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Zamia fairchildiana
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{{PalmSpeciesHeader}} __NOTOC__ <div class="row"> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> [[File:Zamia_fairchildiana.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''Z. fairchildiana'' in habitat, Osa peninsula, Costa Rica.]] </div> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> ===Distribution & Habitat:=== Found mainly in south-eastern Costa Rica but with some populations occurring to Cuna Yala in eastern Panama. It is found at elevations from 50 to 1500m, but the largest populations occur on slopes of varying soil types ranging from clay to rocky in primary and secondary rainforest at elevations from 400 to 900m. ===Description:=== A very attractive plant, up to 2m tall, with a stem up to 15cm in diameter. It has up to 10 leaves, to 2.5m long, each with a densely prickled petiole, and up to 30 pairs of oblong, pointed glossy green leaflets, up to 40cm long, and 4cm wide. ===General:=== Very closely related to ''[[Zamia pseudomonticola]]'' ===Culture:=== Warm, shady, and moist conditions are best. Very good in pots. </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> [[File:Zamia_fairchildiana01.jpg|frame|Figure 2. ''Z. fairchildiana'']] </div> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> [[File:Zamia_fairchildiana04.jpg|frame|Figure 3. ''Z. fairchildiana'' male cones.]] </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> [[File:Zamia_fairchildiana02.jpg|frame|Figure 4. ''Z. fairchildiana'' female cones.]] </div> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> [[File:Zamia_fairchildiana03.jpg|frame|Figure 5. ''Z. fairchildiana'' female cones.]] </div> </div> <div class="row" style="text-align:center;"> [[File:Zamia_fairchildiana06.jpg|frame|Figure 6. ''Z. fairchildiana'' in habitat, Puntarenas State, Costa Rica.]] </div> ===Contributed by: === Michael Calonje, (Figure 1,3,4&5)<br/> Mike Gray (Figure 2) ===External Links:=== [https://www.cycadlist.org/taxon.php?Taxon_ID=465 World List], [https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/full/42163/0 IUCN], [https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Zamia+fairchildiana JSTOR], [https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Zamia+fairchildiana Trebrown] </p> [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Zamia+fairchildiana%22&num=10&sa=Google+Search Google], [https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Zamia+fairchildiana%22&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages], [https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Zamia+fairchildiana Flickr], <p> [[Category:Zamia|fairchildiana]] [[Category:Cycad|Zamia_fairchildiana]]
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