RE: Money Tree...

Thanks, Jim and Kitty!  I think I can just sit back and enjoy the new plants
on my and Bill's desk shelves!  I think I got them so inexpensively because
the pots on the back sides were slightly cracked at the top rim, but I think
it gives them character.  Considering they traveled with me for a 24 hour
period in temps with a heat index up to 115 F, they look very healthy if the
leaves are any indication and the moss stayed a nice and rich green too.

I suppose, given I can keep them alive and well over the next few years,
I'll find out whether there might be diminutive flowers and fruits.  It will
be an interesting experiment.  I think they are pretty enough without them,
but was just curious as to whether like some other dwarf plants & bonsai,
they might go ahead and produce like their larger relatives.

Thanks again!  This is the best group around!

Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of james singer
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 11:11 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Money Tree...

Your source must be MoBot. There's a lot of confusion around this 
plant. MoBot says it's a humongus tree that grows in [where? Amazon 
basin? I forget] and nearly every one else says, no, it's this smallish 
tree from Guyana or India [it's also called Malabar chestnut as well as 
Guyana chestnut and French peanut] or some place else. It's all very 
confused and muddled--but rest assured, the one sold as the "money 
tree" is the smaller tree that produces the smaller fruits.

On Jul 27, 2005, at 11:38 AM, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing 
Center wrote:

> My reference says most of what Jim related.  However, it mentions the 
> fruits
> are a foot long and 6inches round.  Pretty heavy load for a bonsai. ;+)
>
> Kitty
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 3:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Money Tree...
>
>
>> Enlarged caudex is normal, Bonnie. They have to be fairly large to
>> produce fruit, I think [but not sure]. The one at Selby Botanical
>> Garden is 10-12 feet and regularly produces fruit. Fruits are
>> large-avocado sized pods that are full of cherry sized nuts that 
>> should
>> be roasted before eating. They taste something like chestnuts. Give
>> them light and adequate moisture; I don't know of any problems with
>> them, but I'd keep an eye out for the usual houseplant 
>> suspects--spider
>> mites, mealy bugs, etc, and if found, wash them off.
>>
>>
>> On Jul 26, 2005, at 7:24 PM, Bonnie & Bill Morgan wrote:
>>
>>> I happened upon a couple of bonsai "money tree" [Pachira aquatica] 
>>> for
>>> low
>>> bucks and picked one up for my office and for Bill's.  The photos 
>>> I've
>>> seen
>>> on the web look right as far as the leaves, but the trunks on ours 
>>> are
>>> bulbous at bottom and tiny at the top.  Is this a different cultivar
>>> or is
>>> there something wrong with them?  Will they eventually bloom and
>>> produce
>>> (albeit tiny) fruit?  Is there anything special I should do for them
>>> and/or
>>> are there problems I should look out for?
>>>
>>> Blessings,
>>> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
>>>
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>> Island Jim
>> Southwest Florida
>> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
>> Hardiness Zone 10
>> Heat Zone 10
>> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
>> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
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