Palms and Cycads: Cycad Seedling trouble, 1 by Mvule

Mvule wrote:
I have Cycad seeds that I germinated. They grew their first and second set of leaves fine. The largest sprouted a third leaf in the dry season that before it matured shriveled. I attributed this to the dry air as it was well watered at the time.

Now the rains have started the same plant sprouted another replacement leaf. To my surprise it has also shriveled before maturing (see photo). There has been lots of rain and humidity this time. The neigbouring seedling produced a leaf with no problem (see the healthy leaf in the photo).

As I have only three seedling I dont want to loose it.

Any idea why this should happen and what I can do to help stop this?

Thanks