Encephalartos nubimontanus
Encephalartos nubimontanus is a blue-leaved tree cycad from Limpopo, South Africa, assessed as extinct in the wild and now kept only in collections. It comes from a summer-rainfall climate with a dry winter, and grows best in strong light, with a well-drained mix and a drier winter.
Where it grows wild
A trunked cycad to 2.5 m, sometimes multi-stemmed, from rocky slopes in Limpopo; the wild habitat is poorly documented because the plants were removed from it.
Elevation in the wild is not recorded; the one plausibly wild climate site is at about 1000 m.
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