Welcome Alvchin

Looking forward to share the photos of your trees.

I've lost all photos on my phone few days back. I'll slowly snap again. I just repot a cucur atap. My one & only cucur atap. Really not easy to deal with drift wood. Hahaha.

My cucur atap. The dead wood now rotting till the bottom. Not sure how to control it.

Mulberry bought recently.

Another mulberry. But not sure which exact specie.

A 'Japanese maple'. Growing well, has been a year with me now. The seller told me most maples selling here r grafted. This jap maple grafted onto another hardier maple base.

A coniferous type but not sure what also. The seller told me 'silver pine/spruce/juniper' ? Cantonese 'ngan chung'... Literally translate to silver worm... my dotta ask me to get her a Christmas tree so I bought this plant from a nursery but ended up as my bonsai.

Sorry for all the tilted images. I don't know how to correct it. It is normal on my album but rotated when attached.

Trying my hands on a forest wrightia r. All from branch cutting. Planted together for about 3 months.

Another maple I got for about 2 months. Supposedly a 'Chinese maple'. Grafted as well. This tree was originally about 2' tall now being reduced to about 7". Looks like it's surviving.

A pomegranate. Bought as a fruit plant but as usual ended up in my bonsai pot. It was about 3' tall now being reduced to about 1' now. Intend to reduce it further. Has been with me for about 2 months.

This post has been edited by Alvchin: Apr 24 2013, 11:42 AM

A guava bought last week.


Another guava. Both tree still untouched. Thinking to let it grow a bit in a larger pot.

This I don't know what plant. Has been in my garden for at least 2 years. It was at least 3' tall, being reduced to about 8" 2 montjs back. Feels like something not right on this setup. Hahahaha. Any comments sifus?

This post has been edited by Alvchin: Apr 24 2013, 12:02 PM

This one also I don't know what specie. It was like kind of shrub in my garden. Was about 2' tall & 2' wide. Being reduced to this about 1'. A camelthorn wannabe? hahaha. Was on a larger pot & being reduced to smaller pot for about 3 months.

Hi Alvchin,

u got quite some collection!

Nice cucur attap!



Give a suggestion on the dead wood preservation.

Sand paper or use fine wire brush the dead wood EXTRA carefully. If u break the wood ....
Apply lime sulphur solution, when dry (usually over night) apply carefully 2 coats of colourless wood varnish.
Wood varnish can be bought from any hardware shop, it has water repelling effect.
If the dead wood have any rotten part, scrap the part off until solid wood.

Good luck to your nice Cucur attap!

Thanks bonsailelong!
I have repot the tree but I didn't really clear the roots near the trunk area. I was hoping to let it grow a bit more vigorously before treating the dead wood. I'm using sulphur solution to bleach but I haven't use any varnish on it yet. Next round will dig all the way. Hahaha.

In our region,even decent bonsai looking maple like this is hard to come by,
can you tell me where did you buy the maple?



"Silver pine" in Chinese is actually not a pine nor a juniper.
It's a False Cypress family called Boulevard False Cypress.
When plant directly under the sun, the foliage will turn green.
But under half shade condition, the foliage is silver in color.
I got this B. False cypress plant on ground which at one time I've mistaken it as a Casuarina.



For this one, if you can post up a clearer photo showing it's leaves and flowers, I might be able to identify it.



This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Apr 24 2013, 09:54 PM

Ah?!! Haiya a cypress ka? False somemore. The seller told me it's pretty rare so ask me quickly grab. Ahahaha.
The maple I got from Sg Buloh kusta centre side. It was like dried up & the seller told me it's shedding & will grow again. I just have to trust him. Hahaha I just love to try my hands on at least 1 plant.
Some shots on the leaves to help id the plants.
Thanks again Bonsailelong.

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Btw bonsailelong, I read an old post that u hv a white mulberry. How did it turn out? Easy to handle? I read that those large wound don't really heal.

Well, your "silver pine " is Boulevard False cypress for sure.
And the other one is a popular Indian flower which Indian use to present to their gods in prayer.
It's common name is Crape Jasmine and scientific name is Nandyarvattam.

Yip, I've few white mulberry.
Mulberry is described as the most terrible material for bonsai.
It just simple grows and grows, very very difficult for leaves ramification.
But every time you cut away the old branches, new branches and fruits come out.
But very soon it will be out of shape again.
For large wound, I'll say... never heal!
I'll take some shots and post up during this weekend.

Most terrible material?!! Hahahaha... I just bought 2 & have 2 other from nursery. But not sure exact specie. The one I bought from a nursery in Sg Buloh is a really slow growing one.
I also have 2 small leave guava & seems also not easy material. Anyway I'm trying all these shrub plants hoping to learn enuf before I move into real trees.
And thanks for the ID bro! I hope these plants r not short living type.

Initial Shaping - Another Cedar

This one.....probably 6 year old.



Getting the root ball out from the pot is no easy task.



Now on the "operation table"....



"Operation" half way through....



.....2 hours later.



With almost 90% of foliage removed and 60% of root cut away, will it survive?

er sifu. what plant should i go for? im a newbie. any plan with do? very new into bonsai

Welcome anti@,

Usual suggestion, get a boxwood.

Wow!! Geng chao!! Hahahaha. Me finally cannot wait & go right to the root of my cucur atap. The whole piece dead wood already rotted from the root & was held together by the soil. Not even the roots. So no choice, split the 2 apart. Now a bit funny & hopefully it lives to tell the story.

can show photos?