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the world's tiny caliandra flower

Posted: February 18th, 2010, 12:38 pm
by amazonida
Hi, just posting for you to see how tiny is the flowers of this caliandra in my garden.. the bonsai is still a secret 8-)
did you like it? have you seen it before?

Re: the world's tiny caliandra flower

Posted: February 18th, 2010, 12:50 pm
by craigw60
So when is the secret going to be revealed Amazonida ?
Craig

Re: the world's tiny caliandra flower

Posted: February 18th, 2010, 12:53 pm
by amazonida
soon very soonnn :D let's see if the flowers pop's up , a bit more...

Re: the world's tiny caliandra flower

Posted: February 18th, 2010, 1:11 pm
by craigw60
The foliage is beautiful. Is it a tree or a shrub ? We are all waiting with baited breath.
Craig

Re: the world's tiny caliandra flower

Posted: February 18th, 2010, 1:29 pm
by amazonida
hum..the foliage is from the size of our nail! and the flower half size or even tiny! believe it or not, this photo was taken with a macro lens.. do you have caliandra in your garden?

Re: the world's tiny caliandra flower

Posted: February 18th, 2010, 1:40 pm
by craigw60
I suspect it would be too cold for them here we get a little snow in the winter and the temps. sometimes stay in single digits for days.
Craig

Re: the world's tiny caliandra flower

Posted: February 19th, 2010, 12:06 am
by amazonida
caliandra don't combine with snow, definitly! it's a shrub in the nature..

Re: the world's tiny caliandra flower

Posted: February 21st, 2010, 11:48 am
by amazonida
As promissed, this is the bonsai. witch is the best style for it?

Re: the world's tiny caliandra flower

Posted: February 21st, 2010, 4:14 pm
by craigw60
Hi Amazonida,
So the secret is finally revealed. You have a nice piece of material there. I am not familiar with this species so maybe the queenslanders would be better qualified to comment. To my eye your tree would make a nice windswept style but I feel that would be slightly incongruous to the species. Maybe you could grow it into a semi cascade style. Either way you have lots of work to do on this tree.
Regards from Craig

Re: the world's tiny caliandra flower

Posted: February 22nd, 2010, 4:56 am
by amazonida
thanks Craig. i like your comments. in the nature she can be seen as windstep, rarely, but can. let's just wait the queenslanders to appear!! ;)
in the mean time, i'll keep posting about that! have you imagine it in full bloom?

Re: the world's tiny caliandra flower

Posted: February 22nd, 2010, 5:13 am
by amazonida
thanks Craig. i like your comments. in the nature she can be seen as windstep, rarely, but can. let's just wait the queenslanders to appear!! ;)
in the mean time, i'll keep posting about that! have you imagine it in full bloom?