Encephalartos middelburgensis Seedlings

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This rare blue cycad from South Africa, comes from the Northern Province (formerly Northern Transvaal). It has a very small habitat, on a farm in Doornkop, 15 miles north of the town of Middelburg. It is part of the group of blue-leaved Transvaal cycads.
You will note a beautiful mature specimen of this species in the picture above.
E. middelburgensis is distinguished within the group of blue-leaved Transvaal species by its long straight leaves with straight tips, entire leaflets, the lower 4-6 pairs of leaflets, a clear petiole 35 40 cm long, and green cones with a fine brown fuzz.