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VTFungus
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I have had a Madagascar Palm (rescued from Walmart) for about 1.5 years...its doing pretty good. I don't really know the proper way to care for it though...(watering sun etc...) does anyone else have one? If you do can you share your tips? [Wink]
Plants: 4 | From: Vermont | Registered: Dec 2005  |  Seeded: 68.114.58.18
margaret e. pell
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It's not a palm at all, that's a misleading common name, it's a pachypodium (PACHYPODIUM LAMEREI) that resembles but is not related to palms. Here are two sites that may help you.

http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week109.shtml
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/interiorscape/Pachypodium_lameri.html

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Plants: 601 | From: Rhinebeck, NY USA | Registered: Jan 2005  |  Seeded: 68.199.184.133
njoynit
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little water.its a succulent.Did ya know they can grow 1 ft a year?And can grow as tall as 18 ft???(yeah 18 ft in the tropics)It CAN have a bloom thats white,but not likely on a container grown plant& its useually a mature plant grown in the ground THAT blooms.They are related to plumeria.
Their average size container grown are about 10 ft.They like a lot of sun.The coldest they take is 35.they are dorment in winter so don't need alot of water right now.

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Plants: 2209 | From: SE TX`in the yard somewhere most likely | Registered: Jul 2003  |  Seeded: 4.253.28.71
   

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