Cycads   Encephalartos lehmannii in habitat

E. lehmannii in habitat, about 30-40 km north of Uitenhage, eastern Cape. There are lots of white mealy bugs on one of them (Figure 1) (it was just that one that was infected but I was surprised that the bugs were there in the plant habitat).

Figure 1. E. lehmannii with mealy bugs.

Figure 2. Avery nice specimen of E. lehmannii .

Figure 3. An E. lehmannii where its just the upper leaves that are blue-gray and the lower leaves are more green.

Figure 4. E. lehmannii

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Jan Andersson

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