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25.01.2022 Wet pollination of E.ferox
25.01.2022 Well! Blow me down! Rain in the land that rain forgot! Just finished planting 13 trees over 3 days, they are now safely in the ground in our tree holding area, they will be available for high end projects around the world once this worldwide Financial crisis and the virus passes us by.
25.01.2022 Massive Encephalartos ferox for sale.
24.01.2022 We are still working through process of potting up many of our hundreds of massive Rare and Unique Specimen Cycads. We sell these to high end landscape projects around the world.
24.01.2022 $500,000 in 6 months period no wonder is good to keep going with pandemic fearmore work and more money for him Pathetic.
23.01.2022 We use the best potting media available in Australia, we ship this from supplier in Mount Gambier in South Australia, across the Australian continent for over 3...,500km to our nursery in Katherine in the Northern Territory. We use this accredited media in all our stock as we can export our plants in this media around the world. Arryn Perner. #exportcycads #cycadinternational #projectplants #Rareplants See more
22.01.2022 La sociedad Colombiana de Cycadas conmemora el día internacional de la diversidad biológica celebrando las Zamias de Colombia, país con mas especies de este gén...ero en el mundo. #ConservacionDePlantas #GimnospermasDeColombia #ZamiasDeColombia #BiodiversidadAmenazada The Colombian Cycad Society conmmemorates the international day of the biologic diversity, celebrating the Colombian Zamia diversity, country with more species of this genera in the world. #PlantsConservation #ColombianGimnosperms #ColombianZamia #EndangeredBiodiversity
22.01.2022 Video of our Specialist Cycad Export Nursery in Katherine in the Northern Territory of Australia. Arryn Perner our son and nursery manager doing the heavy lifting. #cycadinternational #cycadnursery #projectplants #exportnursery
22.01.2022 Happy Holidays! Today we are going to discuss one of our showier cycads here at Montgomery Botanical Center Encephalartos ferox! This medium-sized cycad, with... an average trunk height of 4 feet, is native to southeastern Africa and does best in sandy soils. Depending on where it is planted Encephalartos ferox can have leaves between 4 and 6 feet in length. It generally does well in both full-sun and partial shade. If planted in full sun, then the cycad has a tendency to have shorter, pale-colored leaves, while if planted in shade, then the cycad has longer, darker green leaves (as shown here). For those of you who have worked with these plants, you are already aware of how hard they can be to handle due to their strong and sharp leaf edges. However, the attractive cones are the reason why Encephalartos ferox is used as an accent plant despite the hazards. The female cones are much wider than their pollen carrying male counterparts, normally being anywhere from 25 to 50 cm in girth while the males are closer to 10 cm, while both typically reach a length of 50 cm. The bright red-orange cones on both genders produce a sharp contrast against the dark green leaves, making it easy to understand why one would like to have one in their garden. Encephalartos ferox is a very festive plant for your holiday garden! #Plantoftheweek #plantsofmontgomerybotanicalcenter #cycads #plants #montgomerybotanicalcenter #encephalartosferox #PlantsofMBC #cones #brightcolors #sharpleaves #plantsofinstagram #coralgablesarts #holidaydecor @ Montgomery Botanical Center
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21.01.2022 Cycad International has 30 years old mature specimens available commercially ready for export around the world.
21.01.2022 We have had a few of very productive days in our nursery, potting up Cycads, installing new irrigation runs, controlling weeds, pruning Cycads and much more. Ar...ryn is doing the heavy lifting of the massive Cycads, he is removing them to potting area, potting them up and returning them to the shadehouses. #exportcycads #cycadinternational #exportnursery #projectplants #specimenplants #featureplants #exclusivecycads #cycadsale See more
20.01.2022 A quick walk around one of our nurseries, gives an idea as to our various sizes of Baobab trees, all this stock will be available for Export late in the year. W...e also have vast numbers of rare and unique Premium Advanced Cycads, we can legally export commercially in FCLs with no limit on sizes or numbers. All Exported with legal documents, can export in short time after orders ratified. See more
20.01.2022 Long overdue maintenance on these massive Encephalartos sclavoi and kisambo. They will be potted into 130 litre and 160 Litre containers. Arryn is doing a great job. #cycadinternational #projectplants #exportnursery #cycadexport #Baobabexport
18.01.2022 UGANDAN CYCAD TRIP 2006 Douglas Goode, Stephen Trollip, Lelanie Trollip . Our first trip to where we hoped to visit the habitats of E . whitelockii , E .septent...rionalis, and E . equatorialis. We would also try and get into the D.R.C. to see E. Bunia and E. ituriensis (dependent on rebel activity). The first habitat we would visit was E . equatorialis, the town of Jinja would be our staging point. After booking into the very modest Triangle Hotel, Douglas and I settled down with a drink while Lelanie went investigating the area. After a short while, she approached us with a small piece of paper where an advert for white water rafting on the White Nile was shown to Dougie and I- whereupon she enquired whether we would like to join her for a trip on the river. I asked Dougie whether he would like to do the rafting (the three of us had previously done a white water rafting trip