I was gifted a Mexican Rock Fig (Ficus Petiolaris) a few months ago by someone who was told they are popular for bonsai. Researching them, many websites claim they are, but I couldn't find any threads on here about them, and pictures of them as actual developed bonsai are scarce. Does anyone have experience with them?
Right now it's just an ugly round caudex with two small upward branches. Their strength in the wild seems to be their ability to send craxy banyan-like roots over rocks in search of nutrients, and they can get big. I don't have any root-over rock bonsai yet, so this seems like the perfect candidate for such a project if I can get it to grow out of it's ugly young caudex stage.
Right now it's just an ugly round caudex with two small upward branches. Their strength in the wild seems to be their ability to send craxy banyan-like roots over rocks in search of nutrients, and they can get big. I don't have any root-over rock bonsai yet, so this seems like the perfect candidate for such a project if I can get it to grow out of it's ugly young caudex stage.