Montezuma cypress seedling

[Txhorticulture]

It isn't two years old yet. The trunk is almost an inch thick at the base, and the tree is almost a meter tall, with secondary and tertiary branches. One of the fastest trees I've grown, not because of height, but overall size. Can't wait to see what it does next year.

Anyone here have a montezuma cypress bonsai?

 

[Mellow Mullet]

I had one growing in the yard at a previous residence. I grew pretty much like a regular bald cypress, other than the fact that the branches had a weeping characteristic. I wish that I could find another so that I could use it for bonsai.

John

 

[bonhe]

It isn't two years old yet. The trunk is almost an inch thick at the base, and the tree is almost a meter tall, with secondary and tertiary branches. One of the fastest trees I've grown, not because of height, but overall size. Can't wait to see what it does next year.

Anyone here have a montezuma cypress bonsai?

My teacher, Mr. Richard Ota, told me that this specimen was one of the fastest growth in CA.
This is his tree in 2012 CBS show.

Bonhe

 

[jk_lewis]

Some taxonomists think the Montezuma Cypress is the same species as the Bald (and pond) Cypress. In any event, treat them the same.

 

[Txhorticulture]

single species?

Im aware of the debate. To me they are different enough to be separate species. They do all hydridize though. and some native populations seem to be intermediate between the different forms.

Montezuma cypress generally wont make knees, the cones are smaller, branches are the least upright of the three. a little faster growing too.

This montezuma cypress is from one of the last tiny spots where the species is native in texas (I believe its less than 50 acres now) most of them are in mexico. interestingly, it can be evergreen in tropical conditions and sometimes is summer deciduous, losing leaves not in winter but during dry season.

 

[AaronThomas]

Anyone here have a montezuma cypress bonsai?

Know this is an older thread but was wondering if anybody else has one and how Txhorticulture's tree is doing now that a few years have past.
The seed has been planted in my head to start one...... cus well.... I don't have enough trouble with what I am currently taking care of!
Thanks!