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[FOR SALE] SELLING UNKNOWN advance stock
Posted: January 15th, 2010, 3:29 pm
by IS2SXC
i dont know the name of this tree but i know it had big purple flowers can some one get an id on this for me
well i seriously dont know what to do with it so im selling it to someone that can
just pm me ur price if ur interested
cheers ..minh
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Re: SELLING UNKNOWN advance stock
Posted: January 15th, 2010, 3:40 pm
by banksia
Looks right up your alley Flybri...if I'm not mistaken...looks like some kind of Eucalypt.
Cheers!
Anthony
Re: SELLING UNKNOWN advance stock
Posted: January 15th, 2010, 3:41 pm
by banksia
Second thoughts...Purple flowers???
Re: SELLING UNKNOWN advance stock
Posted: January 15th, 2010, 3:45 pm
by Mojo Moyogi
From the leaf shape, bark colour and large purple flowers, I think it may be Tibouchina, probably T.urvilleana
http://images.google.com.au/images?sour ... CBYQsAQwAA
Not sure how they go as bonsai.
Cheers
MM
Re: SELLING UNKNOWN advance stock
Posted: January 15th, 2010, 3:54 pm
by IS2SXC
cheers Mojo yeh thats the one thanks for ur ID
well u never know
Re: SELLING UNKNOWN advance stock
Posted: January 21st, 2010, 6:56 am
by MelaQuin
Definitely a tibouchina [or however you spell it]. I don't think the wood is good. The flowers are largish so the tree would need to be a lot thicker to carry them and if one is planning to bonsai it I would think it not wise to plan for a long lived bonsai. I had one briefly and decided it was better in the garden and it decided it was better with god. I got it from Riverview so it had a hard youth and an early demise was not unexpected. It's worth a go. I'm sure the leaves will reduce with bonsai cultivation. If I remember the branches are quite brittle and wiring would have to be done with branchlets. Go for it.
Re: SELLING UNKNOWN advance stock
Posted: January 24th, 2010, 8:34 am
by IS2SXC
MelaQuin wrote:Definitely a tibouchina [or however you spell it]. I don't think the wood is good. The flowers are largish so the tree would need to be a lot thicker to carry them and if one is planning to bonsai it I would think it not wise to plan for a long lived bonsai. I had one briefly and decided it was better in the garden and it decided it was better with god. I got it from Riverview so it had a hard youth and an early demise was not unexpected. It's worth a go. I'm sure the leaves will reduce with bonsai cultivation. If I remember the branches are quite brittle and wiring would have to be done with branchlets. Go for it.
well if no one wants it then ill bonsai it and show everyone that it could be made
thanks for the nudge Melaquin hahahha