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Ah, no, I hadn't seen that (when I google the plant by scientific name, I get hundreds upon hundreds of results, but what those results say is a trifle confusing). I get the impression that it's not a very difficult plant to look after, but since Dad wasn't very good at watering plants - he'd wet the topsoil and think that was that - I really have no idea, say, how much water to give and when. I guess he forgot to water his tree for a while toward the end: the poor thing was really dried out. I, on the other hand, have a tendency to over-water - most of my plants are in terracotta clay pots on top of saucers to try and keep them from drowning! I put this new money tree in a plastic pot (one of those double pots with a colander-type upper pot through which the water seeps out and into the lower pot, only I used a paper towel as a filter to keep the soil from escaping down). The new pot is a bit bigger than the one the plant came in - 25ish cm in diameter as opposed the 20 or so centimetres it was in at the shop. I intend to try and remember to water it through the lower pot - there's a kind of slot for just that purpose on one side.

Any care tips anybody would care to give would still be greatly appreciated!