Editing Cycas ophiolitica (section)

===Description:===
It is a medium sized species having a stout caudex with a
pronounced swollen base. Mature fronds are arching,
especially in low specimens and are generally quite dense.
The pinnae are attached to the rachis V-shaped but flattened
out at a later stage. The apex is deep rusty brown and
tomentose. Sporophylls are many toothed at the apex with 3 to
5 ovules per megasporophyll. Seed is light brown at maturity.
An interesting observation is that the ascending centre
fronds are initially sky blue and become powder blue when
hardened.

Most caudices are charcoal grey, covered with dead leaf
bases in diamond patterns. Offsets, severed from the parent
plant, are extremely slow in forming new fronds. These
''Cycas'' all have a distinct blue colouration to both the
fronds (including the rachis) and fruit. The fine, paired
pinnae are very stiff with pointed apices and remain upright
along the rachis throughout their lifetime. While the
majority of large plants only had a trunk to 1.5m, two
specimens were measured with 3m trunks. Both were in the same
colony, which is the largest of any colony observed to date.