Pemphis acidula

[Ash]

Some photographs I took yesterday of beautiful wild and windswept Pemphis acidula on Cape York for your inspiration.

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best regards
Ash

[Lynette]

I have been trying to get one of these to use as bonsai since I saw then in Bali about 20 odd years ago. I took a heap of photos from the first day of the China tour, where there was some very big ones.
Lynette

[Ash]

Sometimes called 'Sea Jade' this tree has succulent leaves a bit like an exotic Crassula.

[lindsay farr]

Pemphis is a endangered species in most of tropical asia.
This has been bought about by wholesale collection for bonsai.
The Tsunami that struck Indonesia yesterday took many lives.
The impact of a tsunami is abated when the mangrove is intact.
Pemphis plays an important role in mangrove ecology.
I urge our community to resist lusting after Pemphis.
Be creative, not destuctive.

[craigw60]

I would like to reiterate what Lindsay has just stated. I was following a post on IBC with regards to collecting pemphis and parts of the Philippine coastline have been completely denuded of this species. This is done by people who are supposed to love things natural.
Craigw

[Ash]

I agree and it is very sad that it has been destroyed in some parts of Asia. I don't think that Pemphis has been heavily collected in Australia (if ever collected at all). It is quite secure n Australia being abundant in the remote tropics and we would like very much to keep it that way. They are lovely things and a great source of inspiration- please don't destroy them if you find them.
regards
Ash

[Graeme]

And as great as they look in a Bonsai Pot, they are not the easiest plant in the world to grow as Bonsai. They are not even that easy to grow in their native environs. I will always remember the piles of dead wood that was always present at my fav Bonsai Nursery in Bali - and that was only the stuff that survived the collectors work and was sold as growing stock to the nursery. there is a good reason why Pemphis Bonsai all started at 1Mil Rupiah +. Better to collect a good number of photographs from Pemphis already in training and display those proudly as great examples of your photgraphic ability.