CONSERVATION STATUS:
- Critically endangered.
CULTIVATION:
- Light shade to full sun.
- Regular watering with good drainage.
- Frost sensitive but can sustain light frost.
PROPAGATION:
- Readily propagated from seed and suckers.
- Big plants can sometimes be difficult to transplant successfully.
NATURAL HABITAT:
- Mpumalanga Province in the Barberton district across the border into Swaziland.
- Plants mainly grow between trees and deep gorges or steep rocky slopes.
STEM:
- Erect, aerial stem that can attain a length of 6 meters with a diameter of 40 cm – 70 cm.
- Apex is covered with cataphylls with a dense layer of brown wool.
LEAVES:
- Leaves are dark glossy green on the upper side with a lighter duller green on the lower side.
- Leaves are straight, rigid and sometimes can slightly recurve.
- Leaflets don’t shield one another.
- Leaflet margins can be entire or 1 – 3 teeth can occur on both margins.
- Leaflets have prominent longitudinal ridges on the lower side.
