Welcome to Africa Cycads
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Cycad Trivia Encephalartos relictus was discovered in 1971 by JJP du Preez on the eastern border of Swaziland near Mozambique. There was only one plant. Du Preez relocated the plant to his farm called Muti Muti, on the eastern slopes of the Lebombo Mountains. The plant has never again been seen in the wild, despite repeated searches of the area.  |
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New Cycad Arrivals: | ||
Natal Giant Cycad View Details E. natalensis Price: R 23,500.00 nmd | 
Natal Giant Cycad View Details E. natalensis Price: R 33,500.00 nmd | 
Kaapsehoop Cycad View Details E. laevifolius Price: R 18,500.00 Potted |
 Encephalartos inopinus (Latin: unexpected) or the Lydenburg cycad is an unusual, attractive African cycad (comparable to the Mexican companion Dioon or a Cuban Microcycas) that tolerates both sun and frost, making it a very desirable garden plant. It is threatened in the wild.
Plants are single or multistemmed (3-8 stems) and grow up to 2 m in height, sometimes up to 4 m in length for those with a procumbent (lying on the ground without rooting) growth habit. Plants have a distinctive bluish green foliage, covered with a silver powdery bloom. Male plants can produce up to five cones per crown, whereas the female plants produce between 1 and 3 cones per crown.... |
