Pachypodium densiflorum

Water:

April-September: 1 x every 2 weeks*

October-March: 1x per month *

*This is only for a sunny location

Light: sunny

Nutrition: 1x per month (May-September)

The Pachypodium densiflorum is a special plant. You don't come across this often. In nature, the Pachypodium densiflorum occurs in Madagascar. Here the Pachypodium densiflorum grows between rock crevices in granite rocks and highland plains in central Madagascar.

The Pachypodium densiflorum grows slowly and can eventually grow into a plant of 70 cm high and 2 meters wide. When this Pachypodium is still young, it mainly grows in length during the first few years. When they reach a height of between 5-10 cm, they often start to expand. Then the trunk becomes thicker and the plant grows less in height. The Pachypodium densiflorum likes a lot of heat and sun. So give her a warm and sunny spot. This also promotes growth in width.

The Pachypodium densiflorum has a gray woody trunk. Her spines grow on the trunk. These grow in pairs of two in a V shape. The base of the spine also has the gray color and the tip has a light brown color. The leaves of this Pachypodium grow on top of the plant. These have a dark green color with a light white-green stripe in the middle. The leaves can grow to 10-15 cm in length. When the Pachypodium densiflorum goes into rest. In our case, in autumn and winter, the leaves can partially or completely fall off. When this plant comes out of its rest period in the spring, the leaves will grow back automatically. The Pachypodium densiflorum likes a warm winter location of at least 12 degrees.

The Pachypodium densiflorum can also bloom. It is not an easy bloomer. The Pachypodium densiflorum often only blooms for many decades. The flowers grow on a long flower stem and have an intense yellow color. The flowers usually have five petals that have a wavy shape.

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