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3-May-2004
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African Style(?) Serissa
Since last Friday was my birthday and last Sunday (yestarday) mas Mother's day, and my boss (Institute for Information Technologies in Justice) kindly gives me the day off
 , a trip to the local nursery was in order.My mother got a 6 year chineese elm which apart from a few wire marks (which I expect to wear off in around 2 years) was well worth the 20€. But I was in for something completely diferent. For 33€ I could spot in about a hundred 8 year Serissas in bloom, one that will surely will definately make my heart turn to smaller sized trees. For 8€ I got this pot which I think is the tree's perfect companion. This is the tree (already envased, no root pruning): |
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3-May-2004
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What I see as soon as the tree is in proper soil, is something you don't see quite often, along the lines of the those inverted triangled shaped trees you see in the African Savana.
How do you call this style? Inverted informal upright? What do you think about it? |
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3-May-2004
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bonsaiTALK Master
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That's the same thing i would've done with it.Really nice tree. I love it.The style is called Flat Top style
http://www.pretoriabonsaikai.org/ht...can_styles.html
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3-May-2004
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That is very different. I have been into bonsai for some time, sheltered though I may be from other artists, and I have never seen that style as a "justified" bonsai style. NICE!
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3-May-2004
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bonsaiTALK Master
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Here is a pic af an acacia from Zimbabwe . As you can see you are well on your way. I think the style is not a traditional japanese style and thats OK. I think that regional styles are a good thing. These are very much what our southern U.S. artists are doing with native bald cypress. Good work!
Regards,
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3-May-2004
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Someone at the nursery told me these will root quite easily from grafts, so as soon as I have the time to style it, I'll be testing that out...
Thank you all for the positive comments on this project, which I hope will be carried out soon. |
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3-May-2004
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Where are you going to graft? i think it looks nice as it is without any grafting work
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3-May-2004
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bonsaiTALK Master
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I don';t know about grafting, but i have taken cuttings from my serissa's and i have placed them in water and they have all rooted after 2 weeks
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@rowan57:
Sorry, forget the "root from grafts". I meant taking the cuttings and rooting them. @D3rutat: Quote:
I was thinking of mini air layers because the cuttings I'll be taking are about 5-7 mm thick. |
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4-May-2004
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bonsaiTALK Master
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They were softwood cuttings but i think that even hardwood cuttings can do the trick. I placed them in a pot of water, kept them in full sun in a warm envirnoment. i didn't prune any leaves. The cuttings were as big as you see them in the photo. The photo is about 4 months old and now they have really thickened.But if you want to be really sure, you should airlayer, yet i don't see how you can do it on those small branches
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