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Every so often something truly surprises you, well blooming for it’s first time in its life this supposed, at least that’s what the seeds said, P. densiflorum var. brevicaulx it’s got me very interested to say the least. The color is a little more washed out than I expect for true to type was expecting darker yellow, but it’s a washed out light yellow, shape is fairly close on flower, but not exact, and the caudex is a little bit more upright than some var. brevicaulx’s, I’d expect it to more closely resemble P. brevicaule with densiflorum traits, and less like some other in this genus. but this individual was grown in part shade so may be a little leggy in the caudex. Buuuut it’s 4 petaled....... and I looked at the other blooms and the outside looks like they are also 4 petaled.... Bizarre cause all pachypodiums are 5 petaled! It’s definitely a Pachypodium but some strange variation/cross/mutation. I am leading towards this actually being a cross between possibly P. eburneum and P. densiflorum var. brevicaulx. If not may just be some var. within densiflorum or eburneum. There have been some crosses in the genus from time to time. If I had another individual of this suspected species I would pollinate them to breed for possibly this petal mutation.
Taken in broad daylight at ISO 100, 1/100 at f.8.0. Its a shame downsizing it so much!
