Among magical indoor plants, the dollar tree occupies a worthy place, about which there are many signs and superstitions. It is interesting to figure out whether Zamioculcas (the scientific name of the tropical alien) really attracts wealth, whether it lives up to its nickname “celibacy flower” or whether it attracts female happiness.
Signs and superstitions
Now there are many different superstitions regarding this plant, let's look at some of them.
Why is the flower called the dollar tree?
Zamioculcas is also popularly called the money or dollar tree.
People sincerely believe that this plant is capable of attracting money and wealth. In this regard, there are a lot of greetings and superstitions. According to folk wisdom, in order for the dollar tree to be truly effective, it must be treated like a person. The tropical flower loves water very much, it needs to be watered as the earthen clod dries out and at this time talk to it tenderly, ask for wealth, for prosperity. Moreover, you need to ask him for help on Tuesdays when the moon is waxing.
There is a whole ritual for attracting money to the house with the help of Zamioculcas. You need to take a dollar bill and roll it into a conical pyramid. Attach the top of the pyramid to the flower and constantly ensure that the bill does not fall. You can put a cent coin in the tray of the pot.
There is also a belief that the plant needs special money water. A small amount of coins should be poured with cold water and the liquid should be allowed to steep for two days. Water the dollar tree with this magical liquid. The coins should remain in the container until the water runs out.
Attention! Zamioculcas leaves contain poisonous cell sap. Therefore, when caring for the plant, be careful; work only with gloves. If there are small children in the house to whom the danger of this flower cannot be explained, then it is better not to keep it in the house for now.
Be careful when handling the plant - zamioculcas contains poisonous cell sap. Wear gloves.
Another sign is related to the fact that when you receive such a flower as a gift, you must give the giver a few coins. Then it will really bring wealth.
Why is it called “women’s happiness”?
Why women's happiness? Perhaps this name is related to the shape of the flower: when in bloom, it has the shape of a male penis.
In addition, Zamioculcas, if properly cared for, can make a woman happy. Moreover, a prerequisite for this is that the flower must be given as a gift and not purchased. A purchased plant, on the contrary, will bring failure in love affairs and loneliness.
And it is believed that only a flowering plant can attract a man to the house, which happens extremely rarely. It is considered a very bad omen for a woman if the plant withers.
Under no circumstances should you throw it away; you must either cure it or buy another one of the same flower. A healthy zamioculcas will share its energy with a fading one.
Flower of celibacy and muzhegon?
But if some believe that the plant brings women's happiness, others consider it a manger.
There are beliefs that the plant can even give a woman the crown of celibacy. This popular belief appeared because zamioculcas is similar to another plant called muzhegon - spathiphyllum. In science, of course, this fact has not been confirmed, but the mentality of the people is structured this way - to believe in legends and sayings.
That is why the following signs exist among the people:
- if the plant is in the house of an unmarried girl, then she will never get married;
- only a gifted flower has magical properties and can bring happiness, love, and wealth to the house;
- if zamioculcas grows luxuriantly, does not get sick and even blooms, this is a sign of well-being and happiness.
How to avoid the consequences of predictions
The main negative prediction is due to the fact that the African succulent is considered a flower of celibacy. But if it is well-groomed and grows well, there is no need to expect any misfortunes. It's bad when signs of wilting appear. You cannot throw away such a plant. It needs to be cured or bought another, healthy specimen and placed next to the patient. Then its energy will help the withered flower.
To prevent bad predictions from coming true, you need to properly care for the exotic succulent. This plant needs moderate watering, regular feeding, and plenty of sunlight. As for magical properties, they can be increased if desired. Special “money” water will help with this. To make it, several coins are placed in the container from which the flower is watered. Pour water into it and leave for several days. Then this liquid is used to moisten the soil in the flower pot. This “charged” water better nourishes the plant.
Signs and superstitions have become firmly established in the lives of many people. Whether to believe in them or not, everyone decides for themselves. Financial well-being should not be trusted only to a flower: everyone must take care of attracting wealth on their own. But on the other hand, if you firmly believe that the dollar tree will bring good luck and take good care of the plant, it is likely that the wish will materialize.
What does a plant mean in Feng Shui?
Chinese feng shui philosophy also considers zamioculcas as a way to attract the energy of wealth. According to Chinese teaching, the location of the plant in the house and its proper care are very important.
It is better to place a flower pot in the south-eastern part of the house. The plant should only be planted in new soil; you cannot use a pot with soil in which another flower has already grown.
It’s good to leave a few coins in the ground when planting, which will exude monetary energy and have a beneficial effect on the growth and flowering of the plant.
Also, adherents advise giving zamioculcas for holidays associated with something new - birthdays, housewarmings or New Years. Then the positive energy of the plant will increase a hundred times.
Is Zamiakulkas a woman’s happiness or a flower of celibacy (husband)?
