Portulacaria -Inspired by MattA

[alpineart]

This is the neglected plant referred to in MattA's topic .

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Inspired by his post i ripped into this one for a quick transformation

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.Definately needs a wiring job but it looks good to the Bride . Thanks MattA it only took 7 years to re-trim and tidy this up

Cheers Alpineart

[Booga]

Great looking tree Alpine. I have been following the other threads and have seen some nice examples and I recon yours is a rippa too mate
Love the trunk and nabari. Nice branch structure too and the broom style seems to suits the species, Pat on the back

[MattA]

Now that is a ripper of a broom... I take it you are going to give it a bit more attention now, I would if it was here

[Booga]

I found this today in Mums garden.
I water her plants that the hose reaches when watering my Bonsai and would you believe that I have never seen this until today, it looks like the same type of plant.
She has no idea what it is and neither do I. Dose any one know, Thanks Dave.

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[alpineart]

Hi Guys , after a 5 minute chop and re-pot ,i will give it a bit of care now , the cooks on my case to look after it . It has never been watered in the time if have had it apart from the rain , never did like these weeds but a little bit of inspiration goes a long way and a change in attitude helps .

Hi Booga , i would say its of the same family but wouldn't have a clue as to which type .I always called these Jade or Money tree's .Hasn't helped for the monetary income , Feng Shui "one at the front door" , all my money goes out the back door.

Cheers Alpine

[Hornet]

Thats Crassula ovata Booga, related to portulacaria

[Booga]

Money tree, Now that would be a bonsai
For a succulent they seem to handle very little water. Mum has one in a pot with a hand full of soil and it will go a week without water, go figure.
Did you know that there is really a money tree! yeah its called marijuana Must try it one day As a Bonsai

[kcpoole]

Did you know that there is really a money tree! yeah its called marijuana Must try it one day As a Bonsai

Hey booga, that has already been done
http://www.thcfinder.com/marijuana-blog ... onsai-tree

But there is a line up to collect the clippings when pruning time comes around

Ken

[chrisatrocky]

It is actually called Crussula gollam, not as good to use as C. ovata, because of the shape of the leaflets. However there are quite a few Cussulas with smaller leaflets than C. ovata

chris

[chrisatrocky]

Did you know that there is really a money tree! yeah its called marijuana Must try it one day As a Bonsai

all ready been done

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chris

[Hornet]

It is actually called Crussula gollam, not as good to use as C. ovata, because of the shape of the leaflets. However there are quite a few Cussulas with smaller leaflets than C. ovata

chris

Its a Crassula ovata of some sort, not sure if it is golem, had a look at pics but there are sooo many varieties of ovata, hard to narrow it down

[MattA]

Did you know that there is really a money tree! yeah its called marijuana Must try it one day As a Bonsai

Hey booga, that has already been done
http://www.thcfinder.com/marijuana-blog ... onsai-tree

But there is a line up to collect the clippings when pruning time comes around

Ken

Forget the prunings & wait for repotting season... had a mate grow one many years ago, buds the size of my pinky nail but the roots WHOAH

[chrisatrocky]

sorry Hornet, bot Crassula ovata has large rounded fleshy leaves and Crassula gollum (correct spelling) has finger like flesshy leaves. C. gollum is often miss labled C.ovata or C ovata 'gollum' which are wrong.

this is C.ovata

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this is C. gollum

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and yes, there are 100's of Cassula varieties, but these 2 varieties are probably the most common found in gardens.

[chrisatrocky]

Sorry got off the track there. Alpine, very well done. On these you can cut half way between 2 joints, usually 2 new shoots will grow from the remaining joint and the end will dry up and full off leaving a very clean scar. This happens with larger branches and trunks also.

chris

[Andrew F]

Did you know that there is really a money tree! yeah its called marijuana Must try it one day As a Bonsai

all ready been done

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chris

WANTTTTTTTTTT!


Alpine, teach me your ways, please.