Pachypodium rosulatum (Elephant's Foot Plant)
Pachypodium rosulatum (Elephant's Foot Plant) with yellow flower clusters on thorny stems and foliage.
Botanical name: Pachypodium rosulatum
Common names: Elephant's Foot Plant, Pachypodium
Family: Apocynaceae
Origin: Madagascar
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
USDA Zone: 9-10
Plant form: Large bush; plant with caudex
Mature height: 5-10 ft
Sun exposure: Full sun or bright light indoor
Cold tolerance: Frost sensitive. Protect from freezing.
Watering: Moderate
Flower color: Yellow, orange
Suitable for: Outdoors in the suitable USDA zone; small gardens, containers, and indoor growing
Thorns: Thorny or spinyShort and thick succulent caudex branching into cylindrical arms dense with stout spines, and topped by a rosette of narrow oblanceolate leaves, and long-stalked sulphur-yellow flowers.
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Pachypodium rosulatum (Elephant's Foot Plant) with yellow flowers blooming on a thick thorny succulent stem.
Pachypodium rosulatum yellow flower on a succulent body with many green leaves
Pachypodium rosulatum (Elephant's Foot Plant) yellow flower with clear water droplets on soft petals.
Pachypodium rosulatum (Elephant's Foot Plant) yellow flowers grow atop spiky succulent stems in green pots.
Pachypodium rosulatum yellow flower with five rounded petals and a small central opening
Pachypodium rosulatum (Elephant's Foot Plant) with thick woody stems and narrow dark green leaves
Pachypodium rosulatum (Elephant's Foot Plant) with thick green leaves and visible small surface water droplets.
Pachypodium rosulatum yellow flower clusters beside the thick grey succulent stem and leaves
Pachypodium rosulatum (Elephant's Foot Plant) sitting inside a decorative textured ceramic container pot
Pachypodium rosulatum (Elephant's Foot Plant) with a thick grey stem and tufts of green leaves.
Pachypodium rosulatum (Elephant's Foot Plant) reveals thick gray succulent stems with small green oval leaves.
Pachypodium rosulatum (Elephant's Foot Plant) in a small blue container with thick textured branches
Pachypodium rosulatum (Elephant's Foot Plant) yellow flower with water drops on the delicate rounded petals
Pachypodium rosulatum (Elephant's Foot Plant) stems with many purple leaves in a textured container.
Pachypodium rosulatum (Elephant's Foot Plant) yellow flower clusters among narrow dark green leaves and spiny stems.
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