Hello. I bought these the other day they were sold 99cent for one group in a Chinese nursery grocery of my grocer store. I could not resist they looked so small but exotic. Each ball of above the roots is about 1" across they have small short roots going down the soil a bit like a palm tree. The shop owner did not know what it was and there was no name tag from a breeder seller. I reminded me a bit of Poney tail palms in miniature.. What do you think they are or will develop into? These are about 6-8 inches tall now but seemed to have been trimmed leaves. Due to the size I put them into a small Chinese sort of Bonzai pot but maybe they need to be outdoors and in soil but are they hardy? The leaves fan out flat nearly like a fan palm in Africa. Thanks PS the white pearls is to stop our cat from digging I know its a bit kitsch but it does the trick.
yea but Poney tails make leaves all around hanging down this is like a fan and the bulb structure is not as woody but then I have never seen such small ones..
So would you recommend to plant them in deeper pots.(although Poney taill plants) don't have deep roots) what leaves me baffled is the fact the the bulbish root ball is really ROUND like an onion and not sort of irregular shaped like big poney tail palm..or do they take different shapes? What will I do with those in Vancouver they have to go inside for the winter..Lucky they won't grow fast...:-) ( oh sorry a smiley)
Just saw this online now after googling that is EXACT what I bought same pot same looks http://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35263
It doesn't seem to be right for Beaucarnia. They have a tuft of leaves at the tip that form a rosette. This plant looks more like opposite leaves and the base certainly looks different. It does look like the one pot in the comment section by BewilderedGreeny, but that does not look right either.
So I just went to shoot a close up for the leaf construction say E>W..there are a few thinner leaves in the center that seem to start going S>N . Is that clear enough..I will await your precise option before dissecting them and putting them into different pots I don't think it's that wrong to have them grow in patches of three or four. I doubt that in Vancouver and in-outdoor they will grow as big as in the tropics.. IN RSA mine were over 2m and the roots up to say 60cm across. Thanks for your time researching this with YOUR expertise that I do not master.
If it is a Beaucarnia, they are slow growing, so I would think they would be fine together for a while. Your close up kind of looks like the leaves are starting to twist. I just don't know.
They look like Beaucarnia to me. The one that I'm growing had the same appearance when it was young; the leaves did not form a rosette during that time. Check the leaf margin. It is finely serrated on a ponytail.
