Serious about Ficus!

[Jamie]

GLHF

whats that??? i got no idea

[Jarrod]

I don't wish to enter ths discussion as more then a translator. Good luck, have fun

[Jamie]

ahhh thanks mate all i needed to know, im done too.


jamie

[JayP]

here ya go fellas, heres one of your so called hideous figs, not bad for my first virt if i do say so myself

[JayP]

anyone else care to virt this other one..?? i am interested to see were others would go with this kind of material..

[Jamie]

i will give it a crack be back soon with it, like i did say though there is potential for air layers and the nebari stumps, i did agree on that, as a trunk by itself how it is as of now in the original picture you have to admit there is work involved to get it to something worth while?

jamie

[Jamie]

here ya go, it would only use the bottom section of the trunk and the nebari, but you would get several others with a decent sized trunk from air layering.

figvirt.jpg

full headed canopy sweet


jamie

[Shannon]

Bretts . ..sorry mate if i offended you.... I did not intend it, I honestly thought you were having a dig at the types of trees we thought had potential.

I too have some very ugly ducklings in my collection but could not bare to discard them due to personal reasons and sentimental value!

[Bretts]

No worries Shannon Thanks for the clarification. I thought it was an odd comment
I know this one is very ugly but I do like the quote "Bonsai does not have to be pretty"
I do have fun working with this tree. The picture I showed was from a couple of years ago. It has not progressed as far as I would like in the last couple of years but I am sure it will continue to be a break from the serious for years to come.

[Shannon]

Cheers Bretts. Hope to see more of the surfing turkey!!

[JayP]

not bad jamie, i think maybe the canopy is a bit wide in proportion to the trunk, i'd maybe just narrow it a bit more..?

[JayP]

i thought i'd have a play around with the second one...

[bonscythe]

Not getting into the 'S' shape discussion but I reckon I would go for JayP's virt over the full-canopy look with this type of trunk.
Based on the reasoning that such a contorted trunk would usually be seen in a fig which has some stress trying to grow and maybe couldn't establish such a nice full-canopy due to this alteration of growth. Negative spaces in-between the pads work for me on this tree. Just my opinion, I love Ficus so much

[Jamie]

thats all good mate i like jayp's virt aswell, i am open to these sort of things


jamie

[JayP]

cheers guys! and asus i apologise if i got a bit worked up no hard feelings mate! i just hope this has helped you and others to see that there is potential in this sort of material. cheers