Availability |
Although the species had been described for the first time more than 170 years ago and has been offered by some speciality nurseries for decades as an aroid curiosity, it was made available to a significantly wider public only about five years ago (around 1996) by dutch nurseries (see below). It is still quite rare in flower shops (more abundant in gardening discount stores), and a bit expensive (probably due to the fact that it's growing quite slowly). Here in Austria, a (nearly) mature plant presently costs some 15-25 US$/€ (~200-400 ATS) in retail trade (younger plants sometimes only around 10 $), compared to about 40-50 $ that were charged for the first Zz specimens that I have seen in 1997.
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read about the first description on the species page |
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Where to buy |
www.tropiflora.com Initially, I've planned to make a larger list of nurseries, but I've found that there's so many, that I think it's easier if you just try searching the web (e.g. for "Zamioculcas +[your place or country]"), or check some gardening discount stores in your area. |
read about cultivation and propagation |
publication: July 9, 2001 |
open navigation frame | last update: July 13, 2002 |