tropical bonsai

Hello there. I am looking to get my hands on some cuttings or seeds of Ficus salicaria somwhere in Europe. I am from Romania and I just cannot find it anywhere. Many thanks.

5th dy. Acquired

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Vachellia cornigera: 15dy. Acquired

Vachellia cornigera: 15thdy Acquired

hii everyone , i have this ficus that i cut back hard and there is a beautiful base and i wanna make a shohin to medium size bonsai . I am planning on a banyan style bonsai but i have no idea on how to develop bones and branches . does anyone have any idea on how should i approach this tree ?

Hello, everyone. Bonsai is honestly the only hobby, art and passion I have outside of debating religion and politics. I tried it once before, but ended up having to first sell the temperate pre-bonsai trees I bought from Brussel’s, and then throw away the tropical pre-bonsai trees I got from...

Does anyone have any idea as to why the leafs would be discolored? Some of them are a very faint green, and the others are spotting green as in the pictures I water every other day the tree mostly stays inside. I am in Colorado

It is in fact simple. 01- FULL DEFOLIATE in midsummer. 02 - LIGHT TRIM in the beginning of the Fall. Someone has to have a strong hand here!

Received this shohin sized buttonwood today from Wigerts that I got through their eBay auctions. It’s in a really beautiful Bunzan pot. I love the deadwood and movement and can’t wait to have a tree I can finally practice refinement techniques on. Honestly, this is my nicest tree yet and...

I’ve been trying to source a bougie for about a week and finally found a vendor. These are all pictures that were sent to me. I selected the ones I liked most out of the bunch and would love to know which one you all like the most and why. I’m mostly asking this for the why part. I’m trying to...

Are there any reputable sources for more developed tropical pre-bonsai? I know there’s Wigert’s but I’m specifically looking for a bougainvillea and they don’t have one on their website at the moment. I don’t think there are any bonsai nurseries that even sell tropicals within driving distance...

Hello my fellow Nuts This is my first post, I've been reading and learning from the forum for about 2 years now. I think I've covered all the rookie mistakes 😅 (my grow zone is updated and I have pictures). I'm new to Bonsai as well, I was suckered into a kit back in 2018 (one still lives) and...

Bought this one from our local bonsai nursery, about an hour away from my place. I chose it for it’s awesome bark already on main trunk, and it’s feature at the base, the bark being split. I like it because it gives it a wild and rugged personality. Lots more to have to work on, such as branch...

I started this tree from an air-layer that I separated from the mother in 2015. I planted it on the rock in 2016. In December 2018 I gave it to my brother in law for his birthday. In spring 2021 I stole it back to re-shape it. The pictures below are Dec. 9 2018

Please help me progress in developing this bonsai, will appreciate your opinion on styling or horticulture. Just to save everyone some time, here are things I'm planning on doing or know I could have done better: I put this in a pot too early. This was only my second tree, and I jumped the gun...

I've had this plant for over 2 years, it comes from an air layer of a tree that is about 10 years old here at home. At the time I didn't know anything about bonsai and I ended up making a cut that made me lose part of the bark. I've been trying to make a good design on this plant but it's been...

Bonsai is an Art of Making Plants small and giving them a form of natural look to the plant. It's a skilled art and how Nature Plays a main role in shaping plants. In Bonsai Art Plants are acquiring a Tree shape in masters hands just like in Nature. We are trying to keep our Bonsai Plants as...

Managed to get a great deal in one of the FB auction sites and snagged this ficus! bought it from the Wigerts auction account. It’s my first ficus ever in my collection and they tend to grow really well in Houston — with the high humidity and heat. I like the nebari it’s already been...

Hello everyone, I’ve seen many topics of this kind from beginners after having repotted their trees. Here’s my premna, was in a huge pot, just repotted in a smaller pot, I trimmed a huge root pad, and few big roots I think I removed at least 50% which seems to be ok for this specie as they are...

Hi everyone! I've been trying to pursue the art of bonsai growing for a few years now. I was studying away from home and thus couldn't concentrate much on them. Now that I'm back home I'm trying to learn proper watering, sunlight, fertilizing and bonsai soil mixes. Lately my trees have been...

Well, it's a mix of Biogold, Hanagokoro and fish emulsion. Basacote, just a sprinkle. A lightly diluted kelp emulsion sprayed every month... And the Jaboticaba has to change clothes, as the old ones don't fit in its new fattened trunk. First image from three months ago, trunk images from today...

No hard rules. Just post your best tropical trees and give us the names of the species. I will start this thread with two favorites : Jabuticaba and Pitanga. First, the Jaboticaba (or Jabuticaba as we call it in Brazil), in a Shugo Izumi pot: Plinia cauliflora, the Brazilian grapetree...

Hi all, I bought this tree a few weeks ago because I liked the shape of the trunk and it reminded me of a natural looking tree. But, there are also some areas in need of improvement: 1) The most obvious flaw is there is a large gap in the foliage (the area in the middle of the tree that only...