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These are all seedlings, now. Please click your way over to the seedling section of this website. This is the famous Holly Leaf Cycad from South Africa and Mozamibque. Encephalartos ferox puts out a bright red cone at maturity. Its stem/caudex can grow to over three feet tall, and 10-12 inches diameter. Mature leaves can grow to 6 feet in length, and are a highly glossy, dark green. |
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Piet Retief Form These are all seedlings, now. Please click your way over to the seedling section of this website. You may visit http://cycadpalm.com/ enlese4.html for other E. lebomboensis seeds, or http://cycadpalm.com/specials.html |
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These are all seedlings, now. Please click your way over to the seedling section of this website. |
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These are all seedlings, now. Please click your way over to the seedling section of this website. |
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| E. trispinosus is one of the famous group of blue cycads from South Africa. This species was described initially as a variety of E. horridus in 1863 by the English botanist J.D. Hooker, but later raised to the rank of species by South African botanist R. Allen Dyer.
Encephalartos trispinosus is a highly variable plant. It is distinguished primarily from Encephalartos horridus by the entire lower leaflets and the yellowish cones. Its leaves also tend to be less intensely blue, although this character is variable within the species and with the age of the leaves. Leaflets of E. trispinosus are also relatively in line with the the plane of the leaf, while E. horridus leaflets are twisted out of the plane of the leaf. Encephalartos trispinosus grows in open rocky areas, or light forest, near the Bushmans River, and Fish River of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. A small-to-medium-sized cycad, growing to 3+ feet in trunk height, often clumping with up to 6 stems. Its blue-green, pointy, erect leaves are quite stunning in a garden setting. In the garden, it prefers a sunny location in very well drained soil. It is frost tolerant. |
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| Encephalartos villosus Seeds These are all seedlings, now. Please click your way over to the seedling section of this website. |
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These are all seedlings, now. Please click your way over to the seedling section of this website. E. horridus is the leading plant from the famous group of blue cycads from South Africa. Encephalartos horridus prefers full sun, in a very well drained soil. In habitat, it grows in open rocky areas, in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. A small-to-medium-sized cycad, it grows to 3 feet in trunk height, often forming a dense clump with multiple stems. Its hard, sharply pointed, blue-gray erect leaves are stunning in a garden setting. In the garden, it prefers a sunny location in very well drained soil. According to the Cycad Society of South Africa, E. horridus is very attractive amongst succulent plants, for example in a rockery, or may be used on its own as an accent plant or with low green shrubs to provide contrast. It is frost tolerant. Encephalartos horridus is distinguished from the similar E. trispinosus by its thorny lower leaflets and the brownish cones. Its leaves also tend to be more intensely blue. Also, E. horridus leaflets are twisted out of the plane of the leaf while E. trispinosus leaflets are relatively in line with the plane of the leaf. |
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These are all seedlings, now. Please click your way over to the seedling section of this website. E. lehmanii is the hardiest and most drought-resistant of the cycads of southern Africa. It is probably the bluest plant from the famous group of blue cycads from South Africa. Encephalartos lehmanii prefers full sun, in a very well drained soil. In habitat, it grows in sandstone slopes in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is frost tolerant. |
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WHAT IS CAUDEX SIZE?
You’ll notice we list and price cycads by caudex size. The caudex is a cycad’s woody, bulblike trunk, and caudex size is a good measure of cycad age. The chart below can give you a rough idea of how this translates to pot size.
| Approximate Caudex Size |
Container Size |
| Up to 1 Inch | 1-2 Gallon |
| 1 Inch to 3 Inch | 3-5 Gallon |
| 3 Inches to 7 Inches | 15 Gallon |
| 7 Inches and Up | 24 Inch Box |
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