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17-Feb-2007
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bonsaiTALK Craftsman
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Nia Buxifolia
This Nia, is a small leave shrub from the north of Puerto Rico. A good friend from the club I assist to gave it to me around a year ago. He went and collected it from the mountains in the north and extracted a good size trunk. He was letting them grow some new branches on and thats when it fell on my hands. Since then I havent done nothing with it, just let it keep growing and prune it once in a while so they dont get too long. Since the brnaches are strating to get a bit wide, I want to start to define its style.
Any Suggestions? Thanks! 
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18-Feb-2007
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I've seen a few nice Nia here in Florida - no doubt they have come from Puerto Rico. I don't really no much about them so I can offer much advice. Perhaps someone else who has worked with Nia before will chime in.
Can you provide some better photos that show what you think may be the front and sides? Some strait on shots would be better to work with. I would suggest taking a knife and cutting down the nursery can so it has less of a lip and shooting level with the soil line. Also can you provide an object to judge scale like a coke can or something like that in the shot?
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18-Feb-2007
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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
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Oh yes, the nia. Great foliage on the nia. But....tough to find one with taper and all the bells and whistles. You are going to halph to figure out if this plant is true bonsai stock. At this point I would plant it in the ground and try to figure on contacting your local Page Ranking collectors and see if there isn't other material to use that will be more adaptable to your needs. Don't force it, it will make a beautiful yard subject...you got that going for you.
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18-Feb-2007
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Hec DeBrabant
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Check out Jim Smith's on line collection. He has some very nice Neea Buxifolia's there.
www.durastone.com I bought several from him and am presently styling/pruning one for a customer that is over 3 feet tall. They are fast growers so removing low growing branches (suckers) is important. Branches often grow into a tangle on wild trees so a lot of pruning is a must to open it up. They bloom a small hanging yellow/orange flower that is bell shaped. Mine bloom indoors regularly. Post some additional pics of the tree as Graydon says and you will get more response on how to style it. Good luck ,Hector
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18-Feb-2007
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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
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Neea buxifolia (Nia) I would have to say is relatively slow growing.
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18-Feb-2007
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bonsaiTALK Craftsman
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Thank you allvery much. I will do the changeswith the pot and tke diferent angle shots with a judging size material.
Ill get it up maybe tomorrow again thanks!
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28-Feb-2007
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Not heard of Nia before but I'm guessing its related to Privet and Olive (Oleaceae) which would mean it is hardy and would take well to pruning.
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28-Feb-2007
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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
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Neea is actually in the Nyctaginaceae family of trees, shrubs and vines. Bougainvillea is in this family. Neea completly fooled me. It looks like it's a hard wood tree but it is soft with no growth rings observed plus the leaves reduce quite dramaticly which is a plus.
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