Pachypodium Namaquanum or Halfmens flowering again 15 years on. Then and now.

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  • Опубликовано: 26 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 54

  • @hermancrabie9295
    @hermancrabie9295 Год назад +2

    Ongelooflik mooi

  • @amandavanheerden7980
    @amandavanheerden7980 2 года назад +10

    Please keep the location secret. Our precious indigenous plants are being stolen right out of the earth. So beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

    • @JorsMalan
      @JorsMalan  2 года назад +3

      This location is a secret.

  • @alabamatropicals506
    @alabamatropicals506 6 месяцев назад +1

    Very interesting video! Thank you for sharing this with the world!

  • @kosievandenberg2145
    @kosievandenberg2145 Год назад +2

    Kyk nou vir die2de keer na hierdie video. Ek dink ek het die1ste keer sooo verkyk dat ek skoon vergeet het om te like of om kommentaar te lewer. Het dit baie geniet. Dankie vir die groooot moeite wat jy gedoen het om die halfmens vir ons te wys.

  • @andrewvanstaden8922
    @andrewvanstaden8922 3 года назад +5

    Thanks Jors. Never seen one flowering

    • @JorsMalan
      @JorsMalan  3 года назад +1

      I am not sure , but i think they only flower after they had some rain.

  • @pepster144
    @pepster144 2 года назад +4

    From what I know, those precious plants are now quite endangered in the wild.
    I grow one plant from seed and I tell you these are really slow growers. 12 years old and only some 15cm tall. I try to grow it hard enough to keep it compact and I like its dense spination.
    Thank you for your video!

  • @The_Joy_Finder
    @The_Joy_Finder 3 года назад +6

    Very interesting. I didn't realize that they grow so slowly.

    • @JorsMalan
      @JorsMalan  3 года назад +2

      Very slowly, 5mm - 15mm per year depending on conditions.

  • @websterlichaba3192
    @websterlichaba3192 2 года назад +2

    Thank you Jors for the lessons and opportunities to see these parts of South Africa

  • @petracollins8623
    @petracollins8623 2 года назад +1

    How beautiful. Hard work getting there!

  • @michaellockleymotivational8046
    @michaellockleymotivational8046 3 года назад +7

    Another fascinating and educational video thanks so much!

    • @JorsMalan
      @JorsMalan  3 года назад +2

      Thanks for joining me.

    • @michaellockleymotivational8046
      @michaellockleymotivational8046 3 года назад +1

      @@JorsMalan Hi Jors I have just watched day one of your fascinating Orange River journey. I was going to comment. have you turned comment capability off on purpose or by mistake?

    • @JorsMalan
      @JorsMalan  3 года назад

      @@michaellockleymotivational8046 no, it is not off and there are already 2 comments on that video.

    • @michaellockleymotivational8046
      @michaellockleymotivational8046 3 года назад +1

      @@JorsMalan OK will try again thank you very much

    • @JorsMalan
      @JorsMalan  3 года назад

      @@michaellockleymotivational8046 thanks for commenting.

  • @samhoudijk5166
    @samhoudijk5166 Год назад +1

    Awesome video! they are absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for sharing!

  • @adrianvanbreda4807
    @adrianvanbreda4807 3 года назад +4

    So beautiful and precious!

    • @JorsMalan
      @JorsMalan  3 года назад

      It really is beautiful and precious

  • @FrancesGibb-re3wu
    @FrancesGibb-re3wu 2 года назад

    Just watched this. What fascinating plants.

  • @janiliebenberg4407
    @janiliebenberg4407 2 года назад +1

    Yuk, toe ek so vinnig kyk toe lyk dit soos 'n groot spinnekop!

  • @mariesnyman724
    @mariesnyman724 Год назад

    Pragtige blom. Is dit nie n spesie van n 🌵. Dit lyk na n rare plant. Daar nie bja v dt in die omgewing by jou? En jy moes ver stap en klim om by dit uit te kom. Dankie Jors vir al jou energie.....hugs

  • @thiennguyen9747
    @thiennguyen9747 5 месяцев назад +1

    Reminder, DO NOT SHARE LOCATION, poachers will take them,
    I approciate your love for nature, very cool to see it

    • @JorsMalan
      @JorsMalan  5 месяцев назад

      I made sure not to show the location.

  • @kosievandenberg2145
    @kosievandenberg2145 Год назад +1

    Ek kan nou verstaan waarom hulle halfmens genoem word word. Hulle is pragtig.

  • @wimpretorius1683
    @wimpretorius1683 Год назад +1

    Hi Jors..
    Die halfmens plante is baie interesante plante hoe oud word hulle? Die langes is dit hulle hoogte wat hulle groei?

  • @dimitrisgonatas2264
    @dimitrisgonatas2264 Год назад +1

    I love desert erosion with stressed plants ent the emptyness of the dessert am I crazy?

  • @The_Joy_Finder
    @The_Joy_Finder 3 года назад +5

    Do the babies come from seeds? How do they propagate?