on the Olifants river habitat of E inopinus and E. Dolomiticus), but the White Nile compared to the Olifants River was a different animal category 5 rapids compared to perhaps category 2 or 3 on the Olifants. Both of us replied negatively and with that Lelanie left, but twenty minutes later she was back with the same question Wouldnt you and Dougie like to join me please?" Again I asked Dougie whether he would join Lelanie as I had already decided that category 5 rapids were not for me, Dougie said again that he didnt think that he would be joining her. With our negative response Lelanie left us to enjoy our drinks, but my wife is a never-say-die kind of person and again she came and asked us: Are you sure you wouldnt like to join me?" All Dougie did was to shake his head and I then asked Lelanie My love, what part of 'piss off' don't you understand?" The next morning we took Lelanie to the departure point where they would practice before launching. At this section of the river, it was a maelstrom of insanity. The river was a mile wide and pumping. Just the practice area was a category 3 rapid, I asked Lelanie if she really wanted to do this and her reply was: "Of course I do!" One more time I tried to dissuade her from going: Please my love, think about me becoming a widower?" It was at this point Dougie said to me Leave her, she is on a high!" "Bye my love, see you later, wear your life jacket! And with that they were down the river 5 girls and an Aussie guide for the trip of a lifetime! Six hours later, exhausted but still alive we met them! The guide said to me that Lelanie was his bravest and most competent crew member- with that he gives me a bottle of locally produced WARAGI gin. Oh boy- did Lelanie and Dougie get pissed that night. A day to recover, find a guide who knew the area and a strong and reliable 4x4 vehicle, we found all three! Kasule, the guide, (who had been a child soldier in the Lord's Resistance Army,) was brilliant. He knew the area and he was a very good driver- also the Pajero was strong and reliable! (We would need all this later on the trip.) The following day we left for the big adventure. Dougie had been to the E. equatorialis habitat a few years previously with Sten Culverwell to photograph and document material for his book Cycads of Africa" Vol. 1. It was a very long and arduous journey with every road looking like all the roads we had crossed. After about another hour we were eventually in an area that Dougie recognized, the saying goes you are warm we were hot and suddenly behold in front of us the mother of all Inselbergs and in one corner bright green! After descending down towards the shores of Lake Victoria we arrived at the base of this huge rock, alighting from the Pajero the excitement was palpable. My first African Encephalartos, a huge colony of only male E. equatorialis and many of them with dehiscing cones. (Shedding pollen). Within minutes a group of locals had joined us- perplexed by all our excitement. I asked Kasule to explain who we were and what we were hoping to accomplish. It turned out to be a very friendly, helpful group of locals and within a short while we had a rapport with them. We were able to explain the benefits of looking after the colony of cycads. With Kasule's help, we showed them how to extract pollen from a cone and then the procedure of hand pollination. This will become apparent why this species might need some human intervention for the female cones to be successfully pollinated. After explaining to some of the more senior members of the group and showing them the book ("CYCADS OF AFRICA" Vol 1,) we understood that there was a small colony of plants about one kilometre down the road very close to Lake Victoria . We arrived at a homestead where a lady was preparing food for her family of ten children. This was the home of the senior man in the area. He grew a few different crops such as maize, cassava and certain vegetables, mostly to feed his family. He also had some chickens and goats on the property, this was a very resourceful man and what he showed us very close to his homestead was truly amazing! Growing in very good, arable soil, was this small group of cycads. We were able to successfully identify these plants as the female colony of E.equatorialis and a few female cones to boot. We asked for- and were given- one female cone with what appeared to be ripe seed. (I was able to germinate 12 seeds). A very emotional experience seeing these unbelievable plants in their natural environment. Five years later I saw a video of this same colony of female plants. They were totally decimated. It appears that the plants had been burned, destroying the entire colony . I was also told that the entire colony had been dug up and removed, eventually flown out of the country in a private jet belonging to someone from the U.A.E. I met a man from New Zealand at the cycad auction of Dr. Frans Wessels by the name of 'Glory.' I believe he is the person who brokered the deal for the removal of the E. equatorialis (this is also the person who bid R3,25 m for an E.woodii this plant was never paid for and was eventually bought by a cycad collector from Komatipoort). Indeed a sad ending for this species. One wonders if it would not have been better not to have educated the locals and just kept a low profile on these plants. I do believe that the locals realized that they had a commodity that was worth a lot of money. With the U.S $, any poor community in Africa will part with what collectors desire . DOUGLAS LESLEY GOODE (***Artist Extraordinaire***) What can i say about the man A LOT! I had vaguely heard about Douglas from various plant growers- but not being involved with growing cycads- rather