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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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Natal Giant Cycad View Details E. natalensis Price: R 20,000.00 nmd | 
Alexandria Cycad View Details E. arenarius Price: R 12,500.00 Potted Female | 
Lillie Cycad View Details E. dyerianus Price: R 18,000.00 nmd |
 Encephalartos ghellinckii or Drakensberg cycad is endemic to South Africa. Strongly associated with the Natal Drakensberg, this 3m tall evergreen species is found from the foothills to fairly high altitudes, growing on stream banks, steep grassy slopes and sandstone outcrops. Its preferred habitat lying within grassveld, it has developed resistance to veldfires, and also the intense cold brought on by snow and frost.
Plants from the high-altitude areas are more robust and usually have a fire-scarred base. The low altitude plants, such as those near the Umkomaas River, are stunted or dwarf-like and may have up to five trunks, often blackened by grass fires, which are... |
