Rare ZZ Plant-Zamioculcas zamiifolia - House Plant - Bonsai

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Product Features

• Easy to grow house plant
• Will grow in lower light areas
• Proper name: Zamioculcas zamiifolia
• Also makes an unusual indoor bonsai
• The plant you will receive is growing in a 4" pot

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000PYAGFU
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,861 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)

Product Description

Strange but beautiful. A caudex-forming aroid from Kenya has 3in, shiny-green leaves arranged distichously along bottle-shaped stems, giving a cycad-like appearance. Easy to grow, good as a houseplant, bonsai, for shaded landscapes or terrariums.

An ancient relic, along with Gonatopus, with a unique characteristic (for Aroids) in that the leaflet can fall to the ground, root and form bulblets. This feature is not known in aroids outside of the Zamioculcadeae.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hard to find prehistoric plant, August 13, 2010

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Pamels S. Bartholomew "chartchick" (Vacaville,CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rare ZZ Plant-Zamioculcas zamiifolia - House Plant - Bonsai

I looked everywhere trying to find this plant. My Aunt has one but didn't know what it was called. I took pictures of it and took them to every plant place and nursery I could find. No one knew what it was. At last I was sent to a nursery that is ran by a master of plants. He knew what it was as well as that is was a prehistoric plant. I hope it lasts long enough to look like my Aunts whose is very big and beautiful
It is a very low maintaince plant which is just what I like.
Thank you Amazon. Without you I may have never found it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You Want to Know How Tough a ZZ Plant Is?, December 13, 2010

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AZplantlover - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rare ZZ Plant-Zamioculcas zamiifolia - House Plant - Bonsai

You want to know how tough a ZZ plant is? I moved in late September and all my house plants were supposed to come directly to my house. Other items went to storage until we finished the remodel. You guessed it! Movers packed my ZZ plant in a box, in a storage pod, outdoors in Arizona. Our Fall was relatively hot this year--hit 100 degrees several times in late September and early October. Just unpacked one of the last boxes today that were delivered from the storage pod about 3 weeks ago. There she was--poor little thing. She was about the size of the picture in the upper right had corner of this page. Four branches--three of which died. The other is still green and there are 3 new shoots coming up out of the pot. Gave her a drink and put her in filtered light. We'll see how she does but I'm very hopeful!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Magical Plant!, September 5, 2010

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Iolanthe - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Rare ZZ Plant-Zamioculcas zamiifolia - House Plant - Bonsai

When it arrived in the huge shipping box I had no idea what to expect but after digging through the packaging I discovered the the plant was in very good shape. I am amazed at the habits of this plant. It is already growing beautifully after only one month in its new habitat. It is quite fascinating to observe and requires so little but offers great rewards.I love it-- it was worth every penny!