Sago Palm (Cycas revoluta)

htop
Nice Picture.
I have a Sago as well, but I don't recognize what the " fingers" are, also are those Easter Eggs inside of those "fingers"?

BTW Hi Neighbor :)

Narc/Vicki

Hi, Narc/Vicki! When I saw this photo posted with the title "Sago Palm", I thought if someone does not click on it or clicks on it and doesn't go to the description, he or she will think I have lost my mind (if they have never seen the seed "pod" before) 'cause it sure doesn't look like a sago palm. I have seen many sago palms and a few seed "pods", but I had never seen the seeds closeup. For some reason, I was like a kid finding a litter of puppies! It is an amazing sight in person. Leave it to fellow Texans to pull my leg! Thanks for your comments. I chuckled a lot! :o)

This message was edited Oct 25, 2003 7:20 PM

Well HOT DOG I'm glad I made you chuckle, I saw the green in the pic and new it was a sago, but dummy me didn't go to look at the description. I wonder if mine will do that, I have had it 4 years and just now a brand new set of leaves, (fronds) have come up.
I would be like you, what a discovery. I would throw a party for all to see this amazing plant and how it can multiply.

I have sooo much to learn! :)
Take Care
Vicki

Vicki, I do not know how old the plant has to be before it blooms and makes the seeds. Your sago is doing well if has put on new leaves. I bought some palm tree fertilizer for my brother to use on his small ones.

These were humungous sago palms. I would not have seen them, but I pulled off a main street after a long dump truck scraped my SUV along the back half of the passenger side of my car with its big old tire. I don't know how he accomplished that ... I was just minding my own business stopped at a red light.

I was darned upset 'cause I could not see the licemse plate number. I was in a left turn lane, had to turn and come back onto the street to try to chase him down. With all the traffic and stoplights, he escaped. Pretty bad when an SUV with 24 valves can't catch a dump truck! I stopped to calm down and look at the damage and spotted the sagos. This sight took my mind right off my damaged car.

I posted another photo of the "hands" pulled back from the seeds so you are better able to see them if you care to look at that one too. They really do look like Easter eggs in an Easter basket.

This message was edited Oct 25, 2003 7:49 PM

I went and checked out your newest pic, when you say you recovered them, does that mean you took a couple of them home? If you did I want to see the newest plant you will have in a few months ;)

Sorry to hear of your mishap with a dump truck, I'm sure it was all the SA traffic that slowed you down and not your suv.

My husband and I were going to come down there this weekend and check out Far West, but we bailed thinking it was gonna rain, we should have went, I have yet to see a drop of rain here or there.

One of my favorite places to go is El Mercado, all the neat stuff to see and buy.

I didn't know there was palm food, do you happen to have a name that I can look for? I usually use Miracle Grow.

No, I meant that I placed the "hands" back around the seeds so that they could finish ripening. I can see how you would think I meant that I took some with me. My husband is always telling me that I need to say what I mean and I tell him he just isn't listening. Guess he is right (for a change). There were a few dried seeds on the ground, but I don't know if they will grow. I took some of them. I plan to go back later and gather some seeds when they dry.

You should have come. It was a great day ... I watered my grass because there was nary a drop of rain here. You ought to visit the Botanical Gardens sometime. It has a lot of native plants. There are different enclosures that feature orchids, ferns and other tropical plants. Late spring and early summer is the best time to visit.

I left the palm food at my brother's house. When I pick it up, I'll post the brand for you. Happy Daylight Savings Day tomorrow.

Morning Htop,
I'm really curious about that name? Chilly here this morning and a bit rainy, the horses seem to love this cool weather, they were playing hard this morning when I went out to feed.
I saw the new picture you posted of the "easter eggs" how big/small are they?

I didn't know SA had a Botanical Garden, that would be fun to cruise around in.

Happy Day Light Savings Day to you as well.

Narc/Vicki

Narc/Vicki,
My Great Pyrenees dog went totally beserk as the cold front cooled us down. Bet your horses were rambunctious today. I love to see them when they run and playfully jump around. No rain yet here so I am still watering my grass. His winter coat is already very thick so he likes this cool weather. The seeds are about 1.25 to 1.5 inches across or close to the size of a large walnut, but they are more oblong and flatter.

The Botanical Garden is a great place to visit. I will not have as much time to work in the yard after I arrive home from my job now. But things are slacking up anyway. I'll probably only have to mow, edge and weed whack one more time.

Talk to ya later ...

I am sorry I did not post this sooner. My brother couldn't find the fertilizer I bought him. He left it outside the apartment building he owns and thinks someone took it. It took me this long to find it again. The palm food is Carl Pool Palm Food (12-4-12) made in Gladewater, Texas. It contains extra magnesium and manganese that palms need and a 3 types of nitrogen sources (some available for immediate use by the plant and some for long term use). But, any palm fertilizer or just fertilizer with this combination or the one below with the trace elements will do. The University of Florida recommendation is a 8-4-12 fertilizer (I could not find this combination) with 3-4% of both magnesium and manganese. Sagos may die without enough magnesium and manganese. To be 100% sure, they recommend that you buy both magnesium and manganese as separate supplements (in separate bags) to apply when you apply regular palm fertilizer. The usual fertilizing regimen is at least 4 times a year from Spring through October, but the University of Florida recommends 6 times a year is better for palms.