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Encephalartos lanatus

A slow, small cycad with silvery blue-green woolly leaves up to about 1 m long, from rocky grassland slopes around 1,500 m in Mpumalanga and Gauteng. It faces hot, wet summers and dry winters with regular frost, so it wants full sun, summer water and a cool, dry winter; established plants resent being moved.

Encephalartos lanatus
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry
Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Steep rocky slopes in grassland in the Wilge and Olifants River catchments, exposed to fire and frost.

Around 1,500 m; the measured sites are at 1,230–1,680 m.

South Africa (Mpumalanga)South Africa (Gauteng)

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✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
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✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.