R120.00
Madagascar Palm
PLU 4266
Picture(s) shown is only a representation of a mature plant and not the actual plant. Small juvenile plants often look different from a grown specimen.
5 in stock
Description
Pachypodium is a species of Madagascar Palm that originated from Southwest Madagascar. It has a metallic grey pachycaul trunk and the leaves are thin and grey-green, with a bright pink mid-rib. The plant has white flowers in summer. Pachypodium lamerei has a pachycaul trunk that is columnar, thick, elongated, cigar- or bottle-shaped, 3-6 m long, 15-30 cm in diameter at the base, gradually thickened above up to 40-80 cm. Relative slow growing at about 10 cm a year.
Growth Spread |
80 cm |
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Growth Height |
6 Meters |
 Water Requirements |
Water when dry - drough tolarant. |
Frost Sensitive |
no |
Flowering Period |
White flowers when plant is stressed - not grown for flowers. |
Light Requirements |
Full sun. |
Soil Requirements |
Well-drained sandy loam soil. |
Additional information
| Size | Small (9cm), Medium (17cm), Large (23cm) |
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