Taxodium Mucronatum Bonsai
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Taxodium mucronatum bonsai. This montezuma cypress taxodium mucronatum 274 now located the north american collection was donated by mike naka in 2004 in honor of his grandfather and bonsai master the late john y. John naka purchased this bonsai from a nursery in los angeles after traveling from denver in 1946 and began training the tree in 1948. It is animportant medicinal plant and may have been considered sacred by somemexican civilizations. The item bonsai tree montezuma cypress taxodium mucronatum live tree.
The branches are very flexible and makes for easy styling. Finally this tree is very durable and can take a lot of work which is a great benefit for any bonsai grower. If your seedling perishes we are happy to provide a replacement small sized seedling for just the cost of shipping handling 4 60 seed grown without poison or pesticides at our nursery on california s redwood coast. Starter tree is in sale since saturday july 26 2014.
Ahuehuete is derived from the nahuatl name for the tree āhuēhuētl which means upright drum in water or old man of the water. This montezuma cypress taxodium mucronatum 274 now located the north american collection was donated by mike naka in 2004 in honor of his grandfather and bonsai master the late john y. Some of these uses continue in popular practice. Due to its habitat which is swampland it forms almost exclusive stands since other tree species cannot compete with having their root systems submerged for a great part of the year.
The native habitat of taxodium is the southern united states bordering the gulf of mexico and it is also found anywhere near water from delaware to florida. Grow your own montezuma cypress taxodium mucronatum mexico s national tree. John naka purchased this bonsai from a nursery in los angeles after traveling from denver in 1946 and began training the tree in 1948. This plant has no children legal status.
A gummy resin produced after the tree is woundedwas used to cure skin diseases wounds ulcers gout and toothaches bythe aztecs.