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Pachypodium baronii

A red-flowered, bottle-trunked Pachypodium from northern Madagascar that grows on exposed gneiss, granite and limestone rocks in dry deciduous forest. It is warm-loving and frost-tender. It wants heavy summer water and a drier, still-warm winter.

Pachypodium baronii
Photo: User:Qwertzy2, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry
Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Steep rock outcrops of gneiss, granite or limestone in open dry deciduous forest, where water drains off the rock immediately.

200–1,300 m in the records, median about 600 m.

Madagascar (north)

🔒 Growing it like that

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✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.