palm trees. I did not own a cycad book, however all this changed in October 1995 when Iattended a palm symposium in Miami and met a Dr. Phil Bergman from San Diego. Without realizing it he lit a fire in me that is still burning fiercely after 25 years He inspired in me a passion to learn, grow and teach about cycads. The only way i would accomplish what i wanted to achieve was to find and meet the right people and Douglas Goode was one of those right people. Sometime in 1996 my son Patrick and I were in Durban and I thought that I would try to find and meet Douglas . I knew that he had worked at the Durban museum and after contacting the museum and being given a telephone no, I phoned Douglas and he very kindly agreed to meet me the following day. My son and I arrived at his Hillcrest home and were very warmly welcomed. A lot of cycad chatter ensued- and also his wife, Irene's, chocolate cake and tea. Douglas very kindly gave my son, Patrick, a few 2nd generation E. Woodii hybrid seedlings. Little did I realize that in ten years time Douglas would move to my Letsitele farm and stay for the next six years. Douglas often said, that the cycad art he produced in those six years were the best paintings he ever did. I think the quiet environment was very inspirational to him. He produced at least 100 cycad cartoons as well as many philosophical art works. Over and above all this, he painted many species in habitat. Douglas used watercolor. In 2005 Douglas took the plunge and moved 1000 kms north to the Limpopo province of SA, Irene had passed away in 2004 and the house was sold- furniture and all. All Douglas took with him was an easel, art paper, paints and a little bit of clothing- but what he did bring in large quantities was an enormous amount of talent, ability and a desire to produce some beautiful cycad paintings. We went on trips to various parts of South Africa where certain species still occurred. On one of these trips we went down the Olifants river (2003) to try and locate E. inopinus and E. Dolomiticus. Douglas had been to this habitat years before. What was apparent was that many plants had been removed. Thankfully there were some plants clinging to inaccessible rock ledges. It was on one of these trips to the Eastern Cape in 2002 where Douglas asked me to co author a book. The book would be titled CYCAD MADNESS. This book would be about all the crazy things that people/collectors had done to cycads. Douglas had written stories about incidents that had taken place during his sojourn with cycads- some weird and wonderful incidents that he recorded in writing and then the cartoon would follow depicting the incidents. My contribution would be writing my story and the incidents I had experienced and he would do the drawing. No story was written without a drawing to put humour into the incident.
17.01.2022 We Export our Salvage Harvested Australian Baobabs to landscape projects worldwide
15.01.2022 One of our Specialist Cycad nurseries. We export commercially around the world. We specialise in Premium Advanced Landscape Features. #LandscapePlants #trees
15.01.2022 One of our 2 Cycad specialist export nurseries. We supply to high end landscape projects worldwide. Please contact me for more information.
12.01.2022 I spotted this very small spider on one of our Baobab trees wrapping a meat ant with its web and sucking out its blood.
10.01.2022 Tedros Adhanom is a disgrace and to ever have been appointed to WHO, and his continued actions makes him also a criminal, whose only claim to fame is his abilit...y to piss people off all the while increasing his personal wealth. And the fact that the Hollywood elite are supporting him does not in any way make what he is doing and has done in the past justified!! He needs to be removed from his post before the WHO sinks totally into disrepute! See more
08.01.2022 The Boab tree in the centre of the development, see it designed into plans.
08.01.2022 Macrozamia communis native to Batemans bay area NSW. New flushes out for spring.
06.01.2022 Potting up Zamia pumila #zamia #zamiapumila #cycads #cycadinternational #matureplants
06.01.2022 Potting up our Exclusive Premium Advanced Specimen Cycads into 90 litre, 110 litre and 130 litre Mastelli Pots. Specimen Cycads of this age, size and quality are very rare to source anywhere around the world, they up to 30 years old.
06.01.2022 These Massive Salvage Harvested Australian Baobab trees ( Adansonia gregorii) we have 28 trees, 20 x trees now available. They are are doing great in our stock ...holding area in our registered Export Facility in our Nursery in Katherine in the Northern Territory of Australia. We have Baobab trees now ready to export around the world at short turnaround time, we can have these on the water to ship within a few weeks of ratification of orders from Port Darwin. See more
06.01.2022 We Export our Exclusive Cycads to High End landscape Projects around the world. Contact me for more information. www.cycadinternational.com.au
06.01.2022 Massive stock of Australian Baobab trees and Premium Advanced Cycads, ready for sale and export.
04.01.2022 These 3 massive Salvage Harvested Australian Baobab trees (Adansonia gregorii ) are ready now for export to landscape projects around the world. One tree in a 40ft o/t sea containers.
03.01.2022 In short....THIS is whats happening.
03.01.2022 Lifting a Salvage Harvested 10 ton Baobab tree from our holding area in our nursery, these trees are temporary planted, they are then removed when sold.
02.01.2022 https://youtu.be/ZUq0QPawEb0
01.01.2022 We have stood this massive diameter 5 ton Baobab tree in our tree holding area in our nursery, another one later today. These trees are ready for export.
