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Cycad Trivia Several populations of what were previously regarded as E. lebomboensis (Lebombo Cycad) are now regarded as E. senticosus (Jozini Cycad), including most of those found on the Lebombo Mountains.  |
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Natal Giant Cycad View Details E. natalensis Price: R 20,000.00 nmd | 
Natal Giant Cycad View Details E. natalensis Price: R 22,500.00 Double stem (35 X 80) | 
Gorongo Cycad View Details E. manikensis Price: R 16,500.00 nmd |
 Encephalartos middelburgensis, also known as the Middelburg Cycad, is confined to the Witbank and Middelburg districts in the upper catchment areas of the Olifants River, which include the Wilge and Klein Olifants Rivers, in the provinces of Gauteng and Mpumalanga of South Africa. It is a blue-leaved cycad covered with persistent powdery bloom. It thrives in full sunlight and is frost-hardy. It is distinguished within the group of blue-leaved species of northern South Africa by its long, straight leaves with terminal part curving very slightly upwards, with entire leaflets and reddish brown cones with fine brown hairs.
E. middelburgensis is a large cycad, with an... |
