At about 235 years old this is probably the oldest "pot plant" in the world, still alive. It has a crazy name though, can you come up with it?

Puzzling. This was always likely to be something in Kew Gardens, the home of most of the species collected for wealthy British patrons and scientific bodies at that time. A little digging ( ) suggests a cycad called Encephalartos altensteinii as the one. Trouble is it hasn't got a funny common name (unless you find 'bread palm' amusing) . Could it be its relative the sago palm that you are looking for?
Say go!

Excellent reply Fred, you even have my source. I purchased two Sago Palms this afternoon.It turn out to be a trivia after researching it on the net.

"Encephalartos altensteinii" is the name I was looking for. Thanx.

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Originally posted by mozart56:
I purchased two Sago Palms this afternoon

Please don't make the sago from them. It was the bane of childhood in England in the 1950s . It and tapioca both turned up with distressing regularity in school meals of the post-war period. Goodness knows what the nutritional benefit was supposed to be. (Post-war school diet was supposed to be complete in itself)