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DoomsDave
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It’s kinda buried under the Hummingbird Hibiscus but the bush went decidedly deciduous and there it is! Any idea about the species?

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    No idea at all Dave but thar she blows!

    23 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

    It’s kinda buried under the Hummingbird Hibiscus but the bush went decidedly deciduous and there it is! Any idea about the species?

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    Dave,  I would suggest removing some of the debris above and around the cycad, not only for better photos but for it's ability to grow.   The other requests are photos of the caudex if it isn't subterranean ( a clue in and of itself), photos of the entire leaves,  the rachis near the caudex and the whole enchilada photo.

    33.0782 North -117.305 West  at 72 feet elevation

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    @DoomsDave it looks like there are three different Encephalartos there, at least two different species.  If I'm interpreting the first photo correctly, the below leaves below are mostly thornless, heavily grooved with a swept forward tip.  To me that makes it likely in the "Manikensis-ish" area in Tanzania / Kenya.  There are a bunch of them with somewhat similar looks, off the top of my head I was thinking Bubalinus, Pterogonus or Turneri.  There's a Natalensis type with swept tips, smooth leaflets but I'm not sure if it has those grooves.

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    The one with the cone could be Altensteinii, but it seems like the lower leaflets turn to spikes.  It's hard to see on the photo, but lower spikes would rule out Altensteinii.  So I'm not sure I've got a guess on that one.

    The one with the leaf crossing below looks like one of the "big green" types like Hildebrandtii.  The "pitchfork tips" are typical of Hildebrandtii:

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