Pachypodium brevicaule Big plant on own roots! (B) Mesemb Plants shown growing in a

Plants shown growing in a 3

Or more properly the smaller the spines get until it looks almost spineless in some mature specimens

A very rare species known only from Cedros Island in Baja California

Sensitive to overwatering

Gymnocalycium carminanthum   A small

Pachypodium brevicaule Big plant on own roots! (B) Mesemb Plants shown growing in aPachypodium brevicaule Family: Apocynaceae. The smallest and most unusual of all Pachypodiums. It only grows a few inches tall but spreads horizontally forming a clump a foot or more across in time. The flowers are yellow. This is a slow growing species, but a very rewarding one to grow. Not difficult to grow. Can survive temps down to (but not below) freezing, but prefers it a bit warmer in winter if possible (that is true for all Pachypodiums).