In addition to the attractive power for wealth, other magical abilities have been noticed behind the dollar tree. Signs say that zamiakulkas makes a woman happy and attracts love. And according to other signs, the dollar tree is a flower of celibacy. If he appears in the house of an unmarried lady, she will have to live alone for a century. How to figure out what role zamiakulkas plays in a woman’s fate?
The flower of celibacy or zamiakulkas belongs to the araceae family - all these plants have masculine energy. They are called "husbands". They don’t tolerate other men in the house.
What about “women’s happiness”? This “nickname” belongs to another flower - spathiphyllum. According to signs, the flowers of these plants have a similar shape and resemble a phallus to a person with a well-developed imagination. Moreover, the dollar bush is the leader in this imitation.
But if spathiphyllum regularly and stably brings happiness to its owner, then with zamioculcas everything is somewhat more complicated. To attract a loved one into a woman’s life, several conditions must be met:
- The flower must be given as a gift. When a woman buys a dollar tree at a store, she, on the contrary, gives away part of her love luck. Therefore, a purchased flower will attract failures in love and loneliness.
- The plant must be well-groomed, grow well, not lose leaves, and not fade.
- If a flower has withered, this is a very bad omen for a woman. You can't throw it away. You need to cure or buy another specimen of Zamioculcas and place it next to the sick person. A healthy plant will share its energy with a wilting one, and the problem will be solved.
- Good luck comes during the flowering of Zamioculcas. The dollar bush is blooming, and you can wait for the groom.
Unfortunately, “African” blooms rarely and not for everyone.
And people are divided into two camps: some expect good luck in love and a quick wedding from the dollar tree, others believe that the flower can give a lady a “crown of celibacy.”
It is known that omens work the way they are believed to work. If you are afraid of celibacy, then there is very little chance of getting married. It's better to think positive.
This is exactly how signs appear: they gave a dollar bush to a girl who was destined to be alone, she did not find her husband. Then the unfortunate woman shared her observations and conclusions with other people, and so a superstition appeared that the exotic flower attracts celibacy.
Is it possible to keep a flower at home?
Despite the signs associated with the negative effects of the flower, Zamioculcas is positively characterized by biologists and gardeners.
It is recommended to keep this flower at home because it perfectly purifies the air, has a positive effect on a person’s sleep, and gives him energy and vigor. In addition, zamioculcas is an excellent decorative option in your home.
But often people plant this plant at home because they believe in its magical properties. That is why they believe in numerous signs. For example, if a plant withers, it means financial failures are coming.
Why is the flower called the dollar tree?
Observations of Zamioculcas have led to many signs and superstitions. The plant is credited with the ability to attract money, and not ordinary money, but overseas currency.
Zamioculcas has many names:
- Zanzibar gem (the birthplace of the flower is the rocky plateau of Zanzibar).
- Dollar tree (branches with Zamioculcas leaves resemble stacked one-dollar coins).
- Caladium zamifolia (this is the name of the flower when it arrived from Africa to Europe at the beginning of the 19th century).
- Zamik (affectionate folk name).
According to another version, the exotic plant was named dollar tree for its nominal value. Initially, the “Zanzibar stone” was very expensive and appeared exclusively in rich houses where dollar bills were found.
At its core, Zamioculcas is a succulent.
Above the ground are the leaves of the plant, which can accumulate moisture. For flora representatives, moisture is a real wealth. It is for this “ability to accumulate” that the flower may have been endowed with the magical property of attracting wealth. By the way, the same properties are attributed to all succulents from the fat plant to the ordinary cactus.
Magical properties of the plant
Signs and superstitions about Zamioculcas say that the tree brings wealth, good luck, and happiness to the home. It is also according to signs:
- lifts the mood of residents;
- creates comfort;
- gives vigor and strength;
- relieves depression and stress.
Feng Shui experts recommend keeping a dollar tree at home. According to Eastern science, proper maintenance and location will provide the owners of the house with an influx of finances.
And without proper attention, there is a risk of family destruction.
How to prevent poisoning
Growing a poisonous plant requires compliance with safety rules. This will help protect loved ones and animals from poisoning.
Prevention:
- When replanting a plant, cutting leaves and stems, you need to wear gloves;
- After working with zamioculcas, thoroughly clean your hands;
- The potty is placed in places that are difficult for children and pets to reach;
- If there are people in the family with allergies, it is recommended to discard the flower.
It is better to remove inflorescences from zamioculcas to avoid allergic reactions. Following simple prevention will help avoid unpleasant consequences.
Peculiarities
Keeping zamioculcas requires compliance with important care points, and it is also advisable for the owner of the plant to know the signs and beliefs associated with the flower. For example, if you were given a zamioculcas as a gift, it is recommended that you thank the donor with several coins, even small ones. This purely symbolic “payoff” will neutralize the negative energy that the flower accumulates.
