How to make Podocarpus bonsai? What is the meaning of Podocarpus

Podocarpus is also known as Tushan, an evergreen small tree of the Podocarpaceae family. The bark is gray-brown with scaly cracks. It is mainly upright, with flat and dense branches. The leaves are strip-lanceolate, spirally alternate, dark green on the surface, and yellow-green or gray-green on the back. Podocarpus has always been upright, indomitable, and very straight. In our daily life, many friends like Podocarpus bonsai. The following will bring you how to make Podocarpus bonsai. May your life be rich and interesting.

Contents of this article

1. How to make Podocarpus bonsai

2. What is the meaning of Podocarpus?

3. Can the ripe Podocarpus fruit be eaten?

How to make a Podocarpus bonsai

The method of making Podocarpus bonsai is as follows.

1. Materials

When choosing plants, we can dig them up ourselves or obtain them through propagation methods. We can get plants through cuttings or seeds. When digging plants, it is best to choose plants with shorter bodies and more peculiar branch shapes.

2. Flower Pots

If you want the overall visual effect of the plant to be better, then we can choose some ceramic flower pots with better appearance. The specific selection should be based on the shape of the plant.

3. Soil

Since the environment in which the plants grow is generally not very good, the plants have a particularly strong ability to adapt to the soil. However, when choosing soil, it is best to choose some sandy soil that is more fertile and has good drainage.

4. Planting

When moving the plant into a flowerpot, it is best to leave some original soil at the roots of the plant, and also cut off the useless long roots. This will allow the roots of the plant to fully stretch out in the soil and survive better.

What is the meaning of Podocarpus

Podocarpus:

Also known as Tushan, it is an evergreen small tree of the Podocarpaceae family. The bark is gray-brown with scaly cracks. It is mainly upright, with flat and dense twigs. The leaves are strip-lanceolate, spirally alternate, dark green on the surface, yellow-green or gray-green on the back. The flowering period is April to May. The seeds are drupe-shaped, broadly ovate or spherical, purple-red when ripe, with white powder. The seeds are head-shaped, and the seed receptacle is like a cassock. The whole shape is like a Luohan wearing a cassock, hence the name.

Meaning:

Podocarpus is a model of perseverance. Because Podocarpus has always been upright and unyielding. It stands there straight all year round, motionless, like a PLA soldier guarding the border. Its leaves are green, clustered together, like countless needles, always defending the motherland and stabbing the enemy.

Can the ripe Podocarpus fruit be eaten?

The fruit of Podocarpus is divided into two parts. The round upper part is a lateral ovule, and the lower part is the seed receptacle. The seeds contained in the aril of the Podocarpus fruit are poisonous, so they cannot be eaten, but the fleshy seed receptacle can be eaten.

The gray-blue spherical part of the fruit of Podocarpus is the real seed of Podocarpus, which is smooth and looks like a monk's head. The lower part is obovate cylindrical, thicker than the upper part, and red, just like a monk wearing a red cassock. This part is called the seed receptacle. It tastes light and a little astringent, and birds usually peck at it. Podocarpus, like willow and ginkgo, is a dioecious plant. The male plant only blooms but does not produce seeds. Only the female plant produces seeds.