Botanic Gardens, Sydney.The male cone is strictly terminal on the stem, though eventually withering and pushed aside by a new shoot that arises close beside it.
Botanic Gardens, Sydney. This is the seed cone on the female plant, before it unfolds. As the seeds develop, the growing point of the plant continues upward through the centre of the cone and the green seedbearing scales (sporophylls) are pushed aside and downward, forming a 'skirt', with the whole group no longer resembling a cone.
Cycas revolutaAustralia.native to southern Japan including the Ryukyu Islands. It is one of several species used for the production of sago, as well as an ornamental plant.
Cycas revoluta Cycadaceae family.Amazing decorative 'ground' palm. The Sago Palm is a very popular landscape item and is the most common cycad used in landscape today. But most people dont realize that it is not a palm at all. Rather this plant is a Cycad, a totally different type of plant. www.junglemusic.net/cycadadvice/cycads-sago-palm.htmNative to Asia (Japan)