Variegated Delonix Regia

[Timbo]

Just wondering if anyone has seen these? I've grown maybe 20-30 from seed and I've never seen it before.
I would sure like to keep it alive!

 

[Bonsai Nut]

Looks cool! I have never seen them. Keep it alive - I want one

 

[Timbo]

Thanks...As you can see the others are browning and dropping leaves. I'm am still trying to figure out how to keep Delonix happy enough during the winter so i can put them back outside in the spring.
The top photo is when they were still outside during the day and inside at night...dark green and not much dropping of leaves.
I just put my tropical trees inside full time about a month ago...they all are still adjusting. My willow leaf ficus dropped 99% of leaves this week. History tells me in a week or so they should start to regrow.

 

[Floridays]

Wow, I've never seen a variegated one before! I have a regular one in a pot and am still wondering how to bonsai it...

Good luck with that, I hope it stays alive for ya!

 

[Anthony]

Try a Tamarindus i.

 

[Timbo]

I'm growing that too!

 

[Anthony]

Experience with the Flamboyant, is it does not branch, and if you look at it
in nature, it is leaflet dense, but branchlet poor.
One guy on this side got six branches on a 2 foot tall specimen.
He grafted them on.

When he returned to the UK no one could maintain it. Died.

At least with the Tamarind you have a fighting chance.

Or might I once again suggest ------------ a Hackberry.
Good Day
Anthony

 

[Timbo]

I hear you, but i'm always up for a challenge. They are tricky inside for sure. My 2 year old that got root rot didn't branch either...it would drop stems at the slightest change and just keep regrowing them.
They are still neat to look at though...even as a 2 year old seedling they are 2 to 3 times as wide as they are tall. We shall see...i won't be buying anymore seeds after this batch if i can't keep them alive.

 

[Anthony]

Ever seen this one -
https://i.pinimg.com/236x/95/ac/d2/95acd2ab51524e91b40e189d33abc352--bonsai-garden-bonsai-plants.jpg

I believe quite a few got caught with it.
As far as I know it is a tree photo shopped into a bonsai pot.
Good Day
Anthony

 

[Timbo]

If that's a Delonix Regia people say they don't flower in a bonsai pot...but others have said they have. I've seen that pic and others have said it was photoshop'd. TBH, i think lots of Bonsai photo's are but no way to prove that.

 

[Timbo]

Ever seen this one -
https://i.pinimg.com/236x/95/ac/d2/95acd2ab51524e91b40e189d33abc352--bonsai-garden-bonsai-plants.jpg

I believe quite a few got caught with it.
As far as I know it is a tree photo shopped into a bonsai pot.
Good Day
Anthony

What 'soil' do you put your tropical trees in? I've been flirting with diff types, DE/grit seems to work best but can dry out too fast for water loving plants.
My Kapok trees don't like to get dry, they droop at the top, but recover in a few hours after watering.
Reverse is also true..i can get root rot with too much retention.

 

[Timbo]

NM, i found some of your soil in: https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/willow-leaf-ficus.30133/

 

[Timbo]

Tree is still alive....not growing much but at least it's alive...They grow pretty good here in the summer.

 

[Clicio]

Tree is still alive....not growing much but at least it's alive...They grow pretty good here in the summer.

Could you post a picture of the tree here?

 

[Timbo]

I gotta figure out how to do it without a photo site...it's still very small seedling though.

 

[Clicio]

I gotta figure out how to do it without a photo site...

Just use the button "attach files" on the lower left side of your post window.

 

[Timbo]

Just use the button "attach files" on the lower left side of your post window.

I'll have to do it later when i can find my sim card reader

 

[Timbo]

Could you post a picture of the tree here?

Like i said...not much to look at.

 

[Timbo]

Still trying to figure out how to keep them from dropping leaves indoors. I've tried humidity, no humidity, water, no water, they all seem about the same.

 

[Timbo]

Hmm, i attached file and one says 3rd party hosting....i attached it from my desktop.