Welcome to Africa Cycads
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Cycad Trivia Cycads are considered as a status symbol all over the world. Older plants fetch thousands of rands and can substantially increase the value of your garden over time.  |
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New Cycad Arrivals: | ||
Modjadji Cycad View Details E. transvenosus Price: R 7,000.00 nmd | 
Lillie Cycad View Details E. dyerianus Price: R 18,000.00 nmd | 
Karoo Cycad View Details E. lehmannii Price: R 4,000.00 Potted |
 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... |
