Pachira 'Fortune Tree': Braid

Pachira aquatica, also known as a Fortune or Money Tree, is native to Southern Mexico to Bolivia and Northern Brazil and is found in freshwater swamps, estuaries, along riverbanks, or tropical rainforests. This tree can grow up to 60 feet tall in its native habitat, but it typically grows no more than 6 to 8 feet tall as a houseplant. The trunks of these trees are so flexible that they can be braided together, and they have large, showy, fragrant flowers when grown outdoors. It is hardy in USDA zones 10 to 12. If planted outdoors, it needs to be protected from strong winds. The trees will produce flowers when planted outdoors in 4 to 5 years; however, it will not flower indoors or if braided. It was valued in Feng Shui for creating positive energy and prosperity for the home. It became known as the "money tree" based on a tale of a poor man acquiring wealth by selling the tree's edible nuts. Braiding of the stems of seedlings also originated in Taiwan. It was thought it was a way of locking in luck or fortune.

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