ID Help: Encephalartos natalensis or altensteinii?
Greetings, I wanted to see if anyone could help me identify my Encephalartos cycad species. I have attached photos. Is anyone able to determine whether it is E. natalensis or E. altensteinii? I have researched on countless websites now reading characteristics of both but have not really made progress. Further, photos online are highly variable and have not been very informative. Often, the traits of my specimen seem to be a mix of traits from both species. The nursery worker I purchased it from said it is either E. natalensis or E. altensteinii, so I have been focusing my search there. Does anyone have any insight? I was thinking that the fronds/leaves are perhaps slightly too juvenile to tell between the two species? Any help would be very appreciated. Thanks for your time!









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