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According to the State, Mellelucca is considered a "Class I Prohibited aquatic plant -- under no circumstances...permitted for possession, collection, transportation, cultivation, and importation...") [27]. From the Florida Department of Environmental Quality...

Si, Thank you for the advice. I'm sure that I could create an impressive and large banyan by using this technique that you describe. It also imagine that this technique would lend itself to creating something like the "welded" styles done by the Fukumotos , but certainly not in the 5 years that...

I'd also like to say thank you to all who have replied thus far. I am very new at posting to this forum and am excited by the generally willingness for members to lend their insight and expertise. -JD

Thank you for your reply. Where would you suggest making a chop? JKL, I agree; I have had this thought myself. Perhaps I will find a larger and more interesting piece of coral for this project. Si, Thank you for your warm welcome as well as your informative advice. You are correct in that I...

I grow my tropicals in a soil mix very similar to what many of you are describing, in that it is 50% organic / 50% inorganic. As follows: 50% pine bark 25% lava 25% diatomaceous earth I get my pine bark from a local landscaper. It is sold as "pine bark fines", and I pay $7 for what I believe...

The video seems to be "set to private". As such, I cannot view it. -JD

Here are some photos of a scheff that I've been working with lately. I put it over this piece of coral two growing seasons ago and moved it from a nursery pot to a training pot this season. It stands 11" tall, but I'd like to finish at 9-10". FRONT Picked this as the front in an attempt to...

JessF, I've read through the whole thread and I really like what you've done. I have a scheff that I will be repotting and defoliating this month. Seeing as it's been exactly a year since the last defoliation (that you posted), could you update us with your progress thus far? -JD