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These are among the most cold hardy JK. Its taken everything with no cover whatsoever in those 9 years. A few freezes in there and like this year- lots of cold rains. What I wonder is- is the full sized just as hardy? Because I would tell local gardeners that along with P.lamerei and P.geayii they are plant- able in ground. The last two of course get to 6' or so here. Maybe larger in time. Actually this P.saundersii has NEVER had a bit of frost damage. So,its even hardier then the other two.
I lost a large lamerii years ago, and I still cannot understand how it happened. This plant was around five feet tall, and I left it in the greenhouse for the winter with the temperature nearing zero. Both plants were in pots. Neither died right away, and by the time I decided to bring them indoors, they looked fine. The lamerii took around two months before it finally collapsed and I thought it was because I made the mistake of watering after bringing indoors. The saundersii perished because I left it in the greenhouse all winter, as it had survived the year before. It was quite sad. I now feel that no pachypodiums should be left all winter in the greenhouse in our climate; this also applies to the Sansevieria species. I killed all my 'kirkii var pulchra' collection this way. Jkw
I like the vid. His other vid has a "compacta"..that's not too compact. Then again JK,i grow mine outdoors in a climate that average about 74-76f all summer. They wont see long runs of 90f. Its why I stopped adding Adeniums or others I just cant weather outdoors in winter. Although with Bayer systemics as I learned very late in the game,it is possible to avoid the winter mealys and scale.
That's a real beauty. I have the dwarf and it's going to take another century to resemble that. I bought it near 20 years ago in a 2" pot. Never has bloomed either.
Its very Adenium looking but takes a cool 10a winters,no problems.
