Dioon merolae Yellow/Gold Flowering Plants Alongside the leaf stalk is

Alongside the leaf stalk is a large pitcher-like spathe (usually green or purple-and-white striped) with a large hood that ends in a long dangling thread

fully double lavender flowers atop 4' tall stalks

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Because of its height and late season of flowering

Dioon merolae Yellow/Gold Flowering Plants Alongside the leaf stalk isThe endangered Mexican cycad Dioon merolae has been a nice surprise in our winter hardiness trials, surviving 7 degrees F so far. This was quite a surprise since it hails from the more southern provinces of Chiapas and Oaxaca where it can be found on steep sandstone cliffs near waterways in pine oak forests. Dioon merolae, named in 1981 after Italian botanist Aldo Merole, forms a slow growing solitary specimen with 3' long, stiff, upright, green