Pachypodium Densiflorum
| Your family | Apocynaceae |
| Light | Max |
| Water summer | Medium |
| Water winter | Min |
| Hibernation | Winter |
| Soil | Mineralsk |
| Habitat | Centrale Madagascar |
I naturen vokser den smukke Pachypodium Densiflorum direkte på granit og kvarts klipper ved en pH på ca. 4-4.5. Den kan udemærket dyrkes i grusmateriale eller pimpsten.
Planten kan blive enorme 2 meter i bredden op til 40cm høj. Når planten når en alder på et par år begynder den at blomstre med sine mange gule blomster. Densiflorum betyder tæt-blomstret.
P.Densiflorum vokser i et stort område i det centrale Madagascar hvor den krydser Brevicaule og Eburneums habitater.
Vandingen anbefales som "middel" om sommeren - men det betyder mest at den den ikke skal have enormt meget vand af gangen. Til gengæld bør planten vandes ofte i vækstperioden.
Der er ingen grænse for mængden af sol Pachypodium Densiflorum kan tåle, men alt for høje temperaturer bør undgås.
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General information about Pachypodium There are a number of rules to follow when growing Pachypodium regardless of species. Use small Pots. If you use large Pots , the plant will often have too large a root system, and the plant will use more energy to grow the branches, and you will not get the compact shape that they get in the habitat, which is most attractive. Small Pots means a pot that is not much wider than the caudex and not much higher than the caudex. Use a pure mineral growing medium such as pumice, possibly mixed with some perlite. Both minerals retain a little water, but allow larger amounts of water to pass through a pot and out again. In nature, most Pachypodiums grow directly on granite, quartz, limestone and sandstone. Fertilize with every watering. Use a low concentration of fertilizer and remember that the fertilizer in all the water that comes out of the pot during watering is not absorbed by the plant. Always keep the plant slightly moist - also in winter. It may sound a bit counterintuitive to keep plants dry in winter to avoid rot, but remember that you can also water a very small amount at the edge of the pot, away from the plant. Pachypodium needs a lot of water in summer, preferably every other day. Brevicaule in particular reacts very strongly to drying out. Pachypodium is in dormancy from December to February (approximately), flowers from April to June, and grows from June to November. De fleste Pachypodium skal have minimum 4 timers direkte sol i blomstrings- og vækstperioden fra marts til november. Pachypodium should be kept above 10°Celsius in winter - Bispinosum and Succulentum can however tolerate down to 0 degrees. Despite this recommendation, some of the Madagascar Pachypodium grow in places where it gets down to 5°C in winter, and at altitudes where it is likely to get even colder. Most Pachypodium (but not all) grows in nature in soil with a low acidity around ph 4-5. Lime. Lime in the water raises the pH value, so it is recommended to demineralize the water (boil it) before watering, or use rainwater. Some Pachypodium - especially Brevicaule should be sensitive to bacteria, this may be explained by the low pH value of their habitat soil, as bacteria do not do well in acidic environments. |
