Caudex Plant Encyclopedia

A rare Pachypodium from NW Madagascar with white flowers and thick trunk, difficult to grow.

A rare Pachypodium with red flowers, the only red-flowered species in the genus.

Known as Ebisu-warai in Japan, with a flat caudex shape and yellow flowers.

A northern Madagascan Pachypodium with an almost spherical grey caudex and slender, nearly spineless branches. It bears pure white flowers up to 12 cm across, the largest in the genus. CITES Appendix I.

A rare small Pachypodium with white flowers (unusual among the many yellow-flowered species), elegant ivory-colored trunk and large white blooms.

A Pachypodium from the far north of Madagascar with a swollen, flask-shaped caudex, a few slender twisting branches and bright red flowers with a pale green eye. It is smaller than P. baronii in all parts, with very short flower stalks.

Known in Japan as Kareno-aoi. A winter-growing southern African Pelargonium with thick, knobbly grey-green succulent stems and soft, finely pinnately divided leaves. It drops its leaves and rests in summer.

An East African caudex plant with flat tuber and climbing vines, popular for its unique form.

A caudiciform member of the moonseed family from Thailand and Cambodia. A large above-ground tuber with deeply fissured, corky bark sends out seasonal vines with round, lotus-like leaves.