By: Norberto Betita
Every year I always have to cut all the leaves of my Cycas revoluta (Sago Palm) bonsai to look like being newly dressed and beautiful. Generally new shoots emerge in two to three weeks and new leaves grow like curled hair and very tender until it finally stretched to its normal size and hardness the tip of which is like a sharp pin.
My bonsai specimens of Cycas Revoluta (a species of gymnosperm in the family of Cycadaceae) were originally planted from a clone of basal offsets removed from several mother palms. These basal offsets usually grow at ground level next to the main trunk or on the elevated trunk of the cycad. These had been in my collections more than 15 years ago and had been transferred from one pot to another. I found it to be a very resilient plant. It can live in a very limited soil and with infrequent watering. It grows more and strong leaves during very hot weather. Its roots are not easily downed during rainy season as did other of my bonsai trees.
Despite very limited soil and small and shallow pots, some of my cycads had already produced basal offsets which makes it even more interesting.
Below are raw pictures of some of my cycads.
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