Ceratozamia euryphyllidia

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Figure 1. Fabulous leaf of C. euryphyllidia

Distribution:

Veracruz, Mexico.

Distribution & Habitat:

Wet, tropical rainforest.

Description:

A small cycad with a trunk to about 20cm tall, but with leaves up to 3.2m long, and leaflets to 30cm long, and 15cm wide.

General:

One of the most sought after cycads (rather obvious why), but very, very rare. Apparently only about 30 plants are known to exist in the wild.

Culture:

Warm, sheltered and moist.

Figure 2. C. euryphyllidia at Fairchild Botanic Gardens

Figure 3. C. euryphyllidia petioles

Figure 4. C. euryphyllidia

Contributed by:

Michael Calonje, Collectors Seeds (Figures 1&4)
Chuck Grieneisen (Figures 2&3)

External Links:

World List, IUCN, JSTOR, Trebrown

Google, GoogleImages, Flickr,