    • @JorsMalan
      @JorsMalan  3 года назад +8

      They propagate with seeds yes. Bees and ants do the polination and it them forms a horn/spike like seedpod . The seeds are fluffy and are spread by the wind.

  • @ruthlongridge2137
    @ruthlongridge2137 2 года назад +1

    Fascinating and beautiful. I'd love to know what footwear gets you through through these hikes...

    • @JorsMalan
      @JorsMalan  2 года назад +3

      I currently use Johnson workbooks, the tipe on the box says "Chelsea Boots". I find them to be not as good as Redhawks, but you can buy 3 pairs for the price of a pair of rednecks, and I always have 3 pairs that I rotate daily. I buy a new pair every year, so If I was to wear only a single gle pair I would walk through it in 4 months.
      For comparison, a pair of Hitec boots last me 2-3 months.

    • @ruthlongridge2137
      @ruthlongridge2137 2 года назад

      @@JorsMalan That's valuable info- thanks!

  • @michaelc2645
    @michaelc2645 2 года назад +2

    Great video. I’m currently growing a number of plants and doing my best to give them ideal conditions. Whilst it’s critical to keep this specific location secret is it possible to have some feedback on the local micro climate and I’m very interested in the soil composition and what nutrition the plants take from the substrate. Whilst I haven’t been to South Africa I have visited Namibia on field trips a number of times. I am familiar with the Nama Karoo and Succulent Karoo biome however only from learning from SAEON material. I’d very much appreciate any info you could share. Thank you.

    • @JorsMalan
      @JorsMalan  2 года назад

      Contact me on jorsmalan@gmail.com

  • @stephanievegter5438
    @stephanievegter5438 3 года назад +1

    ♥️

  • @mariannaskontorp5545
    @mariannaskontorp5545 2 года назад

    Waar kom die naam " halfmens " vandaan

  • @roberturibe3150
    @roberturibe3150 Год назад +1

    What kind of tree's were those.

    • @JorsMalan
      @JorsMalan  Год назад

      teh name is in the title , Halfmens , or Pachypodium Namaquanum

    • @roberturibe3150
      @roberturibe3150 Год назад

      @@JorsMalan No the trees at the very end of your video. I didn't quite understand what you called them

    • @Phyto.
      @Phyto. Год назад

      @@roberturibe3150 Myrrh

  • @ilikeit2ful
    @ilikeit2ful Год назад

    How easily does the Myrrh plant grow? Does it have flowers and seeds or vegetative propagation?

    • @JorsMalan
      @JorsMalan  Год назад +1

      The Myrrh plant is also called the "kanniedood" locally as it is very hardy and a cutting pushed into the ground grows readily. I have seen seeds on the plants and the spred of the plants suggest seeds are the main method of propagation.

    • @ilikeit2ful
      @ilikeit2ful Год назад

      @@JorsMalan Thanks!

  • @mariesnyman724
    @mariesnyman724 Год назад

    Ek lewer kommentaar soos ek kyk, anders vergeet ek wat ek wou vra of se....smiles. Miskien kom die antwoord nog....

    • @JorsMalan
      @JorsMalan  Год назад +2

      Geen probleem. Dit is halfmens , n redelikke unieke en bedreigde specie, daarom wys ek ook nie hoe om by hom uit te kom nie.

  • @waswe4204
    @waswe4204 Год назад

    You need to pan for gold there.

    • @JorsMalan
      @JorsMalan  Год назад

      Do you think there will be gold? lots of copper in the area, but no gold found so far.

  • @cherylbush9780
    @cherylbush9780 Год назад

    2013 moved from England to Scotland and bought a house overlooking the Irving valley, river running through and amazing view, but I had a major challenge on my hands, a large 45 degree 'bowling cut lawn', that had to go. On waking the next morning, it all came to me, it was to be a wildlife slope and I would design it in the only way possible, childhood memories of the desert landscapes my dad and I loved. Move on to 2022, but for the weather, I had allowed for the 'lawn' to grow and each year more native grasses and wild flowers grew. This was 'my memories and I would take 7 years 'to construct and plant all on my own. Rocks (self dug out from bedrock of slope created by the Loudon, a now extinct volcano nearby, I loaded into back of car, more wild grasses/flowers dug out from waste building land and the nearest fruiting and flowering plants/trees I could find replicating those found in the wild. Dead wood stumps and gnarled shapenend branches, became the home and feeding supply of insects, small mammals and birds, it's just wonderful when nature responds in the way it has here. Youngest daughter and granddaughter are now also involved as we share our home and gentle garden maintenance.

    • @JorsMalan
      @JorsMalan  Год назад +1

      Generations of repairing the land, It reminds me of what Dr Hans Merensky did in his latter years restoring the flow of rivers by simply rehabilitating the fauna to native species.

    • @cherylbush9780
      @cherylbush9780 Год назад

      @@JorsMalan Here in Scotland, similar is now occurring by re-introducing Beavers, once wiped out by hunting their pelts. They too have successfully diverted streams which were flooding lands back into ancient rivers and Loch's.