Welcome to Africa Cycads
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Cycad Trivia Male plants produce egg-shaped cones that are usually yellow to brown in colour. Female plants develop ovules and seeds on leafy structures called sporophylls.  |
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Natal Giant Cycad View Details E. natalensis Price: R 33,500.00 nmd | 
Natal Giant Cycad View Details E. natalensis Price: R 26,000.00 nmd | 
Gorongo Cycad View Details E. manikensis Price: R 16,500.00 nmd |
 Encephalartos cupidus is a species of cycad that is found in the Limpopo Province, South Africa at elevations of 700 up to 1,500m. It is a very attractive, desirable, frost-hardy, dwarf, multi-stemmed cycad with its usually subterranean stem and blue green leaves, suitable for temperate to tropical areas. E. cupidus survives very well in deep soil, full sunlight and is drought-tolerant.
It has a subterranean stem which grows up to about 150 mm long and 150 mm in diameter. E. cupidus normally produces many suckers of 10–15 per stem. Leaves are rigid, 0.5–1.0 m long, blue green and curved downwards near the apex. Median leaflets are about 100–150 mm long... |
