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

[@hermancrabie9295]

Ongelooflik mooi

[@amandavanheerden7980]

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

[@JorsMalan]

This location is a secret.

[@michaellockleymotivational8046]

Another fascinating and educational video thanks so much!

[@JorsMalan]

Thanks for joining me.

[@michaellockleymotivational8046]

@@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]

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

[@michaellockleymotivational8046]

@@JorsMalan OK will try again thank you very much

[@JorsMalan]

@@michaellockleymotivational8046 thanks for commenting.

[@andrewvanstaden8922]

Thanks Jors. Never seen one flowering

[@JorsMalan]

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

[@pepster144]

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]

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

[@JorsMalan]

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

[@petracollins8623]

How beautiful. Hard work getting there!

[@alabamatropicals506]

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

[@adrianvanbreda4807]

So beautiful and precious!

[@JorsMalan]

It really is beautiful and precious

[@websterlichaba3192]

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

[@samhoudijk5166]

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

[@FrancesGibb-re3wu]

Just watched this. What fascinating plants.

[@The_Joy_Finder]

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

[@JorsMalan]

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.

[@dimitrisgonatas2264]

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

[@mariesnyman724]

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

[@wimpretorius1683]

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

[@michaelc2645]

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]

Contact me on [e-mail]

[@kosievandenberg2145]

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.

[@ruthlongridge2137]

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

[@JorsMalan]

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]

@@JorsMalan That's valuable info- thanks!

[@thiennguyen9747]

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

[@JorsMalan]

I made sure not to show the location.

[@janiliebenberg4407]

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

[@kosievandenberg2145]

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

[@stephanievegter5438]

♥️

[@roberturibe3150]

What kind of tree's were those.

[@JorsMalan]

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

[@roberturibe3150]

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

[@Phyto.]

@@roberturibe3150 Myrrh

[@ilikeit2ful]

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

[@JorsMalan]

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]

@@JorsMalan Thanks!

[@cherylbush9780]

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]

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]

@@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.

[@mariannaskontorp5545]

Waar kom die naam " halfmens " vandaan

[@waswe4204]

You need to pan for gold there.

[@JorsMalan]

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

[@mariesnyman724]

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

[@JorsMalan]

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