Encephalartos hildebrandtii Plants

Encephalartos hildebrandtii, also known as the Mombasa Cycad, is a large plant with glossy dark green stiff leaves. It grows up to 20 ft. in trunk height, one foot in diameter, with occasional suckers, and. Encephalartos hildebrandtii leaves grow to 10 feet in length, with slightly keeled leaflets having more than 3 teeth on each margin and a 2-3 spines on the tip.

Encephalartos hildebrandtii is native to Kenya and Tanzania, and grows in sandy plains and rocky hill tops.. The new leaves emerge as a very attractive orange to olive green. This is an easily grown plant, happy in either full sun or shade, and adaptable to extremes of moisture.