Plumeria fake ( Pachypodium lamerei)

[Monòver]

With this, who wants plumerias??!!

[Pip]

People who don't want spikey plants will still want Plumeria. 

Do Pachypodium flowers fill the garden with purfume?

[Really full garden]

Really spectacular . 

[Tracy]

10 hours ago, Monòver said:

With this, who wants plumerias??!!

Nice plant!!!  It's the only plant I have ever had stolen from a garden.  Mine wasn't that big, but it was in my front yard about 18" tall.  I wasn't living in the house it was a rental at the time, and it was the one plant that disappeared.  I was very aware, because I did the landscape maintenance on the house at the time, and one of my son's was one of the renters.  After seeing yours, I can only imagine how nice that would have looked now, about 4 years later.  By the way, I still want plumeria's too;  they come in different colors than just white.  I don't believe that P. lamerei blooms in anything but white.

[Silas_Sancona]

Monover, Quite a spectacular specimen indeed.. As far as these or Plumeria.. how 'bout both, instead of just one or the other.. Same family, very similar growing conditions/ habitat origins.. Id like to see someone cross the two, if it is even possible.

As far as Pachypodiums in general, Several smaller species have yellow flowers. P. baronii produces red flowers, and another species has slightly purplish-pinkish flowers. While the flowers of P. lameri are big/showy, P. decaryi supposedly has the largest flowers of the genus. Unfortunately this species isn't the easiest to find, especially when you are trying to replace one.

[Monòver]

The first, i must tell, i love plumerias. I have a few in my garden, i love its flowers and smell it.

But my Pachypodium is my favourite "son". I have white flowers from June to November. It is ever green, only drop leaves in May, at the same time that is opening new leaves and the fat and spikey trunk is nice.

Pip, it has a soft perfume, less than Plumerias.

Tracy, mine is not stolen,but i found it in the street in a pile compost. It was a lucky day.

Silas, i want to see this cross, plumeria x Pachypodium. If it is possible, will be amazing.

[Patricia-CR]

Fabulous sight of your plant, lush, healthy and in bloom.