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Madagascar Palm (pachypodium lamerei)

Palehorse

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in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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A couple of months ago, I was driving down the road and someone had thrown away a healthy 4 foot Madagascar palm in a broken pot. I have it in the ground now and it seems to be very happy with lots of new leaves. Does anyone have experience with this plant and do you have any advise?

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Well, no.

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We have several of these growing.

They need unimpeded drainage and full sun.

Any damage or even scratches on them and they rot.

Most will grow to about 3 meters tall and have flowers similar to the white frangipani.

Be careful of the spikes.

Jim

Located on Vanua Levu near Savusavu (16degrees South) Elevation from sealevel to 30meters with average annual rainfall of 2800mm (110in) with temperature from 18 to 34C (65 to 92F).

Gonzer Grand Master

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When Pachy's are subject to in-ground planting it's wise to give them a rest period during the cool months. When actively growing (the plant will have healthy green leaves) they don't mind regular watering, not everyday but once a week, and a feeding of a calcium-rich fertilizer. The seeds germinate in week or two.

 

 

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Lots of sun and decent watering in summer. I feed 1xweek lightly. Winter may require protection. Im my zone 9b yard I protect it during freezes, just in case. It is suppose to be hardy to the 20's. I grow in a clay pot. Mine is 4' tall in a 10" pot. Do the math! It is terribly easy and just grows, not the fastest, but my plant is 3 years old from a 6" pot in a store. Greg in now rainy Tampa Bay! :-)) :lol:

Begonias are my thing. I've been growing and selling them for three decades, nearly two in Tampa Bay. NPR is an bhour N of St Pete, coast

Dave H Community Regular

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Here in the Palm Springs desert area, in the 07 freeze any area that dropped much below 26 had many of them croak. And that was a brief 2-3 hour cold spell with generally no frost...

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  On 6/19/2010 at 8:32 PM, fiji jim said:

We have several of these growing.

They need unimpeded drainage and full sun.

Any damage or even scratches on them and they rot.

Most will grow to about 3 meters tall and have flowers similar to the white frangipani.

Be careful of the spikes.

Jim

Thanks for the tips! Jim, you were right about any damage or scratches and they will rot. A woodpecker picked a small hole close to the top and I saw that the hole began to get bigger. I started pulling away dead tissue until it revealed a cavern on the inside where it was rotting out. It had about an inch of dark, smelly water in the bottom of the hole. I dried it out with paper towels and applied a little fungicide but we will see if it recovers. If you look at it from the side that doesn't have the hole, you'd swear it was perfectly healthy with a nice crown of new leaves.

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