Pachypodium cactipes - Madagascan Palm - Rare African Succulent - 5 Seeds Biogrow with five pale ridges

with five pale ridges

it enjoys lower altitudes and hotter conditions

which peel off to reveal their shiny golden undersides as culms mature

tight clusters of red tubular flowers all year

the uniform milky grey-green colour is also very characteristic of this plant

Pachypodium cactipes - Madagascan Palm - Rare African Succulent - 5 Seeds Biogrow with five pale ridgesPachypodium is a genus of succulent spine bearing trees and shrubs, native to Africa. It belongs to the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. A squat pachycaule with a smooth trunk that turns silver gray as it ages. There are weak, reddish, conical spines on the upper half of the plant. After the plant first flowers, it begins to branch until it forms a head of short, thick, tapered branches with groups of leaves sprouting from the tips of the branches. Blooms