Fat Plants Pachypodium Lealii and P. Baronii

by | Nov 21, 2015 | Cactus Are Cool

I believe I have reported on these fat plants before, but they are worth another story for some of you new readers- or to review for old readers! This is the time of the year when pachypodiums do their blooming, since their native lands are around or below the...

Pachypodium baronii

by | Dec 3, 2012 | Blooming Now

Pachypodium baronii buds. Pachypodium baronii flowers nine days later. Pachypodiums are a member of the family apocynaceae and are considered a caudiciform, a fat plant, because they have developed a fat water retaining base, trunk, or root for storing water during...