Thanks you for theses precious information! Your are right I really like this little tropical plant! :)

Actually, my pot have a 1 cm hole in the bottom. I hope it will be ok even if the leaves are looking a bit dry, lowered and slowly loosing there tonus since 3 days ago.

Do you know how or who could do the identification of my young plant?

Thank you again!

You could post on the Name That Plant Forum to see if my hunch is correct. Who knows, I could be wrong.

Thanks You Floral_UK!

It looks more like a black Mangrove. Not sure.

It was identified on NTP as Calophyllum longifolium.

Reading its background,this might be tricky to grow indoors. I would make sure it never goes dry for one. Sometimes unknown forest tree's do adapt.

It's look indeed exactly like a Calophyllum longifolium.

Thank You Very much Stanofh and Floral UK!

I do wish the photos could be enlarged when I click on them , but seems not on my computer , so I'm not sure what I'm looking at , but in regards to "reversing" I'd guess that means instead of the leaves arching partly upwards they are now hanging more downwards, and in many cases plants respond to varying degrees of light levels in regards to upwardly pointing leaves or downwardly pointing leaves as well as the internodes lengthening if light levels are much lower than they prefer, so though it may grow with it's new habit it may be getting a big more spindly and weak in new growth . A downwards arching of leaf stems could mean the roots aren't actlng as efficiently as before due to root damage from overwatering perhaps , so the leaf stems that hold the leaves more erect in bright light may be slightly wilted causing the leaves to droop more than before . I would watch for color changes in the leaves and the leaves should stay the same green as previously though a paler color green could indicate a lack of brighter light . The elasticas with any severe root problems will also shed the newest leaves sometimes Best of luck and I've only ever lost my mature elasticas from over watering in winter here indoors.

I have to confess regarding my previous comments , I too doubted the identification of the plant shown and it didn't look a proper "elastica" to me either , though not having grown an elastica in quite a while I'd forgotten the alternate leaf growth they normally have.

I’m sorry for the
delay and a great thank you for your comments; they are rich of information and
much appreciated!

Unfortunately, my little plant died 1 day after my last post on Jan 16th. I had
a certain amount of mourning given how much I had invested myself in it so that
this little plan survived.

It is life I guess ... the survival or the success of a transplant is never
guaranteed even if one try to get the best information and attentions.

In the meantime, a few days later, I was surprised to see a small stem emerge
from a seed of 'Areca Palm Tree' (coming from the same place) and laid down in
soil on December 19, 2016. Since it point its little stem out It grows quickly
and it is quite visible every days. On this, I will open another discussion to show you
pictures of his evolution.

Once again a Great Thank you to all those who answered and guided me through
this project!

Have a good day everyone,


Sylvie B,