 They respond well to applications of a general fertiliser, and favour full sun or partial shade.They are a recommended indoor plant, being tolerant of low light and temperature, slow growing and able to remain in a container indefinitely.The distribution of the zamia in the southwest has been correlated to sites of long term human habitation, close to lakes or springs, and freshwater points at granitic outcrops of the kwongan, although the intervention of other consumers, birds and mammals, complicates a postulate that inadvertent or intentional cultivation is the primary factor in seed dispersal.