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Hiya Guys and Gals,

This is one of our native Ficus types.
Lives on concrete walls, gutters, old houses. on trees and so on.

The first was our second major attempt to understand this tree. The first attempts
ended up with massive trunks and very large cuts.

Have a few more to show, but they have to cleaned,

Some have self defoliated for the year, and will be seen in leaf.
Others as just branchlets etc.
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Anthony

[1] How to control the rapid thickening, and understand the soil. As you can see they
don't need much soil and it is less than 1/4 by volume organic to 3/4, 5 mm silica based
gravel. Some are also in aquarium rounded gravel from China.

All found as seedlings, whips. With this one more time will be spent on ramification.
And keeping them from over thickening.
No real styles, just shapes.

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[2] Thought it would fun to just have a tall one

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[ 3] Found as two growing together

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[4] This one is growing in hand rolled 8 mm earthen ware clay balls [ porous ]

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[5] Yes we did try to get the same pot for each tree.

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Just in case ------------ anything I put up --------------- feel free to comment - negative or positive.
Ask questions if you need to.
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Anthony
 

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Nice, the leaves do resemble F. Salicaria. Also similar - self defoliation and rapid thickening in small pots. Have you tried root cuttings?
I think that overly thick aerial root on #2 needs to go, the tree will look taller with a clean trunk line. Plus it is beginning to create a bulge, if the answer to the above question is no, this is the root to try propagating!
 

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Peter, it is called Ficus priminoides. We call it locally - a willow ficus, since the tree weeps as branches go.

Jeremy, this tree is available, literally everywhere in the South of Trinidad, we have even pulled them out
of the drains, garbage heaps and elbows of other trees. Yet we have never seen the seed.

Good comment. Will pass it on to K, and see what he thinks.
Though I suspect he is working on a decorative root exposed situation.

Shall be putting up about 5 more as the week goes.
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Anthony
 

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I think that overly thick aerial root on #2 needs to go, the tree will look taller with a clean trunk line.

This made me look at that without the root.

I had to get a visual.aviary-image-1490147002045.jpeg

It seems so much around that roots attachment point would have to be removed to keep the gentle taper....

Or lower Ariel roots grown and cut off lower to thicken it out some?

Dunno what it would take to healthily grow this back to a sexy clean taper...
Besides a lot of work and time....

But....

And this is the important part....

The lil flare and hug of the earth that the Nebari on just the main tree is doing....

Is so nice to me...

That I would do anything to give it the "whole stage".

It should be the only rootage coming out of the pot.

Then it takes on this scale..treetrunk.jpg

One of these, except your branching is already way better!
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Now I can see the lower canopy, without it being there, making this tree look even more impressive, towering.aviary-image-1490148495108.jpeg

I wonder if after that branch helps heal the root removal, it couldn't be removed.

I love these trees, and yours is so close to being one.

If you wanna go tall!

Go mad tall!

Sorce
 

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Love the first one.

3....

I liked 3 at first....
But the branches coming from the same places in both bothers my "rules" so much....

Switch gears....

If K doesn't already have a plan to make these perfect mirror images of each other, which, with the art background he may, he should.

It's not everyday you get the absolute perfect material to do this with.

Sideways, one could see the bottom one as a reflection in a lake....
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I used this pic only for my Dutchies!

Standing up as they are would be only art....
But dope as hell!

The rest are on their way!

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Hand rolled soil. Now that's something unique! Makes me think of cigars and jasmine tea balls. When I saw Ficus p. I got all excited thinking it would be p for pumila and I could show mine, but no. :(
 

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It seems so much around that roots attachment point would have to be removed to keep the gentle taper....

Or lower Ariel roots grown and cut off lower to thicken it out some?

Dunno what it would take to healthily grow this back to a sexy clean taper...
Besides a lot of work and time....

But....

And this is the important part....

The lil flare and hug of the earth that the Nebari on just the main tree is doing....

Is so nice to me...

That I would do anything to give it the "whole stage".

It should be the only rootage coming out of the pot.


The nebari is what excites me when I look at this tree. Its the first thing we look at in bonsai and it shows a strong connection to the ground, essential for a tall upright trunk. It would benefit from a few more years of development, obviously, but the foundation is laid. After that you move your eye up the trunk and get stuck at that aerial root. Its almost as thick as the trunk, and grows down at an angle. Why did the trunk grow straight but the aerial root grew like it was affected by wind? I'm sure K has vision for this tree but I can't see it including that root.
As for the reverse taper, in my experience aerial roots are good at creating swelling from the point they emerge, but don't really thicken the section below them. I would cut it off, ideally a branch would sprout down low to use as a sacrifice. But you should be able to correct the taper by keeping that lowest aerial root on the right/back side. I would also keep the top half regularly pruned back and allow the lowest branches to thicken up, they will help heal the wound.
 

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... ...Switch gears....
If K doesn't already have a plan to make these perfect mirror images of each other, which, with the art background he may, he should.
It's not everyday you get the absolute perfect material to do this with.
Absolutely!!!
 

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As for the reverse taper, in my experience aerial roots are good at creating swelling from the point they emerge, but don't really thicken the section below them

For sure...

I meant regrow some new roots below, where it skinny still.

I'm with you....

That main tree Nebari is beautiful.

For me...
That other root is not just "distracting to the eye"....

Fherthuchikdjesfritmneeow!

It's some kinda long Dutch Cuss Word!

Sorce
 

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@Jeremy and @sorce,
From Anthony

Here is what K sent.

[1] This a learning plant.

[a] If a cut is made, it can be encouraged to heal quickly.

[b ] How dense can the branchlets go ? How fine can I keep them ?

[3] If the tree likes to thicken, can I hold the taper through root expansion, and not just from the base.
And can I keep the shapes formed attractive ?

Right side of trunk, waiting for the correctly positioned aerial root , to aid in the thickening of the trunk

So maybe I can have a thick base, a taper and well ramified fine branchlets [ wish me luck ]

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Sorce, the idea here was simple rhythm.
As two friends standing back to back playing violin and flute.

So I want the eye to swing from branch to branch.

I will also grow a very tall one for you. See you in 6 months for the beginning. '[ K ]

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For you all,
Good Day
Anthony

Some more efforts -

The next two were found as 3" twigs growing inside a 4 inch pipe out in an abandoned
yard .
Sadly, they needed more light and we lost branches. I have left the dead branches on
the trees.

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Testing for size.

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Last one testing for growing in Hydroponic 12 mm Leca . Same sunlight problem.

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I've seen them, imported plants in my country.
Leaves are quire long.
 
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