Pachypodium lamerei

Madagascar Palm (so-called, but not a palm.) Leaves, spines, thick trunk, metallic sheen, what more? Frangipani-like flowers at 2m? Yes! Easy indoors or a challenge outdoors. Withhold water if leafless in winter.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

Silvery trunk and primeval silhouette.

Flowers atop an older plant.

Heavy seedpod releasing its fluffy seeds.

Large tip cutting from a large plant from The Cactodrome, re-established in a pot.

A section of lower trunk from The Cactodrome plants.

Very heavy seedpod, had 445 seeds!

Pachypodium lamerei

Madagascar Palm (so-called, but not a palm.) Leaves, spines, thick trunk, metallic sheen, what more? Frangipani-like flowers at 2m? Yes! Easy indoors or a challenge outdoors. Withhold water if leafless in winter.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

Silvery trunk and primeval silhouette.

Flowers atop an older plant.

Heavy seedpod releasing its fluffy seeds.

Large tip cutting from a large plant from The Cactodrome, re-established in a pot.

A section of lower trunk from The Cactodrome plants.

Very heavy seedpod, had 445 seeds!