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Cycad Trivia
When a plant is uprooted or parts of a plant are removed (cuttings / suckers) the intracellular energy production is disrupted. This causes the plant, cuttings or suckers, to wilt and if energy production is not restored, the plant cells and plant will eventually die. Cycad Trivia
   

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Natal Giant Cycad
Natal Giant Cycad
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E. natalensis

Price: R 33,500.00
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Natal Giant Cycad
Natal Giant Cycad
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E. natalensis

Price: R 20,000.00
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Alexandria Cycad
Alexandria Cycad
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E. arenarius

Price: R 12,500.00
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E. altensteinii
Eastern Cape Giant Cycad
E. altensteiniiEncephalartos altensteinii is a palm-like cycad that is endemic to South Africa. The species name altensteinii commemorates Altenstein, a 19th-century German chancellor and patron of science. It is commonly known as the Eastern Cape giant cycad, umphanga, umguza, isundu (Xhosa) or uJobane (Zulu). It is a very ornamental garden plant and probably the most common of all the cycads in cultivation. This species is long-lived, is easy to grow and in time develops into large specimens. This cycad grows up to seven meters tall and may be branched or unbranched. The leaves are straight or curved backwards and up to three meters in length. The leaflets are rigid and fairly...

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