This cycad is native to Taitung County, Taiwan (from which the name of the plant is derived). It grows on rocky shale slopes, along with ...Read Moreother drought-tolerant plants, in exposed sites.
The native habitat for Cycas taitungensis is protected in the Taitung Cycad Nature Reserve, where several hundred mature plants grow.
These plants actually do very well in full sun. Often confused with Cycas revoluta (Sago 'Palm'), these are larger and faster growing re...Read Morelatives. They can be differentiated from C revolutas by their flatter leaves (C revoluta has keeled leaves).
Cycads, are also known as 'living fossils' due to the fact that they have not changed much in over 100 million years. Cycas taitungensis ...Read More(Prince Sago) is one of the cold hardier cycads, being able to withstand some frost. These are non-flowering plants, but they produce upright cones which can be male or female.
This cycad is native to Taitung County, Taiwan (from which the name of the plant is derived). It grows on rocky shale slopes, along with ...Read More
These plants actually do very well in full sun. Often confused with Cycas revoluta (Sago 'Palm'), these are larger and faster growing re...Read More
Cycads, are also known as 'living fossils' due to the fact that they have not changed much in over 100 million years. Cycas taitungensis ...Read More