another shot with a coning female Dioon spinulosum

here's a really old Encephalartos altensteinii... about 12' of trunk or more.

Here's something you don't' see every day... a mature Encephalartos middleburgensis in full cone.

nice Encephalartos longifolius

another one you don't see every day... Encephalartos hirsutis (not sure if that's spelled right)

nice little Encephalartos latifrons for sale... sigh.

great pics! those are some great specimens. how much are they selling that Encephalartos latifrons for?

no idea... if you have to ask, you can't afford it is my guess

Eric

You can buy a small one .75" caudex for $750

And for only $1750 you won't have to mess with the tiny
.75" one because these whoppers are 1.75"

Here is some quick but bad math-10" caudex-as pictured
$17,500..they don't say anything about the height of the caudex
but if that is factored in,well-you don't want to know.

I wonder if you offered $10,000 for it if they would say-

no thanks

Definitely not interested in buying, just curious what they go for. 17,000 could be better spent elsewhere in my opinion lol. Besides i would be afraid of people digging it up and stealing it out of my yard.

I love the look of the large trunked cycads but I just don't have the climate or the patience for it. They remind me alot of taz. tree ferns..which I still don't have either..sigh.. nice pics where is this place?

Very nice photos. Love all those cycads. I may even try another in ground next spring. But you better believe I ain't paying over 20$ for it.

That Dioon spinulosum is amazing. I have small ones that don't have a trunk yet.

I got a deal on this one....only $180-LOL

It has grown 7 leaves in 2 years-could be considered an
investment as I am sure it will sell for big $$$ in a few more years-if needed but I will be to attached by then(-:

Eric

What could be better to spend 17,500 on?(-;

O.k. you could make your own greenhouse and fill
it for that amount but you would not have that Cycad-LOL

Amazing. First time I've ever seen such things.

It wont be long before Brad Pitt or a Rock star like Flea snaps up those cycads.

are Brad Pitt and Flea cycad collectors?

Pitt is big time. Flea had a Aloe,Pachypodium and cycads garden in a home that looked like a Castle. I think they recorded one album with Dave Navaro there...then Flea sold it.

Not far from me there's a specialist cycad nursery. They sell all over the world. Huge cycads are sent off in shipping containers. I couldn't imaging paying tens of thousands for a single plant. A lot go to places like the Gulf States where money is no object. I've bought plants over $100 but it took a lot of soul (and wallet) searching, and a determined "don't think about it, just do it!" I might have champagne tastes in plants, but I'm restricted by a beer income.

My guess- and all it is- is that Pitt's travels to dry,hot Africa with his wife Angelina,piqued his interest in Cycads. I hear he has one of the best collections in the country.

Ahhh,thanks Jim. I'm glad Pitt isn't one of those who are part of the pressure on wild plants.

I guess the landscaper thinks that a meat eater would switch to salad if it was a Cycad salad s:

Where is the garden on the pics?

Los Angeles, near a town called Eagle Rock

Huh,David Bowie has a cycad collection too. Cycad's appeal to Ziggy Stardust? I can see why.