6" Pachira, Braid cryptanthus on older plants the leaves

on older plants the leaves all rustle and lean on each other

threadlike magenta veins add to the loveliness

Taller than most Calatheas

Reddish stems are covered with star-shaped leaves with one long point

(coloring outside the lines a bit)

6" Pachira, Braid cryptanthus on older plants the leavesOnce upon a time, a poor man found a Money Tree, took it home and nurtured it. It gave him seeds and more little plants that he sold and made lots of money, and that's how the plant got its nickname. Slender, brown trunks decoratively braided, sprout a new top of hand shaped leaves with shiny green fingers. Pachira rewards with an extravagant, gigantic flower, one of the largest tree flowers in the whole world! Orangey yellow, long and thin petals