[IBC] Pachira Aquatica???
Hello,
I have just acquired a rather odd looking plant which I believe to be a bonsai. I have tried to find references to this particular species with limited success. It appears to be a Pachira Aquatica or "Money Tree". There are three trunks which spiral upward and weave together as a braid. I Googled it, and found that it was the same plant I see in local nurseries sold as "lucky bean". It is in the bombacaceae, a tropical family. I don't know what's lucky about it. It's being marketed as a cheap throwaway plant to give as a housegift. I suspect it is easy to collect and germinate the seeds in mass quantities, and that explains it. Here's a picture of an adult- http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty...es/pac_aqu.jpg stunning, and obviously, not bonsai material. But you might get a decent houseplant out of it if you remove the braids. Braids are fine (health-wise, not aesthetically) for plants that "meld" to themselves, like figs, but I have no way of knowing if this is a plant that will tolerate this kind of treatment, and no self-respecting plant is braided, anyway. -- Nina Shishkoff Frederick, MD ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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