According to Uncle Derek, there are a lot of forms of N. zonata. I got mine from Michael's and it doesn't look like some of the pictures I've seen either. I'd have to see a picture of yours before I'd venture a guess as to whether it's zonata or not.

Here is bucket of pups that I cleaned up from my forgotten cluster.

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WL, that looks more like Marnier-Lapostolle than zonata to me, but it's hard to say for sure. I've seen pictures of forms of zonata that had some gloss but mine is more dull in texture.

The one on the left is zonata, on the right is M-L. The M-L was growing in a semi-shady spot, otherwise it would have more brownish coloration.

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Many do not know what zonata looks like , I have even seen a constant seller here on ebay list it as a cruenta .. she ignores all corrections insisting it is a form of cruenta .
It was once suggested to me [by one of the most knowledgeable of all Australian growers ] that pascoaliana was really zonata ! Its a shane what people gossip about , and maybe she had the grace to change her mind ...

Thanks for the help, but in the end I decided to trash the M-L looking plants and give the Zonata marked one a short trial.

Winterlager, try to mount your zonata where it gets plenty of sun and you can see the plants with the sun lighting it from behind, and you will not be sorry that you did not trash it! And do not feed it.

Japie
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Thanks for the pictures. I'll mount it on the south side of my Coccothrinax miraguama. It will get lots of sun and no fertilizer.

Japie, that's gorgeous!

One more for my wishlist...

Sander

Japie, your zonata is still better looking than mine. I got in the mounting mood and I decided that zonata looked best from below or from the side, so I gave it about 6 more feet of elevation and I think it will look good here. I'll have to get a morning shot when it is in full sun as it's on the east side of the veitchia.

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