General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10b +1.7 °C (35 °F) to +4.4 °C (40 °F)
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Other: Orange-yellow
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Pachypodium
  • Horombe Clubfoot
  • Yellow Bell Pachypodium

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Location: San Marino
Date: 2014-06-06
Huntington Gardens
Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2017-03-15
Pachypodium horombense - wicked looking spines cover the trunk, t
Uploaded by Ursula
Uploaded by Ursula
Location: Hortus Botanicus Leiden
Date: 2022-03-26
Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2017-03-15
Pachypodium horombense - after a period of dormancy, the plant se
Location: Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg
Date: 2018-03-11
Uploaded by Ursula
Uploaded by Ursula
Uploaded by Ursula
Location: new jersey
Date: 2021-07-22
Just received this little guy in the mail! so happy. Will post an
Location: new jersey
Date: 8/18/21
does not handle being shipped well! it lost about half of the lea

photo credit: Moongateclimber
Uploaded by robertduval14
Uploaded by robertduval14
Location: new jersey
Date: 8/18/21
aerial view of the leaves and top of the plant
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Outstanding shot by Dutchlady1 Mar 16, 2014 1:24 PM 1

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