Lot 7, 10:00 AM
Encephalartos lehmannii
3.5 Inch Caudex Size
Opening Bid: $95
Buy It Now Price: $245

This silver leafed plant handles a wide range of cold, heat and sun. Also known as the Karoo cycad, this 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. This clumping, medium-sized plant grows to 6 ft. tall, with leaves up to 5 ft. long. The Karoo Cycad 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.