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Sago Palm is Not a Palm


Sago Palm is Not a Palm
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Copyright: Janice Dunn (Janice) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3315 W: 148 N: 6113] (18648)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-03-26
Categories: Trees
Camera: Canon EOS 300D, Canon EF-S 18-55
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/80 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-05-02 5:16
Viewed: 1269
Points: 16
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Cycas revoluta - "KING SAGO PALM TREE"

The Sago Palm is not a palm at all, but rather a Cycad. Cycads are a group of plants that are very primitive in their origins and are often referred to as “living fossils”. The scientific name for the Sago Palm is Cycas revoluta. CYCAS refers to the genus, the genus refers to a particular group of similar plants in the Cycad family and REVOLUTA further describes the exact species of the group CYCAS. The latter was given to this species because of the revolute (to curl back) nature of the leaflets; the edges roll under the leaflet.

Younger plants look like a rosette of leaves coming from a stem near the ground. Adult Sago Palms have erect, sturdy trunks that are typically about one to two feet in diameter, sometimes wider and can grow into very old specimens with twenty feet of trunk. The leaves are a dark olive green and about three to four feet long when the plants are of a reproductive age. Trunks can branch multiple times, thus producing multiple heads of leaves. The trunks are rough and retain the old leaf bases of previous leaves.

As with other cycads, the Sago Palm has either male or female cones (the reproductive part of a cycad).

www.junglemusic.net/cycadadvice/cycads-sago-palm.htm
"The Sago Palm, Cycas revoluta," by Phil Bergman
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  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1490 W: 72 N: 1427] (4744)
  • [2005-05-02 6:25]
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Hello Janice,

This is yet another beautiful photo. I really admire your plant-pictures. Colors are great and composition is perfect. I love diagonal lines and you have plenty of them in this photo. Sharp details and good POV. TFS!

Regards,
Pieter

Great shot Janice, I like the way you've shown the graceful form of these cycad leaves from this POV..Well done!

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2005-05-02 7:09]

Hello Janice,
Very nice composition.Lighting,DOF and framing are wonderful.TFS...:-)

Nice shot again Janice,
Very good compostion, great light and colours. Nice sharp details.
Thanks for posting

Hello Janice,
A beautiful photo.Very nice colors,lighting and great composition.Thanks for sharing.

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  • Esox Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 239 W: 20 N: 344] (972)
  • [2005-05-02 11:01]

Very graphic composition.
Great composition, with excellent sharpness.
Thanks for your work.

Nice shot, perfect diagonals.
Well done.
TFS.

I really like this shot, looks as though the leaves are covered in a fine ice. I really like the shadow effect as well caused by the leaves underneath.
A great image, thanks for posting Janice.

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