so i thought i would post some pics.
Cactus bonsai?
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Cactus bonsai?
I decided to pot this one up, not really a bonsai but looks interesting to me.
so i thought i would post some pics.
so i thought i would post some pics.
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Re: Cactus bonsai?
This succulents (Crassula) does not make very good bonsai, or maybe after about 30-50 years and growing it into a big plant, it may resemble a Baobab. Rather go for Portulacaria if you want to grow a succulent as a bonsai.
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Re: Cactus bonsai?
Beginning in Bonsai I dug this Crassula thinking of making it into a Baobab style. The tree is over 50 years old.
I have reduced the tree over time to get some backbuds going but to make it into a believable baobab style bonsai. I will still have to reduce it to the red lines. Interesting thing about this tree is that the wounds heal over 100% and in a very short time - no cambium rolling over, they shed the "internode"....and it's healed!
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I have reduced the tree over time to get some backbuds going but to make it into a believable baobab style bonsai. I will still have to reduce it to the red lines. Interesting thing about this tree is that the wounds heal over 100% and in a very short time - no cambium rolling over, they shed the "internode"....and it's healed!
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Re: Cactus bonsai?
very nice, have you got any other pics, i think thats quite intersting
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Re: Cactus bonsai?
Hey Pat,
This is my nonbonsai 'Cactus', a yellow flowering Euphorbia millii. It was looking much better last year but I left it out & the frost got to the top half of the second trunk. Matt
This is my nonbonsai 'Cactus', a yellow flowering Euphorbia millii. It was looking much better last year but I left it out & the frost got to the top half of the second trunk. Matt
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Re: Cactus bonsai?
here's 1 for you.
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Re: Cactus bonsai?
Chris i remember that THING, ugly isnet it :shock:kinda reminds me what i bring up after a big nightchrisatrocky wrote:here's 1 for you. chris
does it flower yellow?
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Re: Cactus bonsai?
Hi noah, no hasn't flowered yet but has got bigger and uglier, I use it to scare the kids away from the bonsai.
psymo, got a couple in the collection and some crussulas also chris
psymo, got a couple in the collection and some crussulas also chris
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Re: Cactus bonsai?
Here is mine - the creeping form:Psymo wrote:Hey dudes,
I'm a big fan of Portulacaria afra. Anyone eles?
PSYMO
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