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Ficus arial roots in the tropic
Posted: August 7th, 2011, 10:11 am
by daiviet_nguyen
From
http://forum.caycanhvietnam.com/diendan/showthread.php?p=440062#post440062
I think this tree is from Northern Vietnam, and am not too sure how to classify this ficus: bonsai or something else! But the humid tropic does wonder for its arial roots.
Re: Ficus arial roots in the tropic
Posted: August 7th, 2011, 10:19 am
by Greenhorn
whoa thats bloody insane!!! really cool
Re: Ficus arial roots in the tropic
Posted: August 7th, 2011, 11:34 am
by Hornet
wow, thats insane, any idea on age?
Re: Ficus arial roots in the tropic
Posted: August 7th, 2011, 12:00 pm
by Jamie
awesome sight!
organised chaos, just as nature intended
Re: Ficus arial roots in the tropic
Posted: August 7th, 2011, 12:30 pm
by kcpoole
Been a while since that was repotted!
Ken
Re: Ficus arial roots in the tropic
Posted: August 7th, 2011, 9:53 pm
by daiviet_nguyen
Hornet wrote:wow, thats insane, any idea on age?
Hi there, I just pinched the pictures
The Northern Vietnamese are a bit funny, they don't seem to be able to make up their mind on the type of styling they want yet. They grow fused-ficus with massive and weird look roots.
Re: Ficus arial roots in the tropic
Posted: August 7th, 2011, 10:30 pm
by Jerry Meislik
Great tree. How do you think it could be repotted?
Jerry
Re: Ficus arial roots in the tropic
Posted: August 8th, 2011, 8:21 pm
by daiviet_nguyen
Hi Jerry,
I hope you have been well
I suppose if they want to keep the roots like that, then they will have to break the top-inner pot up.
There is a good chance that it a cast-cement pot. Which would not be very expensive (even over there) at all.
Best regards.
Re: Ficus arial roots in the tropic
Posted: August 9th, 2011, 10:59 am
by Jamie
it looks like there is a fair bit of soil under the pot it is in, probably dont repot at all
Re: Ficus arial roots in the tropic
Posted: August 9th, 2011, 12:54 pm
by soda
Some nice fiscus with aerials I saw on a recent holiday in beautiful Bali.
Padma Resort - 2 bonsai and a feature tree.
and a couple of Bonsai inspiring shapes from Nirwana Golf Course
and for those wondering, sadly I did not get across to Bonsai Cafe
traffic would have meant 3+ hours away from the cheese and kisses and esky lids.
Golf was a stretch as it was.
Re: Ficus arial roots in the tropic
Posted: August 10th, 2011, 9:04 pm
by daiviet_nguyen
Hi soda,
Sounds like you had a good holiday in Bali
The trees in the last two pictures, I believe, are frangipani; we have them in Brisbane. There are many types as usual. The dwarf types are being used to a lesser extent as bonsai in South East Asia too. They have beautiful flowers and do last for a while. I have not seen any in Victoria.
I like the fig with the stone carved image of a goddess in front. But I believe this fig is smaller than the one in Brisbane city, around Adelaide Street area. There is a big clump of fig there.
Cheers.
