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Cycad Trivia The Eastern Cape Giant Cycad (encephalartos altensteinii), is a palm-like cycad that is endemic to South Africa. The species name “altensteinii” commemorates Altenstein, a 19th-century German chancellor and patron of science.  |
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Eastern Cape Giant Cycad View Details E. altensteinii Price: R 3,500.00 nmd | 
Suurberg Cycad View Details E. longifolius Price: R 9,500.00 nmd | 
Karoo Cycad View Details E. lehmannii Price: R 8,500.00 Potted |
 Encephalartos ngoyanus, the Ngoye dwarf cycad, is a cycad growing to 1 m in height. The species has two discrete distribution areas, one in KwaZulu-Natal, the other in Swaziland and southern Mozambique. The habitat is grassland, often among rocks and forest margins, particularly the Ngoye forest for which the species has been named. Rainfall in this region is high, from 750 mm to 1000 mm per annum.
Veld fires stimulate coning in the plants, but too frequent fires have brought threat to the species, as does illegal plant collecting. E. ngoyanus is rare and considered vulnerable in its habitat in the twenty first century. This species has a comparatively slow... |
