Pruning the Pachypodiums, aka Madagascar Palms

by | Sep 8, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool

In a blog post on July 18, 2012, I introduced you to the fat plants pachypodium geayi and p. lamerii, also known as Madagascar palms. That was in 2012; by 2016 the two pachys I kept had grown a foot or more taller than me. They were outside this Spring when we had...

The Quintessential Fat Plant

by | Dec 15, 2014 | Blog

 The most impressive fat plants in my collection would be my pachypodium lamerei and pachypodium geayi, commonly known as Madagascar palms, since that is where these two pachypodiums occur in nature.  P. lamerei has a wide, graceful leaf. This plant had...