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Pachypodium horombense

A low, swollen-stemmed Pachypodium with yellow flowers from the rocky plateaus of south-central Madagascar. It wants full sun, a hot wet summer and a cool, dry, leafless winter.

Pachypodium horombense
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], 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

Grows on granite and gneiss outcrops and rocky slopes in grassland and dry scrub around the Horombe plateau and the Isalo–Ihosy region, rooted in crevices in full exposure.

Recorded at 600–1303 m (median 951 m, 52 records).

Madagascar

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ 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.