A ferocious cycad – Encephalartos ferox

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Encephalartos ferox
Encephalartos ferox
Encepharlots ferox
In the tropics
Rosa x hibernica and the Palm House
Giant Bamboo

Not for the average conservatory, Encephalartos ferox, almost a living fossil and apparently a ferocious one too (ferox). And Orange, or reddish-orange, these cones. Altogether striking, enjoying the heat and high humidity of the Palm House at Kew.

http://www.kew.org/plants/cycads/pollination.html

Published by The Teddington Gardener

Martin Ogden - gardener and photographer, rose-whisperer and garden wanderer. Loving all things horticultural and learning every day. On the cusp of new adventures in Dorset...

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