A pleasant surprise for me a couple of weeks ago was to round the corner of the glasshouse and see a display of some of RHS Wisley's best cycad specimens.
Macrozamia spiralis:
M. johnsonii:
Hybrid of Cycas revoluta (f) and C. taitungensis (m):
And I really was over the moon to see, pride of place right in the centre of the display, my absolute favourite Encephalartos horridus:
Compared to some of the photos I've seen of them in the wild, this is quite a small specimen, but I don't care - I was just SO happy to be able to see it (and maybe perhaps touch a frond and feel just how "horridus" it really was...).
Really, there aren't many plants that say "Back off bitches" quite so effectively as this chap.
Macrozamia spiralis:
M. johnsonii:
Hybrid of Cycas revoluta (f) and C. taitungensis (m):
And I really was over the moon to see, pride of place right in the centre of the display, my absolute favourite Encephalartos horridus:
Compared to some of the photos I've seen of them in the wild, this is quite a small specimen, but I don't care - I was just SO happy to be able to see it (and maybe perhaps touch a frond and feel just how "horridus" it really was...).
Really, there aren't many plants that say "Back off bitches" quite so effectively as this chap.
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