Encephalartos altensteinii - Prickly Cycad
By Delonix1
21 Dec, 2009
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A Prickly Cycad growing at the San Diego Zoo. Posted for my
GoY friend Rbtkew. Photo taken Oct. 28, 2008.
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Milky:
Thanks! Cycads usually need a lot of very hot sun.
: > )
21 Dec, 2009
this is one plant that I wish I had the climate to grow...or a really honking big solarium! oh well...if wishes were horses...!
28 Dec, 2009
Lori:
LOL! Yes, most cycads take up a lot of space...you also need that cushion of space so you don't get poked by the leaves which are very stiff and like needles.
28 Dec, 2009
Hahahah....psyched by a cyc....
4 Jan, 2010
LOL!
5 Jan, 2010
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What a lovely sunny sight Andy...its lovely.....
21 Dec, 2009