This unpretentious, but very effective indoor flower has already fallen in love with many amateur crop growers. Its botanical name is zamioculcas, and is popularly called a dollar tree. A native zamiokulkas from East Africa, where several species of this plant grow. In our latitudes, only one of its kind is cultivated as a room ornamental-deciduous flower - a zamyocular zamiokulkas.
Dollar tree - a flower of zamiokulkas
Zamiokulkas is a real tree, because even in room conditions it can grow up to 1 m in height. In addition, the plant belongs to the evergreen - that's why phyto-designers love it so much. This flower will perfectly decorate the interior of both spacious and not very room. Many are interested in how the dollar tree blossoms . This happens extremely rarely, the plant blooms not too attractive flowers, reminiscent of the ears. All its value is in the green leaves, which have a beautiful cicatrized form.
As already mentioned, it is very easy to look after a dollar tree . It is sufficient to contain it in a place with scattered light, moderately watering (the plant tolerates drought more than overflow) and in time to feed. You can use fertilizers suitable for all succulents, and do root fertilization every two weeks (this refers to the period of growth). The temperature of the content of zamiokulasa should also be moderate, in the summer not higher than 25 ° C, and in winter it will be enough and 12 ° C. Once a year a dollar tree needs a transplant .
Dollar tree flower - signs
This plant is not in vain called a dollar tree. With its cultivation are associated several signs, the most famous of which is the money. According to the popular teachings of feng shui, zamiokulkas will certainly bring money to your house, and not any, but that green currency, after which it is named. But this will happen only if the plant is healthy, and its foliage is beautiful,
In addition to zamiokulkas, the dollar tree has a third name. Sometimes it is called "women's happiness" (although more often they are called another flower of the family of aroids - spathiphyllum ). And with this, too, has its own sign - the landlady, whose dollar tree has blossomed, will inevitably find a simple female happiness - to be loved and desired.
Do not confuse the dollar tree with the so-called money-plump. Although they are both succulents and attract money to their owners, these are plants of completely different types with different conditions of maintenance and care.