Pachypodium namaquanum
Elephant Trunk
Pachypodium namaquanum is a single-stemmed succulent, growing extremely slowly with a stem up to 25 cm in diameter and up to 2.5m tall. The stems are cylindrical and mostly covered with warty tubercles from which sharp spines protrude. The leaves form a rosette at the apex of the trunk. The flowers are tubular, red on the inside and yellow-green outside.
Contributed by @andiegail2002
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Free draining
Common name
Elephant Trunk
Latin name
Pachypodium namaquanum
type
Succulent
family
Apocynaceae
ph
7.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
0.45 M
2.50 M
Pachypodium namaquanum
Pachypodium namaquanum is a single-stemmed succulent, growing extremely slowly with a stem up to 25 cm in diameter and up to 2.5m tall. The stems are cylindrical and mostly covered with warty tubercles from which sharp spines protrude. The leaves form a rosette at the apex of the trunk. The flowers are tubular, red on the inside and yellow-green outside.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Young pot grown plants can be sourced from specialist growers and should be potted on every three to four years. Plant in full sun and any non-acidic, moderately fertile, gritty, very porous soil. Although amazingly drought tolerant, growth is lusher and flowering improves when the soil is bone dry in winter and then evenly moist in the heat of summer.
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