Pachycormus Species, Baja Elephant Bush, Copalquin, Elephant Tree Torote Blanco

Curious to know if anyone has any experience rooting this plant from cuttings. Thanks!

Delightful caudex forming tree in pot culture. With free root run it will grow into a thick-stemmed but less appealing plant.

I grow pachycormus discolor in my yard in Phoenix. It is hardy here. They reverse seasons; leaves in the winter and deciduous in the su...Read Moremmer. Much like the boojum tree, its baja neighbor.

It grows quite slow at least in my experience. There is at least one big one at the Phoenix Botanical Garden. It does have the peeling bark, as does mine. It peels off in white sheets thereby exposing green colored trunk (for aiding photosynthesis I suspect).

Attractive and interesting plant.

Nice caudiciform tree with itty bitty leaves and big fat, rounded very short trunk. Leaves evergreen except in marginal climates (I thin...Read Morek). Makes a great natural bonsai and does well in pots. Very drought tolerant. Looks a lot like Buseras but doesn't tend to have papery bark on trunks and leaves are not scented like are most Buseras.