Caudiciforms and Pachycaul Trees Photo Gallery Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:19:06 +0000 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:19:06 +0000 UBC Botanical Garden Forums https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/forums/caudiciforms-and-pachycaul-trees-photo-gallery.269/ Sun, 06 Nov 2011 10:36:36 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/adenia.32280/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/adenia.32280/ invalid@example.com (markinwestmich) markinwestmich Adenia heterophylla. Frederick Meijer Garden & Sculpture Park. Just outside the entrance to the Arid Garden. October 6, 2007]]> 1 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:31:48 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/cyphostemma.43081/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/cyphostemma.43081/ invalid@example.com (caudex1) caudex1
Cyphostemma]]> 3 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:34:37 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/desert-rose.30648/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/desert-rose.30648/ invalid@example.com (markinwestmich) markinwestmich http://www.adeniumplumeria.com/index.php?lay=show&ac=article&Id=6439

http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantab/adeniummultiflor.htm

http://www.hort.wisc.edu/mastergardener/Features/indoor-tenderplants/desert rose/adenium.htm

http://www.tropicanursery.com/adenium/cultivation.htm

Adenium multiflorum]]> 3 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:08:05 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/drimea-maculata.37869/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/drimea-maculata.37869/ invalid@example.com (rockminer) rockminer
Bill]]> 1 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:01:08 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/fockea.32279/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/fockea.32279/ invalid@example.com (markinwestmich) markinwestmich Fockea species. Nice caudex on this one. Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. October 6, 2007]]> 2 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 20:09:09 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/fouquieria-boojum-trees.32286/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/fouquieria-boojum-trees.32286/ invalid@example.com (markinwestmich) markinwestmich Fouquieria species. Frederick Meijer Garden & Sculpture Park. Arid Garden. October 6, 2007.]]> Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:31:33 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/ipomoea.42223/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/ipomoea.42223/ invalid@example.com (markinwestmich) markinwestmich Ipomoea platense

This is a nice, young specimen. They can obtain massive proportions in the wild. It just started flowering the first week of July. The individual flowers are rather short-lived (1-2 days), but there are many buds, and I am rewarded with new flowers nearly every day. If given room in a relatively large container, it will grow quickly. The large, tuberous, root system and caudex often displayed in bonsai shows is buried, for the most part. Raising this plant...

Ipomoea]]> 1 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:28:50 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/jade-plant.30647/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/jade-plant.30647/ invalid@example.com (markinwestmich) markinwestmich http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_plant

Crassula ovata]]> 5 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:23:41 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/jatropha-podagrica-buddah-belly-gout-plant-gout-stick-tartogo-guatemala-rhubarb.42904/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/jatropha-podagrica-buddah-belly-gout-plant-gout-stick-tartogo-guatemala-rhubarb.42904/ invalid@example.com (DC United Palm Fan) DC United Palm Fan Jatropha Podagrica: Buddah Belly, Gout Plant, Bottle Plant, Tartogo,Guatemala Rhubarb

Jatropha Podagrica:

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Euphorbiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Jatropha
Species: Jatropha podagrica

Binomial name
Jatropha podagrica

Informational Links:

Wikipedia Entry...

Jatropha Podagrica - Buddah Belly, Gout Plant, Gout Stick, Tartogo, Guatemala Rhubarb]]> Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:37:37 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/madagascar-palms-and-other-pachypodiums.30671/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/madagascar-palms-and-other-pachypodiums.30671/ invalid@example.com (markinwestmich) markinwestmich https://highlandsucculents.safeserver.com/pachypodium.htm

http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/subs/pac-gea-sub.asp


Pachypodium geayi]]> 7 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:42:58 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/maerua-decumbens.42950/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/maerua-decumbens.42950/ invalid@example.com (markinwestmich) markinwestmich http://www.aluka.org/action/showCom...AME-SPECIES.MAERUA.DECUMBENS&tab=species.info


This one is from Eastern Africa and Kenya. It forms a shrub or small tree with a swollen base. I purchased this one about 3 years ago. I have been attempting to keep this one pruned back to induce more branching. Despite forming a relatively large caudex and thick pachycaul stems even in this early stage of development, it does not branch readily...

Maerua decumbens]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:36:15 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/more-pony-tails.35058/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/more-pony-tails.35058/ invalid@example.com (debham) debham 2 different type of flowering heads

1st pony tail has produced 4 large seed pods each containing thousands of seeds.
2nd pony tail has produced 12 large flowering heads that attract the bees until all the flowers drop.

Each pony tail will subdivide into 3 or 4 new branches from where these large heads came.

see also http://www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/forums/showthread.php?p=122744#post122744]]> Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:13:58 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/ornithogalum-caudatum.37870/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/ornithogalum-caudatum.37870/ invalid@example.com (rockminer) rockminer
Ornithogalum caudatum]]> Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:50:49 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/our-pony-tail-palm.57473/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/our-pony-tail-palm.57473/ invalid@example.com (cjburr) cjburr View attachment 71293 View attachment 71294 View attachment 71295

thanks to this forum for the advice on when to cut the flowers off.
all the years the wife has had this plant I don;t think it had ever flowered so A web search brought us here.

2 new shoots have sprung up here, any advice on these ??

View attachment 71299]]> 1 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:43:14 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/pelargonium.41965/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/pelargonium.41965/ invalid@example.com (Analogdog) Analogdog 1 Mon, 22 Jan 2024 06:33:24 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/ponytail-palms-and-other-beaucarnea-nolina-species.30690/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/ponytail-palms-and-other-beaucarnea-nolina-species.30690/ invalid@example.com (markinwestmich) markinwestmich http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/subs/bea-rec-sub.asp

Beaucarnea recurvata

#1 20-yr-old container-grown specimen.
#2 Second plant. New growth after having crown cut 3 months earlier.]]> 9 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:53:38 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/pterodiscus-ngamicus.44479/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/pterodiscus-ngamicus.44479/ invalid@example.com (caudex1) caudex1
Attached are two my plants. I keep them under potted in full sun and with limited moisture so growth stays compact, branches short and foliage tight. Even under these conditions flowers are large, 2-3cm diameter. I also prune the roots every...

Pterodiscus ngamicus]]> 2 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:08:39 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/sinningia.30719/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/sinningia.30719/ invalid@example.com (markinwestmich) markinwestmich http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/subs/sin-leu-sub.asp

Sinningia leucotricha]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:14:25 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/some-caudiciforms-kept-in-canada.34627/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/some-caudiciforms-kept-in-canada.34627/ invalid@example.com (caudiciformken) caudiciformken Always on the lookout for more! I think I have a 3"x5" space at
the front window, and a 2"x3" space under lights. lol

K]]> 4 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:58:43 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/some-more-jade-plants.47037/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/some-more-jade-plants.47037/ invalid@example.com (Chungii V) Chungii V 'Lady Fingers'
'Bluebird'
'Undulata'
'Hummel's Sunset'
'Golem'
'Variegata']]> Sun, 06 Nov 2011 12:43:51 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/uncarina.32281/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/uncarina.32281/ invalid@example.com (markinwestmich) markinwestmich Uncarina perrieri. Frederick Meijer Garden & Sculpture Park. Outside the entrance to the Arid Garden. October 6, 2007]]> 10