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Cycad Trivia Most cycad seeds are commonly attacked by the Curculionid weevil (Antliarhinus zamiae).  |
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Alexandria Cycad View Details E. arenarius Price: R 18,000.00 Potted | 
Natal Giant Cycad View Details E. natalensis Price: R 26,000.00 nmd | 
Alexandria Cycad View Details E. arenarius Price: R 12,500.00 Potted Female |
 Encephalartos middelburgensis, also known as the Middelburg Cycad, is confined to the Witbank and Middelburg districts in the upper catchment areas of the Olifants River, which include the Wilge and Klein Olifants Rivers, in the provinces of Gauteng and Mpumalanga of South Africa. It is a blue-leaved cycad covered with persistent powdery bloom. It thrives in full sunlight and is frost-hardy. It is distinguished within the group of blue-leaved species of northern South Africa by its long, straight leaves with terminal part curving very slightly upwards, with entire leaflets and reddish brown cones with fine brown hairs.
E. middelburgensis is a large cycad, with an... |
