Port Week

[nuttiest]

It's Port week. I know it can be hard to bring up a discussion on Ports, but its safe here.
I will post a photo or meme of a port every day, feel free to post... or better yet post to another portulacaria thread if relevant.
We can port if we want to - everybody look at your hands.
Take the chance... Let's dance

 

[RoadManDenDron]

portulacaria are banned in my country

 

[nuttiest]

Portulacaria because... you'll always have a place for plastic toys.

 

[ShadyStump]

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portulacaria are banned in my country

We get the same thing on this side of the pond sometimes. Differences in copyright law from place to place means some videos aren't available everywhere in the world.
It's the music video for the song Safety Dance by Men Without Hats.

 

[Srt8madness]

Ports give me something to fiddle with while other trees are growing

 

[nuttiest]

I took my port to the opera and it sang... a portula- aria

 

[Gabler]

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I took my port to the opera and it sang... a portula- aria

That was terrible. I love it.

 

[dbonsaiw]

Brought my ports back outside this weekend.

 

[Cajunrider]

Port week huh.
Aight! I will have a glass every evening.

 

[dbonsaiw]

This guy has been bending over time due to its weight and I think it’s time to officially turn it into a raft. Trunk line marked in red.

 

[Srt8madness]

This guy has been bending over time due to its weight and I think it’s time to officially turn it into a raft. Trunk line marked in red.

Nice! I've found the variegated varieties tend to favor being prostrate.

 

[nuttiest]

It wouldn't be hard in that pot too, just move over and root the right.

 

[milehigh_7]

OOPS almost missed Port week. Still needs more refinement but coming along. 'Lilliput' in a Sonny Boggs pot.

 

[nuttiest]

Thanks Milehigh! Nice taper going there.
Here is a favorite - ready to be trimmed but I was busy with the others.

 

[dbonsaiw]

Port week may be over but mine got haircuts yesterday. I really enjoy working with P Afra. They are beautiful and grow so fast that i can play around with styles. They give me an idea of what is possible in other species. A before and after shot of one of the ports that I let grow out a bit.

 

[dbonsaiw]

Another P Afra post haircut

 

[Michael P]

Another P Afra post haircut

My forest needs a trim, but I have been reluctant to do it now for fear of getting a lot of etiolated growth during the winter. It is in a southeast window, no artificial light. How do yours react to a cutback this time of year?

 

[dbonsaiw]

How do yours react to a cutback this time of year?

Mine are in a grow tent. They tend to grow back nicely.

 

[Betula1]

My variegated Port is now on a South facing windowsill for the winter. When is the best time to take cuttings?

 

[Melospiza]

My variegated Port is now on a South facing windowsill for the winter. When is the best time to take cuttings?
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I only have luck with cuttings in the summer or with bottom heat and supplemental light (in winter).