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Cycad Trivia
Encephalartos nubimontanus, the Blue Cycad, (Latin: “nubis”, black, and “montanus”, mountain) used to occur in the Drakensberg. It was originally known from 66 plants, but only 8 were counted in a 2001 survey and none could be found in a 2004 survey, despite very careful searching. Cycad Trivia
   

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Kaapsehoop Cycad
Kaapsehoop Cycad
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E. laevifolius

Price: R 18,500.00
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Lillie Cycad
Lillie Cycad
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E. dyerianus

Price: R 8,000.00
Plus 4 suckers totalling 19cm
Karoo Cycad
Karoo Cycad
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E. lehmannii

Price: R 4,500.00
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E. middelburgensis
Middelburg Cycad
E. middelburgensisEncephalartos middelburgensis, also known as the Middelburg Cycad, is confined to the Witbank and Middelburg districts in the upper catchment areas of the Olifants River, which include the Wilge and Klein Olifants Rivers, in the provinces of Gauteng and Mpumalanga of South Africa. It is a blue-leaved cycad covered with persistent powdery bloom. It thrives in full sunlight and is frost-hardy. It is distinguished within the group of blue-leaved species of northern South Africa by its long, straight leaves with terminal part curving very slightly upwards, with entire leaflets and reddish brown cones with fine brown hairs. E. middelburgensis is a large cycad, with an...

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