Cycas elephantipes

Cycas elephantipes
[ Cycadales ] [ Thailand ]

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.

	Plant diam 4cm : Out of Stock

	Habitat zone 12 = Winter minimum temperature above 10C (above 50F) Rocky Hillsides Dry tropical forests More Details ... Dioecious ( When staminate and pistillate flowers are borne on different plants ) Solitary ( single-stemmed ) Pinnate Leaves ( Feather-like ) Drought-Tolerant

Cultivation
Substrate	Temperature during winter	Lighting	Watering during automn-winter	Watering during hot season	Fertilizer during growth	Pruning	Repotting
2 gravel + 1 soil + 1 humus	Indoor during winter temperature min. from 11 to 16C	Sunny	From time to time ( with a regular spray especially on the leaves )	Regularly but without excess, and especialy during summer	Regularly but with spacing	No pruning	Repot from time to time

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