A cycad tree of the ancient species Encephalartos...  ...cephalartos woodii was brought from Africa to the Kew Gardens in London in 1895. Since then, it has been cloned...  ...-in-the-world (Image credit: Andrew McRobb/RBG Kew ) Previously: Another species of cycad at Kew Gardens...

It took three months of planning, a crane, and nin...  ...ree called a cycad to a new pot. The operation at Kew Gardens in London was difficult and delicate because the...  ...ly 1770s from the Eastern Cape in South Africa by Kew 's first plant hunter, Frances Masson. It was o...  ...was one of 500 species ga...