Pachypodium Lamerei branching

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:44 am

I thought there was something wrong with this one at first, started the year with stunted, sickly looking leaves.

(it's the one in the back, you can compare the crown to the one in front)

Thinking there was a problem, flushed the container out, replaced some of the mix, etc., etc.

After a while, new growth started to show from several growing points

Posting photos to show it's progress,

Steve

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:43 pm

That's awesome!
That bad boy will look really cool next summer when it has 3-4 crowns,congrats.
Did it flower last year? It was always my impression that they branched after flowering-

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:35 pm

Thanks! Hasn't flowered yet, that would be nice to see!

Read somewhere that in habitat these can start branching at about 4' tall, mine is in a 20 gallon laundry tub, so maybe, (besides flowering & damage), adequate root mass is also a trigger?

Steve

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:28 am

You were right about mine; came back gangbusters after I cleaned the old soil off roots and repotted it.
Growth continues in the house.

Hoping mine will grow as tall as yours before it branches out.

Barb

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:07 pm

Hi Barb,

They speed up quite a bit once they get over a foot tall. Going to try and keep mine growing over the winter, (every time they overwintered in the house all the leaves dropped), Have plenty of room now. Wonder how large these can grow?

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Steve

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:25 pm

I saw some in Palm Desert that were approaching 10' almost all were branched.
Mine over the years always grew more in summer if I gave them their normal dormancy period.
They also grew weaker stalks if I let them grow inside.
Your's may fair better in a greenhouse.
All the Pachys I have seen branch after flowering,your's may have hit that point right as the growth shut down coming indoors.
I had a nice little P.Densiflorum/Rosulatum but rotted this fall

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:04 am

You may be right on the timing! (or maybe bad timing on my part , a couple more weeks outside may have been all it would have taken)

All the P. lamerei here came from WalMart

, started some Pachypodium geayi from seed in 2005, those are just starting to pick up some size.

Steve

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:40 pm

Those are nice too!
I had one of each about 15 years ago,they were both about 5' tall
It's really amazing how much they can grow in a summer with enough heat and water!

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 5:11 pm

Apparently the GH suits them well enough to keep growing

Same with the Baobab tree on the right (Adansonia digitata)

Steve

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:51 pm

Wow,thats quite a bit of growth.Since the last post?
I have seen either variety put on as much as a foot of growth in a summer-

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:01 pm

That'll be nice indeed.
3 branches? 4? hard to see.

And maybe it's flower AFTER branching (opposite to what it should do)

I've heard the flowers resemble Plumeria.

The P.geayi seem to have sturdier trunks at a younger age.

How much longer do you think you can keep that baobab tree inside your GH, young man?

There'll be a curve in your roof one morning.

Barb

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:06 am

Jim, The last couple years I've been getting at least 1' of new growth per season, these are fast growers with full sun, heat, and plenty of water. That was with them going dormant over the winter, not sure what to expect now

Barb, Two dominant growing points, and a third which is shaded and not doing much. The Baobab will do as the Banyan and Brugmansia are, as soon as it hits the roof, it will start spreading out along it.
(I'll have to get you a photo of the others, they are trying to take over the GH

Steve

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:21 am

they are trying to take over the GH icon_lol.gif

I've seen pics of mature ones...which makes it easy to imagine!

Barb

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:08 am

Barb
Most of the Pachys I have seen all sprout three shoots.
I was really getting back into these again(used to grow them 1980-90 had 300 different plants,not all Pachys)when I discovered cold hardy palms,bananas etc.
Then I kinda dropped them and ran to the palms etc

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:44 am

Then I kinda dropped them

Heck, Jim, you could'a had them in addition to palms!

Just a little thing about the family moving into 1 room, so the plants can occupy the other 5 .

300! Adventurous!
Barb

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 6:36 pm

Yea,that was fun.
I had no place to live,sold the lot for $300
Some of them won blue ribbons at the Missouri Botanical Gardens.
It was nice to see them again!

jimmythesnake · Post by **jimmythesnake** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:44 pm

I like Pachypodiums. Something about being exotic, beautiful and painful, all at the same time. I kept a Pachy for a friend while he moved across country. It bloomed before he could get back and pick it up. Here are a couple of pics.

Jim

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 8:06 pm

Jim, that's a lot of gorgeous plants you've spread around.
Bet the Blue Ribbon win at the BG made the newspaper...hope you have a copy.

Jim...Jimmy, I won't call you SNAKE

wow, look at those Pachy flowers.
They really DO look like plumeria.

Any fragrance?

Barb

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