PACSOA - Encephalartos middelburgensis

Cycads

Encephalartos middelburgensis

Habitat:
Sheltered, grassy slopes, between 1,000 and 1,400 m in altitude, in the Middleburg district of the Transvaal Province, South Africa. Hot and dry in summer, cold and very frosty in winter.
Description:
Large, clumping cycad to about 7m. New leaves have a silvery appearance due to very fine hairs covering them.
Culture:
Likes full sun, a very well drained position.

Figure 2. Male cones on E. middelburgensis
Figure 1. Female E. middelbergensis on the cycad hiking trail, Middelberg, Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Figure 3. E. middelburgensis in habitat, South Africa.

Reference: Cycads Of The World, David Jones.

Contributed by: Dr Andre J Cilliers (Figure 1)
Morn Ferreira (Figure 2)
Ken Hill (Figure 3 - from PALMS & CYCADS No. 40, July-Sept 1993).

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Reference:	Cycads Of The World, David Jones.

Contributed by:	Dr Andre J Cilliers (Figure 1)
	Morn Ferreira (Figure 2)
	Ken Hill (Figure 3 - from PALMS & CYCADS No. 40, July-Sept 1993).