Pachypodium mikea Size:8-inch Pot like the famed traveler’s palm

like the famed traveler’s palm or Ravenala of Madagascar

Keep in a moist but well drained mix

This is a fine species of Dyckia that has been much sought by collectors and of which there are several clones ‘in the trade’

A clone from the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Collection: SEL 1998-0092

and are characterized by medium-sized trees and shrubs adapted to the drier and nutrient-poor conditions

Pachypodium mikea Size:8-inch Pot like the famed traveler’s palmTHIS PLANT IS ON C. I. T. E. S. AND CANNOT BE EXPORTED Pachypodium mikea from the Mikea Forest, south of Horombe, Madagascar is a species that eluded description for a long time. It was confused with Pachypodium gaeyii. The two species grow together and have similar cigar shaped shaped trunks. Pachypodium mikea has white flowers with yellow throats where gaeyii has cream colored flowers.