Maxillaria tenuifolia (Project 11 - Summer 2010)

[Zoi2]

Al, check J & L in CT. I believe they have the yellow max.
Joann

[kavanaru]

Originally Posted by help

as for the bonsai, yes it is! it is a mini hibiscus. see attached pic! as for the pepper bonsai Fatalii's Growing Guide

wow! That's cool "hot stuff"!

[marydaniellesantos]

Originally Posted by Izzie

Ask for a seed pod, then beg someone on here that does hobby propagation.
If who I'm thinking of sees this, they can speak for themselves.

I would be happy to help ... I actually have room for some more flasks, just say the word. AND it gives me more to do while the Husband is away...

[Call_Me_Bob]

Originally Posted by marydaniellesantos

I would be happy to help ... I actually have room for some more flasks, just say the word. AND it gives me more to do while the Husband is away...

I will pm you if and when I get ahold of a seed pod.

boy do I love this site!!

And yes Ramon, it is " hot stuff "

[Izzie]

Originally Posted by help

i think i know who you are thinking of --cough cough-- i wish i knew about that someone a few months ago! because at the os meeting in july, it was on flasking, someone has an E. tampensis var. alba seed pod! and they said if anyone wanted it, they were welcome!!!




as for the bonsai, yes it is! it is a mini hibiscus. see attached pic! as for the pepper bonsai Fatalii's Growing Guide

they arent mame ( tiny ) but im doing this bonchi thing too! i think stefpix is too.

You're joshing me. I saw some tradewinds hibiscus for sale too that were some of the smallest plants I've seen for sale, and I immediately thought, "Hmm...bonsai?"
Be sure to post how that one turns out!
And I'm familiar with Bonchi.

[stefpix]

But I think the concept of bonsai is most often to grow a large trunk by growing a plant in a large pot and then cut it back down. If you grow it in a small pot it will not grow a thick trunk.

I think Ponsettias are good material for bonsai. Anyway cheap after xmas. instead of composting them cut one short. I put one on my roof. takes full sun and i think takes some cold. Will leave it there till December. I cut it really short but it has a wooden stem.

Got some bonsai pots from china in chinatown, $1 or 2 each. I put a Neofinetia falcata in a small on top of some sphag. I was thinking an ecyclia tampensis or some brassavola could grow on a small shallow bonsai pot with some lava rock and shag on top. after all being shallow the roots would dry fast. I have an Enc tampensis and it seems the roots are thin and grow on top of the media , spreading rather than going too deep. a binsai pot could be a good experiment

[kavanaru]

Originally Posted by stefpix

But I think the concept of bonsai is most often to grow a large trunk by growing a plant in a large pot and then cut it back down. If you grow it in a small pot it will not grow a thick trunk.

It is not that it will not work, but it will take a lot longer. Furtheermore, the trunk will not look much like if it were an ancient trunk, which is somehow preferred for Bonsais, but it is also not a must! Letting the tree get a thick trunk in the ground before transferring it to a pot, is only one of the several techniques used in the art of bonsai.

[Bird Song Farm]

Originally Posted by Zoi2

Al, check J & L in CT. I believe they have the yellow max.
Joann

Thank you Joann, you're a sweetie!

Al

[RJSquirrel]

I just ordered my project plant... should have in a few days...

[stefpix]

Ramon, I agree with you. I have to say a decent trunk is part of the allure of a bonsai. I see so many fake bonsais sold as bonsai at large dept/home stores. Just a Schefflera in a shallow / small pot. I have been growing some Hot Peppers for 4 months or so and some varieties already developed a wooden stem. I also have a Ficus benjamina in a 3" pot with a plastic bottle on top and is developing aerial roots. I am no bonsai grower, I just did some research. Seems the bonsai pot is the last step.

Anyway was wondering is there are any orchid bonsais.
Some miniature orchid in a small shallow pot. I was even tempted to buy at the hardware store some Lava rocks sold for barbecuing [yet lava rock, just larger than the ones sold as orchid medium maybe 3 - 4 " pieces]