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Encephalartos inopinus

Encephalartos inopinus is amongst South Africa’s growing number of endangered cycads. A highly distinctive species, E. inopinus has a spreading crown of silvery blue-green ... More

Encephalartos inopinus was originally discovered in 1955 in Lydenburg, South Africa where a sucker was obtained from the mother plant, and then taken to Johannesburg for cultivation. In 1964, after the second collection was made, Dr R.A. Dyer, a former director of the Botanical Research Institute, described this magnificent and remarkable cycad species. More