another dig

[Craig]

Hi Craig, very nice trees mate!! Sounds like you have been busy!
Looking good, Dario.

Thanks Dario ,


Thanks Ken, ididn't see that yesterday , i like it

Maybe Pup knows what it is, I give him a shout PUP viewtopic.php?f=25&t=8204&hilit=tsob&start=30#p98703

P.s- it looks alot like, M. Bracteata golden Gem,.

[Craig]

All,
Yesterday I took another Ausbonsai member out on his first dig. Pandu, had an early start at 6:30am but at least the weather was clear .
We collected about 12 or so Melaleuca Preisiana's and Rhaphiophylla's,,I said i wasn't keeping any trees but ended up with 4 larger trees ,here are 2 of them.
The small compact one has a 170mm trunk and 650mm height. The taller one has a 180mm trunk, has only a small live vien up the tall(left) side, a small live vien up the right side to the lower(right) branch and is 1100mm high,

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[Hornet]

nice mate, mels would have to be one of my fave aussie bonsai suitable plants. The bark on them is amazing, so many different foliage forms and flower colors, cant wait to work with some myself. A few nice tree's locally but most are 2m+ and at that size have very very think trunks and are way too bulky to move.

[Pandu]

Hi Craig,
I'll have to take some pics too and post them up when I get a chance.
Thanks for taking me once again, I learnt a heap of new things.
Cheers
Pandu

[Pandu]

all,
Just wanted to give you an update on collected M. Rhaphs Craig and I got back in August, they are going crazy!

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Thought I would throw in a picture of a M. Rhaph that I purchased from a fellow Ausbonsai member still lookin good and one of my favs.

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Cheers,
Pandu

[bonzaidog]

Good work Guys!...I thought the side of the road was looking a bit sparse as I was driving down the highway the other day ! Pandu...watch out for the hot weather thats coming up ,that new growth can fry up pretty quickly if the root system hasn't developed properly yet. ....Dog.

[Roger]

Wow! what great material and good work on bringing into bonsai...

[Craig]

I just saw your post Pandu, great stuff mate, i think you've got some good trunks there , definately as Dogs mentioned, watch out with this heat mate, move them to a shady spot and plenty of water. Did u end up with any priessiana at all Cheers for posting them mate

I thought the side of the road was looking a bit sparse as I was driving down the highway the other day