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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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Lillie Cycad
Lillie Cycad
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E. dyerianus

Price: R 15,000.00
Potted
Lillie Cycad
Lillie Cycad
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E. dyerianus

Price: R 8,000.00
Plus 4 suckers totalling 19cm
Alexandria Cycad
Alexandria Cycad
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E. arenarius

Price: R 18,000.00
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E. dyerianus
Lillie Cycad
E. dyerianusE. dyerianus, also known as the Lillie Cycad or Lowveld Cycad, grows in open shrubland and grassland on slopes of a single low granite hill in the Limpopo Province, at an altitude of 700 meters. The stem reaches 4 m in height to 60 cm in diameter. The leaves are long 140-170 cm, blue-matte silver colour, slightly inclined. The stem is straight and equipped with up to six pins. The leaves are 17-24 cm long and 13-18 mm wide. They are equipped with toothed edges and are inserted into the leaf forming angles of 45-80°. At the base of the leaf, the leaflets are reduced to thorns. The spine is normally straight and stiff, but can occur sometimes slightly...

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