It is very important to properly care for the plant. The fact is that since the material well-being and success of those living in the house is associated with the state of the flower, any deterioration in its well-being will not be slow to have a negative impact on these important areas of life. Falling leaves and their wilting are considered dangerous - this may indicate imminent financial difficulties.
Zamioculcas is sometimes called the “flower of celibacy,” linking the name to the fact that men rarely stay in a house where it is present. However, everything changes if the zamioculcas begins to bloom, which happens quite rarely: this fact may mean an early marriage for its owner.
As you can see, the signs are mutually exclusive: to believe them or not is everyone’s right; special attention, however, should not be paid to such superstitions. Whatever the signs, it is not logical to deprive your interior of such an exotic, unusual and beautiful plant.
Why is it called “husband”
If the majority believes that zamioculcas brings a woman relief from loneliness, then someone on the contrary considers the plant a real symbol of the “crown of celibacy.” This sign is associated with the external similarity of Zamioculcas with another flower - spathiphyllum, which is a real “mozhegon”.
What signs are associated with this fact:
- if zamioculcas grows on an unmarried girl, the latter is unlikely to get married;
- You cannot buy a flower yourself, as in this case there is a risk of never getting a husband.
How exactly does Zamioculcas bloom?
The plant is popular with gardeners because of its feathery, bright green leaves growing on fleshy stems. Their surface is covered with a waxy coating, due to which the leaves acquire a glossy shine.
Those who want to see how Zamioculcas blooms need to make a lot of effort.
With proper care, patience and a bit of luck, the plant will produce small and inconspicuous flowers in light cream shades. They are concentrated in one large inflorescence - the spadix, which is characteristic of the family of aroid crops. Almost the entire diameter of the cob is covered by a modified pale green leaf, 6–8 cm long. Because of this, the inflorescence blends into the general background, and it is difficult to detect the flowering.
Another feature of the inflorescence is its structure, or more precisely, the separate arrangement of flowers of different sexes in the spadix: male flowers in the upper part and female flowers in the lower part. At the border of the two zones there is an area of sterile flowers. As a result, the inflorescence is unable to self-pollinate.
To facilitate access to flowers for pollination, which in the homeland of Zamioculcas in the arid steppes is done only by a few crawling insects and the wind, the inflorescence appears on a short peduncle. It grows from a tuber and reaches a height of only 3–20 cm.
Moreover, at first the cob stretches upward, but as it lengthens, it leans more and more towards the ground. In the natural environment, after fertilization, brown berries with seeds inside ripen from the flowers; in home conditions, this process never reaches completion.
How to stop a plant from crying?
At home, Zamioculcas can cry much more often than in its natural environment . This is due to the excessive care of gardeners who regularly water the succulent with small portions of water.
However, proper watering of a plant should be based on its botanical characteristics. Since the plant stores liquid in case of drought, it will inevitably “cry” in conditions of excess humidity. If the apartment is hot and dry from the summer heat, then droplets from the surface will evaporate naturally. However, in the off-season, when the humidity level in the apartment becomes higher, there is no escape from the liquid released from the pores of the zamioculcas. The situation is aggravated by plastic frames that disrupt the natural air circulation in the room.
Droplets on the tips of the leaves are a signal to gardeners to normalize watering. In this case, it is not the amount of irrigation liquid that should be changed, but the period between procedures should be increased.
The succulent should be irrigated as the lower layers of soil dry out. You can check this using a regular wooden stick or pencil, which must be lowered to the bottom of the pot. If the soil does not stick to the bottom of the tester, then it is time to water. In this case, it is recommended to moisten the soil in a pot with a dollar tree abundantly enough so that water appears in the pan, flowing out of the bottom hole of the bowl. However, the procedure should be carried out no more than a couple of times a month, and even less often in winter.
The juice released from the pores of zamioculcas is a banal reaction to excessive watering and increased air humidity before rain. Thus, there is a completely rational explanation for the sign associated with the tears of a succulent. In order not to make the plant “cry,” you just need to normalize watering , following the simple recommendations of botanists.
Why does the dollar tree bloom?
Zamioculcas shows flowering only in adulthood. If this happens to your plant, it means it is an adult.
If you have other pots of dollar tree saplings in your home, place them next to the blooming beauty. Zamioculcas knows how to “share the energy” of prosperity not only with people, but also with “relatives”.
Experts on omens have not come to a consensus about why Zamioculcas blooms. Here are the interpretations:
- You can expect to move to improved housing;
- An addition to the family is expected (perhaps the woman has become pregnant);
- An unexpected inheritance cannot be ruled out;
- A significant salary increase is possible;
- Women's happiness is guaranteed in the form of well-being in the family.
In general, if the dollar bush has bloomed, this is a very good omen.
