Back in the greenhouse

Post #747 — http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-01-11 — was “Not everything in the greenhouse is ‘pretty’!” It was a different sort of shot and so is this one of the same species of plant. This is a new “frond” or branch (and I’m sure there’s a technically-correct name I’m not using) for the plant
“Zamia furfuracea” (family Zamiaceae). Because it apparently has a growth habit that is sufficiently similar to that of palm trees (family Arecaceae), it has several common names with “palm,” notably “Cardboard palm.”

At PhytoImages
Zamia furfuracea page: http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Zamia_furfuracea&rank=binomial

This image: http://phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/paraman1/r/Zamiaceae_Zamia_furfuracea_77460.html

Some of these plants have been commercially exploited in the U.S. and appear on the USDA’s threatened and endangered list for Florida — http://plants.usda.gov/java/threat?statelist=states&stateSelect=US12

Photo taken at the SIUC PLB Greenhouse, http://www.plantbiology.siu.edu/facilities/plant-biology-facilities/greenhouse/index.php

One year ago (“8-frame day…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-10-24
Two years ago (“New lake. New views.”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-10-24

[Vicki Dixon]

it is full of pattern...and that is just what attracts the eye!

[Rick Schies]

Very cool look to this