A friend of mine told me that this was pretty unusual. She said it was a Cicada Palm maybe? Anyhow, i don't have a clue? HELP! It was growing on my new property in a sandy soil, full sun. I honestly thought it was a stump from a dead palm, and a weed. lol :-) http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w224/DarkForestReptiles/IMG_6442.jpg <a href="http://s177.photobucket.com/albums/w224/DarkForestReptiles/?action=view¤t=IMG_6442.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w224/DarkForestReptiles/IMG_6442.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
i just found another one that was buried under some leaves, it is the same only with green leaves! has the same type of stump growth with it.
got it. Ceratozamia kuesteriana apparently pretty uncommon, comes from a very small location in Mexico.
Contact Tom Broome at cycadjungl@aol.com for the difinitive answer. He's nearly 200 miles from you, but email works wonders. ;-) I suspect that it very well may be Ceratozamia kuesteriana, though there are a few other possibilities. Regardless, your friend was nearly right, as it is a cycad, which I'm guessing was where he got the 'cicada palm' from. Many cycad common names have 'palm' in them (e.g Sago palm, Zamia palm, Virgin palm, & c.), despite the fact that they are closer to pines than palms. You'll want to try to keep it from being soggy, though. If it was happy in the sand, that should key you in to some possibilities.
