This is Ficus Benjamina I bought at IKEA at the end of last year. When I saw him at the store, he was pretty lovely with plenty of green leaves. However, as soon as I brought him home, he dropped a large amount of leaves and became like a dead tree in an instant. 

昨年末にIKEAで買ったベンジャミナ。店頭で見た時は、こんもりと緑の葉を茂らせていてとても可愛らしかったのですが、買って帰るなりバラバラと葉を落とし、あっという間に枯れ木同然になってしまったのです。

Benjamina has a habit of dropping leaves when placed in an unfamiliar environment. It is said that leaves will revive as Benjamina gets used to the new environment. I sometimes gave water to this tree which had almost lost its leaves, and was waiting for the time of his resurrection.

However, in May the incident occurred again! The young leaves finally came out were cut off by my son with scissors.

調べてみると、環境が変わると葉が落ちるのはベンジャミナの習性だそう。慣れれば、また新しい葉が出てくるとのことだったので、ほとんど葉がなくなってしまった木に時々水をやりながら、復活の時を待っていました。

ところが5月、またしてもハプニングが！やっと出てきた若い葉を、息子がハサミで切ってしまったのです。

 I was shocked, but Benjaminina seemed to be more shocked. For a while, he did not send out a whole new leaf.

And in August. As a result of continuing fertilizer application and watering, it finally started resurrecting!! Young leaves also grew and I think he became a nice foliage plant.

私はショックでしたが、ベンジャミナはもっとショックだったのでしょう。その後しばらく、全く新しい芽を出そうとしませんでした。

そして、8月。追肥と水やりを続けてきた結果、ようやく復活してきました。若い葉も成長し、観葉植物らしくなってきたなと思います。

It is said that  in India, Nepal and Thailand, Benjamina is called "Saint Tree" and planted in temples. Benjamina is also good at Feng Shui. He will improve the flow of "Ki" in the house. The flower language is "Love between man and wife" or "Family love" ... I don't want him to wither again!

このベンジャミナ、インドやネパール、タイでは「聖木」として寺院などに植えられていると聞きました。風水的にも縁起がよく、家の中の「気」の流れをよくしてくれるそうです。

花言葉は『夫婦愛』、『家族の絆』…　もう二度と、枯れてほしくないですね！

Yay!!