Encephalartos Lebomboensis Varigated

Encephalartos Lebomboensis Varigated

$210.00

Size :3 cm

Lebombo Cycad

Encephalartos lebomboensis

ALSO KNOWN AS

Broodboom (Afr.)

FULL SUN
ADVANCED CARE
MODERATE WATERING
TENDER

13b

USDA ZONE

18°C

MINIMUM TEMPERATURE

EXPECTED SIZE

HEIGHT
SPREAD

2m

MAX

2m

1m

MIN

1m

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LEBOMBO CYCAD OVERVIEW

The Lebombo cycad is endemic to the Lebombo Mountains of northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. They are beautiful ornamental plants popular in temperate gardens. Mature plants can have 6 – 8 stems, each producing 1 – 3 cones. Female cones are yellow to orange-yellow, egg-shaped, 40 – 45 cm long and covered with fine grey-brown hairs. Seeds are scarlet-red. This is a common feature plant. ZA Distribution: Mpumalanga.

 

COMMON PROBLEMS WITH LEBOMBO CYCAD

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    PEST

    Soft Scale

HOW TO HARVEST LEBOMBO CYCAD

Harvest seed when mature and loose from the cone.

HOW TO PROPAGATE LEBOMBO CYCAD

Seed

Naked seeds grow on female plants and need pollen from male plants to be fertile. Sow fresh fertile seeds in sandy soil and keep warm and moist. Germination can take 1-3 months.

Suckers

Remove suckers when they have developed their own roots.

SPECIAL FEATURES OF LEBOMBO CYCAD

Pot plant

Attractive leaves

Indoor plant

Drought resistant

OTHER USES OF LEBOMBO CYCAD

Ornamental

Edible

The Afrikaans name ‘Broodboom’ came from the traditional use of the pith as bread – note that Cycads is toxic and it needs a 3month fermentation process to break down those toxins!