Italian palm

[zunayir1]

aoa....do anyone knows how many times the italian palm grow new leaves ina year....

[Muhammad Imran Khan]

the name italian palm given by most nursery men is actually cycas thouarsii . you have asked about growth so three or four growth cycles can be expected a year under optimal conditions.

[AhmadIrfan]

I've got one of these palms planted more than 15 fifteen years ago, it only grows new leaves twice a year here in lahore.

[Muhammad Imran Khan]

THANKS AHMED for providing practical information on this topic.

[AhmadIrfan]

I am trying to grow this palm from seed, last year the female plant matured, which as an offset I had taken 8 years ago and it produced 18 seeds none of the seeds germinated, i tried the Same method to germinate them as i do for the sago palms.
If anyone has any info as how to germinate seeds for this palm do let me know since the palm is producing more seeds now and I don't them to go to waste

[Izhar]

Can you post a picture of the seeds?? did you pollinate it ??

[zunayir1]

aoa everyone
post your plant pictures so that we can have a better idea of the italian palm.the palm to which im calling italian palm is actually cycas rumphii...i am posting its picture from the internet...i have the same but its young....i want to buy a big one but want to know weather it grows only once a year like sago palm or more then that...i am from islamabad....

[AhmadIrfan]

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[AhmadIrfan]

The first picture is a male palm, stood my gate keeper on the side for reference, the main shoot of this palm divided into 5 shoots about 6 years ago. The second picture is a female this was an offset taken from the male plant,it took many years to mature.The third picture shows the seeds that are developing takes upto 6-8 months for the seed to be ripe.

[zunayir1]

MashAllah very nice. Do you sale any of the plants at a reasonable rate? If you have any of them in the pot.i