Welcome to Africa Cycads
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Cycad Trivia The price of a cycad plant depends on the age, size of the stem and species.  |
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New Cycad Arrivals: | ||
Natal Giant Cycad View Details E. natalensis Price: R 23,500.00 nmd | 
Karoo Cycad View Details E. lehmannii Price: R 5,500.00 Potted | 
Lillie Cycad View Details E. dyerianus Price: R 8,000.00 Plus 4 suckers totalling 19cm |
 Encephalartos nubimontanus(Latin: nubis, black, and montanus, mountain) used to occur in the Drakensberg in the Limpopo province, South Africa. Plants were found in low open deciduous woodland on cliff faces and in direct sunlight, along the mountain range to the north and east of Penge. Occurred at an altitude of 1,000 m.
It was originally known from 66 plants, only 8 were counted in a 2001 survey and none could be found in a 2004 survey despite very careful searching. The species is popular with collectors and there has been much poaching activity in the Limpopo Province of South Africa.
It is most similar to E. cupidus, differing in the... |
