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Zamia vazquezii


Little Chamal




Origin:  Mexico.
Family
Zamiaceae
Genus
Zamia
Species
vazquezii
Category
Perennials, Tropicals
USDA Hardiness Zone
9 - 11
Canadian Hardiness Zone
Requires cold season protection under glass.
RHS Hardiness Zone
H4 - H1c
Height
up to 1 m
Spread
Up to 2 m
Photographs
Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
General Description
A very attractive small cycad with an underground trunk.
Landscape
Can be used as a small shrub or a large groundcover, and it does well as an indoor plant.
Cultivation
Grow in shade or full sun, but looks best when grown in some shade; needs a neutral, well drained sandy soil.
Growth
Slow
Habitat
Found in wet lowlands, semi-evergreen forests to pine-oak forests in deep shade.
Bark/Stem Description
Subterranean, tuberous, up to 10 cm in diameter, continuous with a variously carrot-shaped root.
Leaf Description
Comes in two forms, one with green leaves and the other with bronze leaves up to 1 m long. Leaf has 15-30 pairs of papery thin, wide leaflets with very small indentations or teeth on the leaflets.
Fruit Description
Male cones: tan, ovoid to ovoid-cylindrical, 5-7 (8) cm long. Female cones: tan to brown, cylindrical to ovoid-cylindrical, 10-15 cm long. Seeds: orange-red to red, 1.3-1.8 cm long, and 0.5-0.8 cm wide.
Texture Description
All parts of the plant are poisonous to animals and humans.
Notable Specimens
Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales, Florida, United States of America.
Propagation
Easily propagated from seed.
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