Pachypodium densiflorum blooms like brocade, and when the flowers fade it looks like a club

When Pachypodium densiflorum is a young plant, its stem is thick at the top and thin at the bottom, the epidermis is silvery white, and the leaves cluster at the end of the stem and open like an umbrella, very charming. It is worth collecting by enthusiasts.

Morphological characteristics:

A beautiful-flowering, beautiful-form succulent of the stem type, the plant's tuber is bottle-shaped, plant height 1.5-2M, plant spread 1M. The base of the stem is swollen, thick at the top and thin at the bottom, the branches are club-shaped, and the epidermis is silvery white. Long spines grow scattered, 3 spines per cluster, grayish brown. Green leaves are 4-8 cm long and 3 cm wide, clustered at the end of the stem like an umbrella. Slightly short-haired. Flowers are salverform, white or pale red, with red stripes sandwiched in the middle of the petals. Flowering period is summer.

Pachypodium densiflorum

Growth habits:

The growing period is March-November, the suitable growth temperature is 18-32 degrees, it likes high temperature, high humidity and strong light, dislikes waterlogging, and requires well-drained loam rich in humus and lime (you can use leaf mold 4 parts, river sand 6 parts plus a small amount of eggshell or shell powder; when using, the potting soil should be passed through a sieve to remove dust and larger particles and sterilized). During the growing period it should be watered thoroughly, and when the temperature drops below 12 degrees, watering must be cut off resolutely.

Pachypodium densiflorum

Geographical distribution:

Native to Zimbabwe and South Africa. Apocynaceae, genus Pachypodium. Generally grown mainly for ornamental cultivation.

Cultivation techniques:

[Propagation] Sow in late spring, germination temperature 19-24 degrees Celsius, and it can also be propagated by top-stem cuttings.

[Flowering] The flowering period is October to November. After flowering, a large number of green leaves will rapidly wither from bottom to top toward the flowers, until the white flowers fully bloom.

[Bare leaves] After all the flowers finish blooming after November, the leaves and flowers of Pachypodium densiflorum will all wither and fall off, becoming a bare spiny club plant.

[Leafing out] Once spring comes and the temperature is suitable, it will grow new leaves again

[Recovery] New leaves will not grow until June to July of the following year.

Pachypodium densiflorum