i want more primitive and otherworldly plants. i need a cycad nothing is as distinct and ancient looking as a cycad. cycas sexseminifera is one of the smallest commercially availible species.

it would look really cool to have a little cycad about this size with a little trunk. without the truck cycads just look like palms. its the scaly squat trunk that makes them look good and ancient.
i could get seven cardboard cycads for $11.35 on ebay. but i could more easily pick one up from walmart.
i've always been interested in the north american native coontie zamia floridana. there is a seedling for sale on ebay for $3.75.

here is a very very nice coontie as a bonsai specimen. theres no telling how old this plant is but the trunk is beautifully scaled and the leaves are so numerous thickly packed on the stems. i love the anciest look of this plant it has so much character. i may have to get a cootie then.