Plant Identification: SOLVED: Little tree with green bulbous growth at base of trunk...

Author Content KylieWylie Edmonton Canada January 2, 2013 4:35 PM Post #9373524 Bought this plant at Home Depot... looked lonely but I have no idea what it is... Can anyone help me identify it? :) Click the image for an enlarged view. jasminesmom Blue Mountain, NY January 2, 2013 4:38 PM Post #9373527 it looks like a tree growing out of a lime LOL... cant wait to hear what it is growin Vancouver, BC (Zone 8b) January 2, 2013 4:42 PM Post #9373540 Castanospermum australe http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/56986/ kittriana Magnolia, TX (Zone 8b) January 3, 2013 2:41 PM Post #9374459 You mean the seed its growing from- like an avocado does, splits and pops sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD (Zone 7a) January 4, 2013 1:26 PM Post #9375442 I had never heard of this until a couple months ago. I saw little ones in a market. The seed looked so fake! It was green even on the split inside face. growin Vancouver, BC (Zone 8b) January 4, 2013 1:30 PM Post #9375446 They are pretty cool. Easily grown and marketed as a "Jack & the Beanstock" plant.

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