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Cycad Trivia Encephalartos ghellinckii (Drakensberg cycad) was named for Édouard de Ghellinck de Walle, the 19th- Century Ghent plant collector, horticulturist and amateur botanist who first cultivated it in Europe.  |
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Middelburg Cycad View Details E. middelburgensis Price: R 5,000.00 Plus 6cm sucker | 
Albany Cycad View Details E. latifrons Price: R 8,000.00 | 
Lillie Cycad View Details E. dyerianus Price: R 8,000.00 Plus 4 suckers totalling 19cm |
 This species is only found in the Wolkberg, near Penge in the Drakensberg in southeastern Limpopo Province, South Africa, occurring on grassland on shallow soils over dolomite ridges. Recorded from 1,100 to 1,500 m. It is an exceptionally rare blue-leaved African cycad close to extinction in the wild. Very desirable collector plant; blue leaves that twist & spiral upwards blue/green cones. Needs excellent drainage. One of the choicest blue cycads, but rarely available.
Leaves: They are 60-80cm long, twisted, recurve, and glaucous green. The leaflets are sharply pointed, 12-16cm long, 1.2-1.4cm broad and may have some teeth on the lower margins. The petiole is 9-14cm long with a... |
