Question about Sago Palms?

I just read a question someone wrote about a male Sago Palm.


I didn't know there was a difference in Sago's. Males vs. females.


How do you know which is which?

Question about Sago Palms?
By the shape of the reproductive structure. The male sago has a distinctive cone (ok, blatently phallic) shapped bloom. The female's is more spherical shaped.





See the picture at:





http://www.rhapisgardens.com/sagos/sagos...
Reply:The males have a flower spike full of pollen that will die and become brown wheras the females have a large mass of soft whitish orange fluff with stiff edges where the seeds are grown in the top of the plant. The seeds are large and can be sold for about a buck each to growers ( more for certain varieties)and take as long as 4 years to germinate under ideal greenhouse conditions