Lepidozamia peroffskyana, commonly known as Scaly Zamia or Pineapple Cycad, is in the family Zamiaceae. It is naturally distributed in the wet sclerophyll forests of north-eastern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland, usually on protected slopes and gullies or rainforest margins and coastal forests on stabilised sand dunes and sand hills. It grows from sea level to about 1000m altitude and it tolerates summer temperatures of about 19 to 32°C and winter temperatures of about 6 to 22°C. Lepidozamia peroffskyana is one of the tallest cycads, growing to seven metres, with arching dark green glossy leaves that look like palm fronds. New leaves are soft, brown and hairy as they emerge but turn green and glossy and flatten out as the leaves harden.These guys can get pretty big but are quite slow growing, so if you're impatient this example is the one to go for as it's already several years old. All of the really slow going has been done for you! Ready to pop in the ground and become amazing.
