Posts Tagged ‘Cycas’

A shop for Cycas and Cycad plants in Europe. Some good reasons to choose Canarius.

Friday, January 7th, 2011
  1. All our plants are at least 2,5 years old. We ship no seeds, no 1- or 2-leaf seedlings, no bare-root plants. Our cycads are solidly rooted in the pot. Many of them have coralloid roots.
  2. We sprout our seeds. We don’t import and re-sell cycads. Our plants have no stress from a past importation from a remote county with a different climate.
  3. We use no greenhouse, except for seed sprouting. Our cycads are robust plants grown outdoors, with mere summer shading. They have shorter, stiffer leaves with better caudexes.
  4. We are not in a tropical climate. The Canary Islands have a mediterranean climate with a bit warmer temperatures. Plants will stop in winter. They grow in the right way thanks to this rest.
  5. Our plants are all LEGAL. Protected species, such as Ceratozamia and Lepidozamia have been started from seeds with official CITES papers.
  6. We offer the largest selection in Europe of Cycas. You can buy them in the Cycad Shop at www.canarius.com

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Cycas tansachana seedlings grow a thick base

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

Cycas tansachana is one of the largest cycads, native to limestone mountains in Thailand, about 100 Km North of Bangkok. It has a clean yellowish trunk and large leaves with long stiff leaflets. It can reach up to 7 m, with many branches and large base up to 1 m wide. It is attractive as a young plant because of the swollen base.  Cycas tansachana is suited to pot colture.

Thick stems in  young Cycas tansachana

Thick stems in young Cycas tansachana

This picture shows a picture of Cycas tansachana taken in March 2010. These are two year old plants, growing in the nursery for www.canarius.com . They are already showing an large, thick base.

You can buy plants of this species and many more in our Cycad Shop at Canarius.

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Time Lapse Video of Cycas debaoensis, a bipinnate cycad from China.

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

This video shows one of the most beautiful leaves of the world unfolding gracefully. A tiny shoot grows into a very complex leaf.

Cycas debaoensis is one of the many species of cycas from China that have bipinnate leaves. The cycad shop at www.canarius.com has the best selection in Europe of bipinnate cycads.

Some bipinnate cycads, with leaves similar to the ones shown above.

  • Cycas bifida
  • Cycas debaoensis
  • Cycas longipetiolula
  • Cycas multifrondis
  • Cycas multipinnata

Visit our shop and buy plants in pots, up to five years old.

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Two time-lapse videos of Cycas revoluta producing new cones and new leaves

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

A male plant producing a cone. Bees visit and collect pollen.

Development of new fronds growing on Cycas revoluta

Cycas revoluta is the most widely cultivated of all cycads.

This is the taxonomy:

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Division: Cycadophyta
  • Class: Cycadopsida
  • Order: Cycadales
  • Family: Cycadaceae
  • Genus: Cycas
  • Species: C. revoluta

In the shop at Canarius.com you will find many species of Cycas and Cycads in general.

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