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Cycas elephantipes
Elephant Foot Sago

A medium-sized cycad from dry woodland on a sandstone massif in northern Thailand with a fairly slender trunk that has a massively swollen base (like an Elephant's foot) and grey-green leaves. This species has only recently been described and is seriously endangered in its natural habitat.

 
 

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Seeds from this species ...

...easy to germinate and need up to 6 months to sprout.
Yes, seeds are germinating very slowly, but on the other hand they need no special condition for germination. A had about 20 seeds, first roots appear after 1 month, but most of them between 2-4 month. I had total 16 beatufull seedling, but the rest 4 seeds did not germinate even after 8 month after sowing. At the beginning this species makes trouble, but plants are already trobule free and they have quite big growing rates.
Submitted on 22/04/2005 by one of our visitors

...easy to germinate and need up to 6 months to sprout.
I only hyad one seed of this from another supplier, I soaked for 3 days then put in a bag of steralised mix of mainly perlite and multipurpose.The seed germinated after a few months kept in the airing cupboard just moist.Slow to get growing.
Submitted on 03/07/2004 by one of our visitors

...easy to germinate and need up to 6 months to sprout.
Slow germinator, after several months the seed shell appears to split this split runs a little then the radicle emerges from within.Just needs patience. Sown in steralised baggies of perlite and multi purpose compost in a baggie in airing cupboard just moist
Submitted on 26/03/2004 by one of our visitors

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Ratings and comments reflect individual experiences and the views of our visitors. They do not necessarily describe the most appropriate methods, nor are they necessarily valid for all seeds or plants of this species. Germination and plant cultivation success depends on many different factors; nevertheless, these experiences will hopefully aid you in your effort to get the best germination results from our seeds and the best growth results from your plants.

 
       
 
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