Succulents bloom like brocade, and when the flowers fade they look like clubs

When the Pachypodium is a young plant, its stem is thick at the top and thin at the bottom, with a silvery-white skin, and its leaves cluster at the tip of the stem and open like an umbrella, very charming. It is worth collectors' attention.

Morphological characteristics:

A beautiful-flowered, beautiful-form stem succulent species; the plant's tuberous stem is bottle-shaped, the plant height is 1.5-2M, and the plant spread is 1M. The base of the stem is swollen and thick at the top and thin at the bottom, with club-shaped branches and a silvery-white skin. Long spines grow scattered, 3 spines per cluster, grayish-brown. Green leaves are 4-8 centimeters long and 3 centimeters wide, clustered at the tip of the stem like an umbrella. Slightly covered with short hairs. Flowers are salverform, white or pale red, with red stripes sandwiched between the petals. Flowering period is summer.

Pachypodium

Growth habits:

The growth period is from March to November, and the suitable growth temperature is 18-32 degrees. It likes high temperature, high humidity and strong light, and hates waterlogging. It requires well-drained loam rich in humus and lime (you can use leaf mold soil at 4 parts, river sand at 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 disinfected). During the growth period, water thoroughly, and once the temperature drops below 12 degrees, watering must be stopped firmly.

Pachypodium

Geographical distribution:

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

Cultivation techniques:

[Propagation] Sow in late spring; the germination temperature is 19-24 degrees Celsius. It can also be propagated by tip stem cuttings.

[Flowering] The flowering period is from October to November. After flowering, a large number of green leaves quickly wither from the bottom upward toward the flowering point, until the white flowers fully open.

[Bare leaves] After all the flowers finish blooming in November, both the leaves and flowers of the Pachypodium wither and fall off completely, becoming a bare spiny club-shaped plant.

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

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

Pachypodium