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20-07-2005, 02:36 AM
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Yes, you're right, Billy, on its ID. Did you notice the plug at the top?
It looks as tho the previous owner was trying to save the tree before he abandoned it ( as well as his apartment). Marty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Billy M. Rhodes" To: Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 8:23 PM Subject: [IBC] Look what I found! In a message dated 7/19/2005 12:38:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, writes: http://tekmanx.serveftp.com/~tekmanx/LookWhat-I-Found/ Looks like "Pony Tail Palm," frequently sold in discount stores as bonsai, we refer to them as Malsai. Try watering it, it might come back, you have nothing to lose. Water it well until the soil is evenly wet and then let it dry out before watering again. If the base is soft it will not make it. Billy on the Florida Space Coast ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Kevin Bailey++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Kevin Bailey++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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20-07-2005, 03:27 PM
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Cool. Thanks guys, don't know much about that specie. Don't like it
that much either, I just need bonsai experiance. I can't wait to play with a pine  Tekmanx - Zone 25 (Florida/Bahamas) |
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20-07-2005, 04:35 PM
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It's a hardy plant and quite attractive when in good health. While probably
not a traditional bonsai I have seen very nice looking ones planted as bonsai. I had a very small rounded one about the size of a golf ball - after about 15 years I've transpanted it twice to larger pots and it is now about the size of a cantaloupe melon. I don't think I could have kept the growth any more in check. It's probably one of the more popular and common 'fat plants' that you often see done as bonsai. It seems that fat plants (caudiciforms, pachycauls, etc.) are becoming more and more popular being planted in bonsai pots. They have a lot of character due to their exposed bulbous bodies. They are not as easy to train as traditional trees and I don't know if they would even qualify as true bonsai but some of the ones I've seen really work well in this scale in bonsai pots. I've seen a few stunning Desert Rose (Adenium obesum) done as bonsai. I'd be curious to know what other list members think of various succulents and caudiciforms being planted in bonsai style. I've seen several types being offered at serious dedicated bonsai nurseries but always wondered if was just to garner some sales because they are a bit atypical and bizarre compared to most peoples notion of bonsai. I grow a number of caudiciforms in bonsai pots but I don't really consider them bonsai, the pots just suit them and work well with them. - DanD On 7/20/05, Tekmanx wrote: Cool. Thanks guys, don't know much about that specie. Don't like it that much either, I just need bonsai experiance. I can't wait to play with a pine Tekmanx - Zone 25 (Florida/Bahamas) ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Kevin Bailey++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ -- ~ DanD aka Ding! / DJAmbient - www.djbits.com http://www.djbits.com - www.ambientissue.com http://www.ambientissue.com ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Kevin Bailey++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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20-07-2005, 04:45 PM
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As the scope of the art or hobby (or whatever)
expands, there will be more and more non-bonsai in bonsai pots. The classicists will never accept these as bonsai, but if you live in a place where this is what will live in your situation, I say go on and have fun. I used to have a grove of sago palms, but the frost got it one year. I have started looking and collecting for a new grove....some day. Kits --- ~ DanD wrote: It's a hardy plant and quite attractive when in good health. While probably not a traditional bonsai I have seen very nice looking ones planted as bonsai. I had a very small rounded one about the size of a golf ball - after about 15 years I've transpanted it twice to larger pots and it is now about the size of a cantaloupe melon. I don't think I could have kept the growth any more in check. It's probably one of the more popular and common 'fat plants' that you often see done as bonsai. It seems that fat plants (caudiciforms, pachycauls, etc.) are becoming more and more popular being planted in bonsai pots. They have a lot of character due to their exposed bulbous bodies. They are not as easy to train as traditional trees and I don't know if they would even qualify as true bonsai but some of the ones I've seen really work well in this scale in bonsai pots. I've seen a few stunning Desert Rose (Adenium obesum) done as bonsai. I'd be curious to know what other list members think of various succulents and caudiciforms being planted in bonsai style. I've seen several types being offered at serious dedicated bonsai nurseries but always wondered if was just to garner some sales because they are a bit atypical and bizarre compared to most peoples notion of bonsai. I grow a number of caudiciforms in bonsai pots but I don't really consider them bonsai, the pots just suit them and work well with them. - DanD On 7/20/05, Tekmanx wrote: Cool. Thanks guys, don't know much about that specie. Don't like it that much either, I just need bonsai experiance. I can't wait to play with a pine Tekmanx - Zone 25 (Florida/Bahamas) ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Kevin Bailey++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ -- ~ DanD aka Ding! / DJAmbient - www.djbits.com http://www.djbits.com - www.ambientissue.com http://www.ambientissue.com ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Kevin Bailey++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ **** "Expectations are resentments under construction." Anne Lamott ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Kevin Bailey++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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