Pachira

Glademama says it’s time to come home now...

Born the first day back at work after the Christmas/New Year closing period! Under prompt from my lovely pal, I hatched an egg and got this XYY. He is a tree, a gift from Gladekeeper that I must protect and cherish until I may once again join her ranks :,> Hun you were right about the joy thing but I still want to help you with your Ferrari child so may this twig bless you~

UPDATE: Lucky child, gave Skarlette her Ferrari. As a result, I’ve named him Pachira after P.glabra (otherwise sold as P.aquatica despite differences in bark) under the names ‘Lucky Tree’ and ‘Money Tree’.

But no seriously RNG gave me a Royal/Azure/Azure I sold earlier as well as a couple of nice ID kids, so guess I’m doomed to forever spend money. Now I’m hatching XYYs every so often so this is a thing

Minor Update: Yo I hatched 2 Primal Gen 1s within a week of each other and more doubles this kid is GUCCI

Update 2022: He has a tiny friend named Spike and I’m back in Nature :D OH, and I’ve been hatching more G1 doubles and special eyes lmao what a lad.

Update 2023: Still going strong in the luck department! More double G1s + hatched another Nature Primal from my nests I could keep this time cx

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Pachira glabra (syn. Bombacopsis glabra) is a tropical wetland tree in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to eastern Brazil, where it grows along rivers and other waterways. It is generally known by the nonscientific names Guinea peanut, French peanut, Saba nut, money tree, and lucky tree. It shares many of these common names with Pachira aquatica, the Malabar chestnut, which is quite similar looking, has similar culinary and ornamental uses, and is often confused with P. glabra. P. glabra is grown in West and Central Africa as a foodcrop. The seeds are rich in oil and contain 16% protein and 40–50% fat. The seeds taste similar to peanuts and are typically boiled or roasted, with the roasted seeds sometimes ground to make a hot drink. The young leaves and flowers are also edible. Young P. glabra trees can easily be grown in flowerpots and survive a range of conditions as long as they remain above freezing temperatures. They are marketed commercially as ornamentals with several small trees in a single flowerpot, their trunks braided; specimens are similar in appearance to P. aquatica and many small ornamentals sold as P. aquatica are actually P. glabra. However, P. aquatica has woody gray bark, while P. glabra's is a smoother greenish-gray, and P. aquatica will only develop a swollen trunk with age. Likewise, the flowers of P. aquatica feature red-tipped petals and red anthers, whereas the flowers of P. glabra are all white. In addition, the P. aquatica blooms last marginally longer during than those of P. glabra. P. glabra seeds are green rather than brown and half the size of those of P. aquatica. Seed yields are also lower than those of P. aquatica.