Welcome to Africa Cycads
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 |
Lillie Cycad View Details E. dyerianus Price: R 8,000.00 Plus 4 suckers totalling 19cm |
Albany Cycad View Details E. latifrons Price: R 8,000.00 |
Encephalartos paucidentatus, also known as the Barberton Cycad, is endemic to the mountains near Barberton in Mpumalanga Province, and near Piggs Peak in the northwestern part of Swaziland, South Africa. This species occurs sparsely on steep, often rocky, slopes in low forest and mountain bush. Plants grow mainly between trees alongside streams in deep gorges.
Growing in regions that are heavily forested with steep rocky slopes and in semi shade, those found on rock cliffs have slender stems while those found growing in semi shaded area have thicker stems which can reach up to 6m in length and 40 to 70cm in diameter. The climate is hot in summer and cold in winter.... |