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Cycad Trivia Encephalartos cupidus (Blyde River Cycad) is a species of cycad that is found in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. The specific epithet cupidus is derived from the Latin, and means desirable or highly attractive.  |
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Waterberg Cycad View Details E. eugene-maraisii Price: R 25,000.00 Potted | 
Middelburg Cycad View Details E. middelburgensis Price: R 15,000.00 Potted | 
Suurberg Cycad View Details E. longifolius Price: R 9,500.00 nmd |
 Encephalartos gratus is a robust medium-large cycad that grows in the Mulanje mountains of Malawi and Mozambique. This species occurs on steep to precipitous slopes in gorges near streams, frequently in rock-crevices with no apparent soil. Usually subject to intense insolation, it nevertheless survives occasional brief submersion in heavy floods in areas with abundant rainfall (1000-1750 mm per year, mainly summery precipitation). Specimens are sometimes met with in savanna forest and less often in dense forest with rich soil. The temperatures regularly reach 35 to 38° C. In savanna the plants are usually defoliated by the annual grass-fires, but survive. Female plants... |
