PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a flowerpot which can automatically supply a constant quantity of water to a plant for a long period in a simple structure and can simultaneously use a water reservoir to enjoy both the supply of the water and the culture of fishes and the like.SOLUTION: This flowerpot is characterized by disposing a plant-culturing portion 2 surrounded with an inner wall 2a and opened in the upper direction in the water reservoir 1 surrounded with an outer wall 1a at a distance from the outer wall 1a, connecting the ceiling 3 of the water reservoir 1 to the inner wall 2a of the plant-culturing portion 2 to close the water reservoir 1, placing the bottom plate 2b of the plant-culturing portion 2 at a distance from the bottom lid 4 of the water reservoir 1, disposing a water-absorbing string insertion hole 2c in the lower portion of the plant-culturing portion 2, tightly inserting a water-absorbing string 5 for absorbing water from the water reservoir 1 by the action of capillaries into the water-absorbing string insertion hole 2c, and bringing the water-absorbing string 5 into contact with a water-absorbing mat 6 loaded on the bottom plate 2b of the plant-culturing portion 2.COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI【課題】簡単な構造で一定量の水を長期間植物に自動給水できると同時に、その貯水部を利用して魚等を飼育して双方を同時に楽しむこともできる植木鉢を提供する。【解決手段】外壁1aで囲って形成した貯水部1の内部に、外壁1aと間隔をおいて内壁2aで囲われた上方を開口した植物育成部2が配置され、貯水部1の天板3と植物育成部2の内壁2aが連結されて貯水部1が密着されるとともに、植物育成部2の底板2bが貯水部1の底蓋4と間隔をおいて位置し、植物育成部2の下部に吸水ヒモ挿通孔2cが設けられ、吸水ヒモ挿通孔2cに毛細管の作用により貯水部1より吸水する吸水ヒモ5が密着させて挿通され、吸水ヒモ5が植物育成部2の底板2b上に載置した吸水マット6に接している植木鉢。【選択図】図2
