads bear resemblance to palms). It is native to the warm sandy coastal plains of Mexico. It’s a very distinctive cycad with thick, felty leaves up to 1.2m long that emerge from the middle of the plant, forming a rosette. When grown in bright light, the rosette becomes a 1m high clump of tightly overlapping that can (although slowly) grow to 1.8m in diameter. The leaves are slightly fuzzy and feel a bit like cardboard when rubbed. Foliage emerges from a thick fleshy trunk that serves as water storage in drought. Male and female cones form on separate plants. Even very young plants produce these interesting cones. When ripe, the female cone breaks and reveals a mass of bright red seeds of about 2.5cm. The Cardboard Palm is a common landscape item all over the world, also very popular and easy to grow as an indoor plant. This cycad is salt resistant and can be used in coastal areas. Common names: Cardboard Palm, Zamia Palm Supplied as: small plants, 5-15cm tall Thank you for visiting National Tropical Plants online nursery – Australia’s Cardboard Palm plant nursery, garden nursery & mail order nursery for garden plants & tropical plants. We’ll help you plant your own paradise! |
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Gardenwizz (Thursday, 25 August 2011) Rating: 
These beauties are surreal. Touching the leaves of the cardboard palm between my fingers and looking at the cones is almost like being in a science fiction movie with a plant from Mars. A remarkable and special species, indeed. Great product, thank you.
Gardenwizz (Friday, 08 July 2011) Rating:
These beauties are surreal. Touching the leaves of the cardboard palm between my fingers and looking at the cones is almost like being in a science fiction movie with a plant from Mars. A remarkable and special species, indeed. Great product, thank you.rn
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