Most Pachypodiums are trees and need to be 6 or more feet tall and about 10 - 25 years old before their first flower. Some are bushes rather than trees. The bush types like P. lameri ssp. Saundersii bloomed for me in 5 years and has continued to bloom several times a year for the last 10 years. It is about 18 inches tall. My P. bicolor is about the same size and blooms with a wonderful yellow flower once a year. So the bush type or shorter ones make better container plants and can flower in 3 gallon pots.
