The Chamalilo Cycad

Botanical Name : Zamia vazquezii

Yay, finally matched this find to its proper name, thanks to the kind, learned folks at palmtalk.org.

A native of Northern Mexico, it's has a common name Chamalilo (Small Chamal or Dwarf)
The recently transplanted cycad fills the space, its new home, beside the Bottle Palm.  It has small elongated , dark green leaves with small irregular edges. The leaves are paired symmetrically.

Actually, it looks very much like a fern!  Unlike the fern, this one bears cones and the crown of leaves arising from the head of the cycad, it's no mistaking it for the former.

I can probably understand why it is often confused with Zamia fischerii - its difference not discernible to the  untrained eyes i.e. longer leaves with serrated edges, more pairs of leaflets, often developing multiple stems when mature and minute prickles on petioles (need a magnifying glass!)

The  leaves have a papery feel though less thick than the Cardboard Palm.

newly transplanted

young leaves in bronze

stems from the cycad

 This plant will bear cones and the female cones when ripen exposes striking bright red seeds.