You are amazing, thank you! My coworkers and I spent the better part of the last two days trying to figure this out. My boss will be happy to hear we'll be resuming our normal workload again, haha.

It will be interesting to see if you can progressively(over years) expose more and more of the base(caudex?). That might make an interesting feature.

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Agreed! I'm looking forward to seeing how it grows. :)

Although, now that we've identified it, I'm wondering...is this 4 different trees? I know you are supposed to start with more than one seed for a bonsai, but it's a little late in the game for 4 plants in one pot, isn't it?

I'm not a bonsai expert (I don't have a bonsai, but I've been searching for awhile now!) but it does look like four different trees. I'd wait for someone else to reply before doing anything to it though. (Though, this image looks like it would be multiple trees too... Maybe it's just the way the plant grows?)

Such a beautiful plant, congratulations on your find!! Absolutely adore the shape of the leaves, and the stems - it kinda looks like a cross between Dr. Seuss and real life haha.

Hi

Would agree with Zamia often called a cardboard palm but it's actually a cycad . I'd leave all four together though you could divide them up would probably allow the caudex to develop better They are extensively used as a landscape plant in my area where they get 8/10 feet tall and of equal width .Obviously you won't want that so crowding should slow it down though in a pot I suspect they would grow slowly anyway . Good luck gary

He/they seem to be doing alright as is, so I've repotted, but I won't cause any further trauma by separation just yet.

Thanks for all the help everybody!