My sego palm has a yellow pine cone thing in the middle, what is it and how do you get rid of it?

Question

I only have 1 palm.

Answer 1

.......Male Sago Palm/cone\flower...........

http://web.fccj.org/~dbyres/cycas/malecycas.jpg
......Female Sago Palm/egg\flower...............
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/galveston/images/IMG-3578%20female%20sago.GIF

Sago Palm is actually a Cycad. Cycads are a very old group of plants that are closer to conifers than to palms. They go back at least 200 million years, which is older than the dinosaurs.

You'll probably want to read this...........

Your palm is sexually mature if you had a female in bloom/mature you could propogate.
This plant is similar to the holly plant it takes both a male and a female.
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/galveston/sago%20palm.htm

Answer 2

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My sego palm has a yellow pine cone thing in the middle, what is it and how do you get rid of it?

Answer 3

In late spring, a mature male Sago produces a golden cone, shaped like a giant pine cone which may grow over 2' tall. A female produces a huge golden flower which slowly opens when it is fertile, then closes, and begins to produce viable seed if pollination from a male sago was successful.

Answer 4

It sounds like you have a male specimen of the Sago Palm. It produces this as a part of its reproductive cycle. You can leave it alone or cut it off but it is doing no harm to your palm.

Answer 5

the little seeds inside them are, they are called pine nuts. very good in pesto and good sprinkled on vanilla ice cream.