Ponytail Palm
My husband and I went to IKEA yesterday to get a work desk. We planned to buy one long back, but it was only until yesterday we got a chance to go around and shop. I don’t know what it is about going to IKEA. You go there to buy this one thing, and you end up buying things you thought you didn’t need. So, we get to the store, pick up a trolley, and start walking down the cooking department. This is the place we normally start because we both have a tendency to get lost in the vast expanse of IKEA, if I may so myself. We were supposed to go to the self-service furniture area, but I got attracted by the beautiful green plants’ section nearby. Now, here’s another bit. I wanted to get a plant, one with long, slender green leaves ever since we moved into our new condo a few months ago. I thought I would think about this later, just like the many other things I thought I would do at a later time. I ask my husband, “should we get a plant?” and he goes, “sure, why not?” So we walk around among the plants. There are some tall ones, some short ones, some bonsai trees, many artificial potted plants, and then of course the real ones. We went back and forth on which one we should get for our space. Our plan was to get a potted plant to place on our window sill.
While we were navigating from one section to another, deciding on whether it fits our “aura”, I noticed a lady get close to the area we were at and looking at us. She maybe in her late 70’s. She saw me touching the leaves of a plant called ‘Beaucarnea recurvata’. She came up to the both of us and started talking briefly about the plant. She said that it’s called the ponytail palm and that it was very easy to maintain. She described how the leaves would grow out as a palm and it needed watering once a week. She said she had hers for almost 15 years. We were quite surprised in our minds thinking whether a plant can survive that long. We talked a bit more and she left. Then we both talked and decided to buy the plant indeed. She basically sold us the plant!
I took the potted plant, felt the leaves, looked at it with kindness in my eyes, like I was taking it with me to give it a new home. After that, we went off to get our desk, walked around a little bit, cashed out, and came back home. We placed it on the sill, put the pot in a plastic wrapping , and watered it a little bit. I took a picture of it to send it to my parents as well. I love my new plant!
Here’s the picture I took.
