To see larger size plants of this species, please click on the following link: Larger Plants of this Species Click on the image to see a more mature specimen of this plant growing in Mexico. This is a beautiful and very hardy Dioon. It is distinguished by its strongly keeled (V-shaped) leaves. In its native habitat, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, it grows in high desert locations, at elevations from 6,500--10,500 feet in elevation, according to Loran Whitelock in The Cycads. Note in the photo here, a multi-trunked young plant D. califanoi in my garden (see my index finger in the bottom left-hand side for a sense of size). Dioon califanoi will grow to 10 ft. in trunk height, with an 8-12 inch diameter. Its strongly V-shaped leaves are blue-green to glaucous gray. It can handle full sun, and some of the more extreme temperatures for a cycad, ranging from frost to extreme heat. |
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