[ANBA] Ficus Eugenoides
Posted: May 27th, 2012, 9:05 am
Ficus Eugenoides - Queensland Small Leaf Fig - Queensland
Height 1150mm; Width 1030mm; Trunk 380mm; Pot 800mm
18 Years in Training ( Not all good training )
This tree was collected as 4m high tree in a washout and was cut to 800mm and regrown. The interest down low was what attracted me to it, but the upper section was a fence post. I decided to match the fused roots down low to carving and hollowing in the upper section to make it look like a Strangler Fig. A Die-grinder with router bits attached was used for most of the work.
The carving has rolled over nicely over the years, and has taken on the look nicely I think. The trunk is mostly hollow to show a fully mature Strangler Fig, but I have left the heart wood of the tree in the big hole down the bottom to look like the last remaining piece of 'Host Tree'. The training has been eratic over the years, but I have got back into it the last 18 months and wanted to show it off. I took a few photos as the sun went down and chose this one as it shows light through the tree onto the trunk like a tall canopy tree, and lets some through to light up the airial roots at the front of the trunk. Hope you like it.
Thanks
Tony
Height 1150mm; Width 1030mm; Trunk 380mm; Pot 800mm
18 Years in Training ( Not all good training )
This tree was collected as 4m high tree in a washout and was cut to 800mm and regrown. The interest down low was what attracted me to it, but the upper section was a fence post. I decided to match the fused roots down low to carving and hollowing in the upper section to make it look like a Strangler Fig. A Die-grinder with router bits attached was used for most of the work.
The carving has rolled over nicely over the years, and has taken on the look nicely I think. The trunk is mostly hollow to show a fully mature Strangler Fig, but I have left the heart wood of the tree in the big hole down the bottom to look like the last remaining piece of 'Host Tree'. The training has been eratic over the years, but I have got back into it the last 18 months and wanted to show it off. I took a few photos as the sun went down and chose this one as it shows light through the tree onto the trunk like a tall canopy tree, and lets some through to light up the airial roots at the front of the trunk. Hope you like it.
Thanks
Tony
now thats what I call a Fig ....gotta love the monsters !
