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Pachypodium lamerei - Madagascar Palm Flowering


Pachypodium lamerei - Madagascar Palm Flowering (Pachypodium lamerei - Madagascar Palm)

This plant is very commonly grown in San Diego, CA. It can grow very tall in time. Madagascar palm is not a true palm. Photo taken at Quail Botanical Gardens on Aug. 6, 2013.



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I have seen this "palm" many times (in Mexico) but never blooming. It has beautiful blooms.

8 Aug, 2013

 

Yes, the flowers are very beautiful and similar to Plumeria blooms. It's in the same family.

8 Aug, 2013

 

Now , I can see the resemblance . I did not make that association before

8 Aug, 2013

 

The cultural conditions are exactly like plumeria, also.

8 Aug, 2013

 

That is really pretty

8 Aug, 2013

 

Milky:

Thanks! :>)

8 Aug, 2013

 

"Yes, the flowers are very beautiful and similar to Plumeria blooms. It's in the same family."

Which means that I am unable to comment then!!!!!

Nice though.................

11 Aug, 2013

 

Meanie:

Why are you unable to comment?

11 Aug, 2013

 

Because I no longer comment on the photos of Plumeria that you tease us with!!!!!

11 Aug, 2013

 

Oh, I see, envious you are? lol! :>)

12 Aug, 2013

 

Jealous as hell actually!!!!

12 Aug, 2013

 

That's too funny!

12 Aug, 2013

 

That's another that can be grown in the bay area. I have one in ground,and another in a large pot that gets more sun..and its larger. No blooms yet. But huge leaves- much larger then I thought I would ever get. The in ground plant has done well in the 2007 and 2013 cold events.

2 Sep, 2014

 

Define San Fran cold Stan!!

2 Sep, 2014

 

Well,Hayward is in east SF bay midway between Oakland and San Jose. SF and surroundings are of tremendous microclimates. Also,the USDA updated SF to a 10b climate and the rest of the bay area 10a. I can tell you,I've seen and felt that change over 50 years of living here.
Hayward is quite a bit warmer in summer then SF..but not a hot summer climate. 75-80F for highs and about 60f for lows June- October. I have a 22 year old Howea palm going over the height of my roof. It seems like..even with a cold winter,the subtropicals pull through. Unlike the 1960-70's when the smaller bay are would freeze them out. Urban or Global warming has made even SF have warmer summers. Records have been set in 2013- and 2014.

2 Sep, 2014

 

Stan510:

I lived in the SF Bay Area for 35 years...I've only been in San Diego since 2000.

There's definitely a huge different in climate between San Diego and Hayward. However, all the years I lived in Hayward, I was able to grow a wealth of tropical plants, successfully. Hayward does get it's horrible heatwaves...I remember the times it's been up to 110ºF (43ºC). It happened when I was packing up in June of 2000...it was horrible heat! I am convinced that Global Warming has really caused many climates to warm considerably.

I agree with you about San Francisco...even though, it's relatively cool, freezing temps in San Francisco are extremely rare...and temps in San Francisco rarely go below 40ºF (4.5ºC) for morning lows.

3 Sep, 2014



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