Coco-like plant

[koosie]

Of all my plants, this one reminds me the most of Coco:

http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/Lagoopine/?action=view&current=DSCF0206.jpg

[Cassini90125]

Dang, that does remind me of Coco. Pretty wild. ;)

What species is it?

[koosie]

I'm pretty sure it's Beaucarnea recurvata also known as the Elephant Foot or Ponytail Tree. I have another view of her:

http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/Lagoopine/?action=view&current=DSCF0207.jpg

[Cassini90125]

By coincidence the color of the bowl it's sitting in kind of reminds me of Coco's body. You might have the beginnings of a fanart project here! :D

[koosie]

Haha Thank You! Sadly she's not very animated or manic. In fact she barely even grows.

[jekylljuice]

That's so cool, koosie. ;)

I've had a houseplant for several years (not really sure what kind it is - I lost the original label) which reminds me a bit of Coco's hair. Sadly, most of its leaves have either withered or died off lately, so I think it may be on the way out. :(

Most of the plants I keep are orchids (mostly phalaenopsis), though I'm not very good at encouraging them to reflower.

[.~ART IS A BANG~.]

Oooooh cool it does kind of look like Coco

[fosters home fan]

Wow! That's really neat,koosie. It does remind me of coco;)

[emperor26]

Coincidence? Maybe.

Still, I admit that plant does indeed resemble Coco.

[Sparky]

Maybe someone can make a planter that looks like Coco sans the top of her head, and then put a little palm in it? :terrsmile:

[scary_dream]

What a cute idea!!

Unfortunately, I have instead of a "green thumb" a "black thumb" lol... I have the ability to kill ANY plant I try to care for. ::) It's so annoying.

[Sparky]

Me too, that's why *I'm* not gonna try it. :P

[koosie]

Really? That's a strange thing, Sparky. You look after much more complicated organisms than plants. I have many hundreds of plants, more than I could count but with just one Snake I'd be worrying whether it had enough to eat or was warm enough.

I'm sure there's more Coco-like plants than my one. A nice old Cycad perhaps or maybe a nice little Coco palm would do it.

[koosie]

~Baby Coco plants!

These are four baby versions of Coco-like plant, raised from seeds this year:

http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/Lagoopine/?action=view&current=Dscf0158-1.jpg

At least 2 of them will end up in bargain bucket (ebay) as sadly they're not worth a lot of money as adult plants. Anyone want to a grow a Coco? They're about as easy as a house-plant can get.

[KazooBloo]

Coco, eh?