San Leandro, CA (Zone 9b) | December 2015 | positive
The trees in the above photograph taken by Kelly Griffin in Madagascar are called Baobab Amoureux due to them being intertwined. The lo...Read Morecal legend that has been created around them is that 2 young lovers were forbidden their love having both been promised to others. In their misery, they asked God to intervene and these 2 baobobs grew together to live together in eternity. They are quite a tourist attraction.
While I visited Madagascar in October 2004, I traveled to the south of the island and found this gigantic Baobab at Ampanihy town. The di...Read Moreameter of this second-largest Baobab in Madagascar is 8 m. and more than 20m. in hight.
Adansonia za is one of the six species which are endemic to Madagascar.
I grow seedlings of this Baobab in my pachycaul and caudiciform collection. It seem to grow quite well in tropical climate.
The trees in the above photograph taken by Kelly Griffin in Madagascar are called Baobab Amoureux due to them being intertwined. The lo...Read More
While I visited Madagascar in October 2004, I traveled to the south of the island and found this gigantic Baobab at Ampanihy town. The di...Read More