As a group, all cycads are amazing plants. There are multiple reasons for the increasing popularity of cycads. First and foremost is that they are quite rare and different appearing. Some have unarmed, soft leaves. Others are quite armed and spiny. Some species are very erect with near 7 meter leaves while others have a low profile that is pendulous and floppy. There are even miniature species that are only about a foot tall. By the way i'm new here in steemit, please feel free to drop by my profile @asbonclz and see my posts, thanks and God bless!