"golden gate" banyan

agraham

I've had this one for awhile(10 yrs?).I just repotted and did some initial styling.BrianB. may recognise it.

any suggestions criticisms,etc. are certainly welcomed...and appreciated.

thanks,

andy

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bonsaikc

I'm no expert with tropicals, but I like what you have done so far. I may be exaggerating a bit, but with that trunk, I'd go for a wider banyan and encourage more aerial roots a little further out. Be careful with your main trunk, it seems thick above its initial branching.

All in all, I really like the tree and its possibilities. Good luck!

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agraham

Thanks Chris,

This is really just a beginning.The larger trunk still shows a major chop and the ramification is not really there.I too, see it as much wider and eventually in a larger pot.I'm not sure why,but i seem to get more airial roots when a tree like this is potbound....I'll be working on those next year.I just did some very perfunctory(and ugly) wiring and tiedowns for this photo,to show where i think the design is headed.

thanks again

andy

pootsie

VERY nice banyan style.

If you have earlier pictures of it, please post so we can see.

Personally, I'm a huge fan of people adding new pictures to their old threads to show progress

pootsie

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Nice work on this one Andy. A few years of ramification will have it looking great.




....or adding old pictures to their new threads. I find threads can become too long if you keep adding new pictures to the old threads.

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bonsaikc

Andy, sorry, I just posted my virtual to the first post. I got busy and forgot to upload it!

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FlyBri

Gday Andy!

Just a beginning? Ease up on the humble pills! This is great - one of the more natural/realistic looking Banyan style trees I've seen in a long while.

Regarding the aerial roots, I suppose it does make sense that once the roots in the soil have nowhere else to go, the tree is forced to grow new roots wherever it can - in this case, on the trunk and branches. I agree with both you and Chris about widening the whole arrrangement.

Thanks.

Fly - madly growing Ficus cuttings so he can also have a Banyan style...

PS: Just saw Chris' virt - I do like the asymmetry that has been created.

PPS: Is there any way you can get larger pics up? I noticed that you are approaching the 73.2Kb size limit, but you should be able to get pics at least 600x450 down to that size.

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