Welcome to Africa Cycads
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Cycad Trivia Cycads are a source of food for many animals. Larvae of certain butterflies and ants eat secretion from the leaves, cattle feed on the leaves, while fruit bats eat the seeds.  |
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New Cycad Arrivals: | ||
Kaapsehoop Cycad View Details E. laevifolius Price: R 18,500.00 Potted | 
Middelburg Cycad View Details E. middelburgensis Price: R 15,000.00 Potted | 
Natal Giant Cycad View Details E. natalensis Price: R 11,500.00 nmd |
 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.... |
