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Cycad Trivia Encephalartos senticosus (Jozini Cycad) is a quick-growing cycad, up to 4 m high and with a stem of about 300 mm in diameter.  |
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Stanger’s Cycad View Details S. eriopus Price: R c | 
Ngotshe Cycad View Details E. aemulans Price: R 17,227.00 ywyw | 
Eastern Cape Blue Cycad View Details E. horridus Price: R 4,500.00 Potted |
 Encephalartos cycadifolius is a species of cycad that is native to the Winterberg mountains to the north of Bedford in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa. It is found at elevations from 1,200 to 1,800 meters.
It is a slow-growing, single to multi-stemmed cycad, with a stem of 1.0-1.5 x up to 0.25 m. The leaves are dark olive, 0.6-1.0 m. The yellow-orange leaf stalk has a slight spiral twist. The leaflets have no thorns and are attached in a V-shaped formation. Male and female plants usually bear one or two yellow cones covered with grey hair, becoming brown with age. Male cones are 150-200 x 50-80 mm. Female cones are 200-300 x 160-180 mm.... |
