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What sort of tree would you put in an octopus pot?

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How big is it, kusamono
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something from the kelp forrest? :)
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It is shohin size, 11-12 cm diameter.
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Possibly a tree with 8 branches bilatterally symmetric and smells fishy. :!: How about a Serrisa Foetida. :lol: :lol:
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This tree would be perfect, albeit if the pot was 85 times bigger...

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Hi Timi99,

a very unusal pot.

Just wondering how much it cost ?


Sick squid ?




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A bonsaied version of this?
http://travisandlaurie.blogspot.com.au/ ... house.html
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Not really Bonsai for me
something Coastal if anythig, Coast banksia, Coastal heath of some sort :lost:

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Something of Mediterranean origins. Cyprus cedar perhaps. They eat octopus. The Cypriots not the cedar. LOL. It's a lovely pot, Ken! 8-)
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I am not a fan of banksia I have a starter. Something exotic, and of Mediterranean in origin.
I had a Jade, that I forgot about one winter, no water as it was hidden by a 30 year old Zygo, that I bring all in winter. It survived months without water or light. But it went octopusee on me.
Hardly any trunk but heaps of weeping branches, with hardly any leaves on them. Popped it out in the summer, and more leaves grew. It would go well in this pot, so long as it was on a stand. ;)
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Re: Octopus Pot

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Hey Paul

I cannot remember exactly, because I bought it along with other pots.

But I think it was quite expensive maybe around $100.00.

But pots like this don't come around very often.

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