Need a question answered about the leaves on this!

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Not new to bonsai, but this spieces yes. Don't know what forum to use. Bonsainut really needs to make a "sick tree" forum ha ha. No complaints this a great site. Anyways this royal poinciana I had for almost a year now. Pay not attention to it last year. This year I chopped back hard and was left with a little nice thick trunk and leaves sprouted almost instantly. well about a week ago there was bugs on it and in the past I made my own fungicide spray when I didn't have any around. I was on my way out for a couple of days when I noticed it so didn't have time. I CLEARY WROTE DOWN the recipe for my girlfriend but some how she messed it up. Go figure :( it loss a lot but I know it will bounce back because only leaves are burned and been threw this myself before. But my question is how will the leaves grow back? Not to familiar with this tree. Do I cut those long branches that held the independent leaves or do I cut it all together down to the trunk? Not sure if that long branch is one whole compound leave or it's a branch. Wikk that long thing branch pop out little leaves all down it? Thanks guys. Here is some before and afters also some new growth
 
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First rule of bonsai mistakes - when you make a mistake, don't compound it by making a second mistake!

In this case, anything you could do to "help" would probably hinder the recovery of your tree. Don't prune or do anything drastic. Rather provide it with the best possible environment (warm humidity, really bright light) and hope for the best. Make sure you don't overwater, since with no foliage, your tree's water needs will be somewhat limited.

I have never kept one of these trees (but they look really cool when I looked them up) however they seem similar in many ways to Brazillian Rain Trees or Texas Ebony. I transplanted a Texas Ebony this spring, and it dropped all its leaflets (making quite a mess). I was patient, and in about 6 weeks it budded out everywhere and now you would never know it was stressed.
 
Yeah I have a few BRT and Ebonys but they branch out and other branches from this branches. But since having this Royal I haven't seen it branch out from another. Just these long things coming out the trunk. So that's why I wasn't sure. And of course I'm going to keep a good eye on it like I have and stressed tree. Like I said not new to bonsai but this spieces yes. Ain't a damn thing on them as bonsai either. Same thing with BRT, there one of the top favorites to have in bonsai but no damn info except a few small things about bonsai care for them. When I first got a BRT went to the bonsai nursey and got a small little BRT pre bonsai and used that as my Guinea pig to learn from Lol
 
Yeah I have a few BRT and Ebonys but they branch out and other branches from this branches. But since having this Royal I haven't seen it branch out from another. Just these long things coming out the trunk. So that's why I wasn't sure. And of course I'm going to keep a good eye on it like I have and stressed tree. Like I said not new to bonsai but this spieces yes. Ain't a damn thing on them as bonsai either. Same thing with BRT, there one of the top favorites to have in bonsai but no damn info except a few small things about bonsai care for them. When I first got a BRT went to the bonsai nursey and got a small little BRT pre bonsai and used that as my Guinea pig to learn from Lol
I'll start by stating that I have never grown a Delonix regia, aka Royal Poinciana, aka Flamboyant tree. But I have been around long enough to have seen others try to get this species to behave as bonsai.

First, @Bonsai Nut is right, for health of the tree, leave it alone. These need full sun, minimum 8 hours or more if possible. More sun than a BRT to be happy. If you give it enough sun, fungus should not be a problem. They come from wet-dry sub-tropical to fully tropical environment, they drop leaves to get through cold, heat & drought. They can survive several episodes a year where they have to drop leaves and start over. So keep it moist, but not soggy, set it in full sun, and don't spray anything on it to help other than water.

About Delonix as bonsai. Flowers are glorious, many have tried, few, very few, have achieved anything that really could be called a nice bonsai. Best Delonix bonsai photos I've seen have been on Philippine and Malaysian blogs. They were all large scale designs, over 4 feet tall. The huge doubly pinnate compound leaves, relatively coarse branch pattern, and it's habit of dropping some of the fine branches along with leaves when stressed is the reason most are not successful. BRT and Texas ebony leaves are singly pinnate, Delonix each leaf has 2 levels of branching, doubly pinnate. As a bonsai, think of each compound leaf as representing a whole branch, trying to get them to position themselves in the right places will frustrate you, unless you live somewhere where it can be allowed to grow big. As a 5 foot tall bonsai, it can be spectacular, as a little foot tall bonsai, not so much.
 
To do Delonia rex, you have to use thread grafts to get 6 branches and that is about all you will
get.
Not a great subject for Bonsai.

Suggestion give away as a gift or focus on the roots.
Try a tamarind. ,Massive trunk, no surface roots, flowers like an orchid, yellow or red and easy to train.
Good Day
Anthony
 
Yeah I heard after receiving the tree they weren't the best for bonsai. But hey it was free and figured it look cool in the corner of the green house behind all my other Bonsai's even if it gets huge
 
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