Can't you tell the difference between sunflower, Hawaiian coconut, pocket coconut and rich coconut? Just three steps.

Sunflower, Hawaiian coconut, pocket coconut and rich coconut, at first see these four kinds of plants, it is completely indistinguishable ah, in the end how to distinguish them? Let's take a look at it with the experts of green plant conservation.

Disperse the sunflower, Hawaiian coconut, pocket coconut and rich coconut in three steps:

The first step: look at the plant height-higher plant type-exclude pocket coconuts (leaf assistant judgment can be included here, pocket coconut leaves are wide, short and spreading)

Step 2: see if there are stem nodes-none-exclude Hawaiian coconuts

Step 3: look at the appearance of the stem-yellowish green, slightly bulge-exclude rich coconuts (here can be combined with leaf regularity and drooping state to assist judgment)

Conclusion: this is sunflower.

First, loose-tailed sunflower (Phoenix tail sunflower)

It is also called yellow coconut, Aoi Murasaki, is the palm family, sunflower genus evergreen shrubs or small trees, its roots are smooth, generally yellowish green, leaves are relatively smooth and slender, of course, a scattered tail.

It likes the warm, moist, ventilated semi-shady environment, not resistant to cold, can be seen everywhere in the south, the north belongs to indoor green plants, listen to shade-resistant, exposure is not!

Hawaiian coconut

Also known as bamboo sleeve coconut, Chevrolet coconut, pocket coconut, also known as green stem Kam brown, root ridge brown, heavy Buddha coconut, bamboo stem exquisite coconut and so on. The plant is graceful, and easy to blossom and seed, with dense branches and leaves, dark green color, glossy and elegant pinnae, giving people a sense of dignity, elegance and elegance, which can be placed indoors for a long time, and can be appreciated by flowers, fruits, leaves and stems, which is conducive to purifying the air and beautifying the environment.

Its maintenance is not difficult, common indoor green plants, like to grow in a warm and humid environment, bright light can grow normally, afraid of exposure, relatively strong adaptability, the soil to choose some loose, fertile, well-drained sandy soil is the best!

Stem difference:

Sunflower is yellowish green and has turquoise spots on it. The stem is smooth, cylindrical and broad at the bottom.

The Hawaiian coconut stem is like bamboo, segmented, short, hollow in the middle, but slender, creeping to grow new buds on the stem, and unbranched.

Leaf difference:

The leaves of the sunflower are luxuriant and evergreen, the leaves are smooth and slender, and hard, bright green, the petiole is yellow, and the whole feathery growth.

Hawaiian coconuts have few, dark brown and glossy leaves, grow in the upper part of the stem, grow pinnately, have no petiole, and have straight branches.

Third, pocket coconut

Also known as beautiful bamboo coconut, pocket bamboo, dwarf coconut, dwarf brown, living room brown, happiness brown, pocket coconut sunflower, pocket brown. Palm bamboo palm is an evergreen shrub with a potted height of no more than 1 meter. Because the plant type is very similar to the tropical coconut tree, the shape is small and exquisite, beautiful and chic, so it is named pocket coconut. Coupled with its shade tolerance, it is very suitable for indoor small and medium-sized potted plants.

Its plant is short, the stem is erect and has an irregular pattern. Its sex likes high temperature, high humidity and semi-overcast environment. The suitable temperature for growth was 20-30 ℃, 13 ℃ entered dormancy state, and the overwintering temperature was 10 ℃.

IV. Rich coconuts

Also known as tasseled coconut, its leaves are very luxuriant, the upper and lower parts of the whole plant are leaves, looks very luxuriant, there is a feeling of wealth coming! The leaves are bright and graceful, and they can bear fruit. If you raise them well, you can see clusters of green fruits in autumn and winter.

Rich coconuts like a warm and humid climate, maintenance must be shaded, bright light is good, if the ground is grown strong sun exposure is fine, potted plants are not necessary! Its cold resistance is better, and flower friends in the north can also be raised freely, and they can still survive at minus 4 degrees, which is still quite good.

PS: the best way to distinguish between rich coconuts and Hawaiian coconuts is to look at the leaves of the plant, the upper and lower parts have leaves, the rich coconuts are very luxuriant, and the rhizomes are leafless in the lower part, bare in the upper part, but the Hawaiian coconuts are sparse.