my mother in law got this bonsai as a gift and it looks as if it is dying. it looks like a pineapple top. when she got it, the bulb like bottom was brown with green sprouts that look like spiny palm fronds. now, the base is still brown, but the sprouts are turning a yellowish brown green. I don't know what to do, can you help? OH, the dish it is in is about 4 inches deep, oblong with mossy stuff around the bulb and rocks around the rest. I don't know if that helps or not, and I do know that it was purchased at a local grocery store. thank you so much!!!!
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Hi Tklynnlv,
I'm not a bonsai specialist by any stretch, so I'm not sure how helpful I can be, so maybe someone else will come by with more helpful info. I think the first thing is to id your plant. It sounds like it might be a ponytail palm, which really isn't a palm at all. Is this your plant?
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Newt
I'm not a bonsai specialist by any stretch, so I'm not sure how helpful I can be, so maybe someone else will come by with more helpful info. I think the first thing is to id your plant. It sounds like it might be a ponytail palm, which really isn't a palm at all. Is this your plant?
https://www.dirtdoctor.com/view_question.php?id=134
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Or a Juniper of some sort... okay that's a start...
Check out the bonsai articles here on the site, keeping in mind you have an evergreen temperate plant. It will be SLIGHTLY more forgiving about watering and need a wintering period to get it's rest; just follow the advice for junipers and you'll be okay...
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Check out the bonsai articles here on the site, keeping in mind you have an evergreen temperate plant. It will be SLIGHTLY more forgiving about watering and need a wintering period to get it's rest; just follow the advice for junipers and you'll be okay...
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