What are the flower language and symbolic meaning of the Money Tree?
The Money Tree is a rather popular large indoor bonsai plant, especially suited for placement in relatively spacious living rooms, studies, and sitting rooms, elegant and simple in style, with a tropical southern charm; it is a new-generation indoor foliage plant with a graceful, neat plant shape that is world-famous. Now let us take a look together at what the flower language of the Money Tree is!
The flower language of the Money Tree
Bringing in wealth and treasure, glory, splendor, wealth and rank. The Money Tree suits many occasions and can be placed in spacious offices, new homes, living rooms, studies, balconies and other places; it not only boosts fortune and brings wealth, with an auspicious meaning, but also gives the home environment an elegant, simple style with a tropical southern charm. Those leaves, like strings of coins threaded together, look from a distance like a large bird spreading its wings, very grand and beautiful. Every day at work or in life, one can see this plant full of vigorous vitality, making people more motivated and spirited to strive.
Does the Money Tree bloom
The Money Tree does bloom. The flowers of the Money Tree are spadix inflorescences, presenting small flowers in pale yellow, brown or antique bronze, partly hidden in the leaf bases; the blooming time is from mid-summer to early autumn, and generally 3-4 years after planting the Money Tree, blooming will occur.
How to grow the Money Tree
1. Temperature: The suitable growth temperature for the Money Tree is 20-32°C. Whether potted or planted in the ground, it requires small annual average temperature fluctuations; commercial cultivation is best carried out in a temperature-controlled greenhouse. Every summer, when the temperature reaches above 35°C, the plant grows poorly, so measures such as adding black shade netting and spraying water on the surrounding environment should be used to lower the temperature, creating a suitable environment with a suitable ambient temperature that is also relatively dry. In winter, it is best to maintain a greenhouse temperature above 10°C; if the room temperature is below 5°C, the plant is prone to cold damage and its survival is then severely endangered. In late autumn and early winter, when the temperature drops below 8°C, it should be moved in time to a room with ample light, and throughout the overwintering period the temperature should be kept between 8°C-10°C, which is relatively safe and reliable.
2. Light: The Money Tree likes light and also has fairly strong shade tolerance. It should be given an environment with good sunlight but a certain degree of shade; direct strong light is taboo, and especially avoid the scorching sun after long rain and sudden clearing in late spring and early summer, and the 5-6 hours of unobstructed strong light baking around midday in summer, otherwise the newly sprouted tender leaves are very easily scorched. In commercial cultivation, from late spring to mid-autumn, it should be placed under a shade shed with 50-70% shading, but it must not be too dark, otherwise the newly sprouted tender leaves will become slender, the leaf color will turn yellow and listless, and the leaflets will be sparsely spaced, thereby affecting the compact and graceful appearance of the plant. For potted plants moved into the greenhouse in winter, supplementary light should be given. Keep the potting soil on the drier side, and the plant can remain disease-free year after year. In addition, the newly sprouted pinnate compound leaves do not show obvious phototropism, and the plant shape remains good.
3. Humidity: To care well for a potted Money Tree, efforts should be made to create an environment that is both moist and on the drier side. In commercial cultivation, for plants placed in the greenhouse, when the room temperature reaches above 33°C, the plant should be sprayed with water once a day. Because this plant has fairly strong drought tolerance, it is best to keep the potting soil slightly moist and on the drier side, but occasionally watering or fertilizing excessively will not necessarily cause root rot. In winter, pay attention to spraying water on the leaf surfaces and the surrounding environment, so that the relative air humidity reaches above 50%. After mid-autumn, reduce watering, or use spraying instead of watering, to help the newly sprouted tender leaves pass the winter safely. In addition, in winter special attention should be paid to the potting soil not being overly moist; drier is better, otherwise under low-temperature conditions, overly wet potting soil more easily leads to rot of the plant's root system, or even death of the whole plant.
4. Soil: The special climatic conditions of the Money Tree's place of origin have given it strong drought resistance, so the basic requirement for the growing medium is good permeability. The basic requirement for the growing medium is good permeability. The growing medium is mostly peat, coarse sand or washed coal cinders mixed with a small amount of garden soil, and its pH value adjusted to between 6-6.5, in a slightly acidic state. Because its tubers are huge, its root system well developed, and its pinnate compound leaves relatively long, during the growing season its growth should be observed in time to decide whether to repot and change the soil. Always keep the growing medium well aerated and permeable, to help create a root environment with good air and water drainage. During the plum rain season, check frequently; if water accumulation in the pot is found, repot and change the soil in time.
5. Fertilizer: The Money Tree relatively likes fertilizer. Besides adding an appropriate amount of rotted cake fertilizer or multi-element slow-release compound fertilizer to the growing medium, during the growing season a mixed solution of 0.2% urea plus 0.1% monopotassium phosphate can be applied monthly 2-3 times, or a balanced fertilizer 20-10-20 (20-20-20) can be applied at a concentration of 200-250 ppm in combination with calcium nitrate. After mid-autumn, to help it pass the winter safely, nitrogen fertilizer should be stopped, and 0.3% monopotassium phosphate solution should be applied 2-3 times consecutively, to promote the hardening and filling out of the young leaf rachises and newly sprouted leaves. After the temperature drops below 15°C, all forms of topdressing should be stopped, to avoid fertilizer damage to the roots under low-temperature conditions.