Pseudobombax ellipticum (forma alba)
[B]
[ Malvaceae ]
[ Central America ]
Pseudobombax ellipticum, best known as Bombax ellipticum, is a fabulously attractive fast-growing deciduous tree with a smooth caudiciform trunk, green and marbled with gray. It can reach 18 m in height, but usually much smaller to shrublike in tropical gardens. The new branches are light green. This species is known for its unique brush-like white or pink flowers of 15 to 20 cm in diameter in the form of brush. New leaves are a quite attractive deep maroon colour and turn a fine green as they get older. The fruit, an elongated dehiscent capsule 15-25 cm long and 2.5-3.5 cm in diameter, contains a fluffy fiber around the seeds. This is an attractive shade tree suitable for bonsai as well.
Seeds (3) : 3.9 €
Plant : Out of Stock
Habitat
zone 10b = Winter minimum temperature 2C to 4C (35F to 40F) Rocky Hillsides Tropical Lowland Forests 0-600m Dry tropical forests
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Drought-Tolerant Fast-Growing
Cultivation
Cultivation
Substrate
Temperature during winter
Lighting
Watering during automn-winter
Watering during hot season
Fertilizer during growth
Pruning
Repotting
1 gravel + 1 soil + 1 humus
Indoor during winter temperature min. from 11 to 16C
Sunny
Rarely ( when the substrate is dry )
Regularly and abundantly, but avoid that the water traverse the pot
Regularly but with spacing
A light pruning is possible every end of summer
Repot every year if possible
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zone 10b = Winter minimum temperature 2C to 4C (35F to 40F) 
