Pachypodium rosulatum ssp. gracilius
Family: Apocynaceae
It is a beautiful caudex plant with bright yellow flowers. It is smaller growing than the type and has fewer thinner leaves, slimmer branches and a shorter corolla tube. Height up to 90 centimeters.
Sowing instructions: It is easily propagated from ripe seeds, sown in a normal nursery tray, using a well-drained seed-sowing compost and silica sand mixture (silica sand improves drainage) kept moist and at a temperature of approximately 22°C. The seeds need some degree of humidity for successful germination. One can generally expect seeds to germinate within 3–4 weeks (one month).
Locality: Ex Hort. Harvest: August 2024