Pachypodium namaquanum Cactus The leaves are sometimes hairy

The leaves are sometimes hairy beneath

Likes the soil moist but not wet during the growing season and drier in the winter

Last image shows a mature plant

they are unavoidably handled in producing them

Xerosicyos denguyi An unusual cucumber relative known as the Silver Dollar Plant

Pachypodium namaquanum Cactus The leaves are sometimes hairyPachypodium namaquanum Family: Apocynaceae. One of the most interesting and popular species of Pachypodium. It is commonly called the "Half Man" because mature plants it kind of looks like a person with frizzy hair from a distance. The leaves on young plants are flat but once it grows some they are wavy. Produces red and yellow flowers when mature. Not difficult to grow. Experiences light frost in its native South Africa & Namibia, but any hard frost