Hi all sifu,
I'm so happy finally got kakis for bonsai here. I'm pretty newbie to bonsai eventho I've read a bit on it. Bought a few from San Fong 2 years ago but didn't really look after them until quite recently. Since then I've been hooked on it. Bought a few more trees 2 weeks back ... Hope to learn more from the sifus. Great to know u all here. Took me 2 days to read the recent posts.

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.

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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?

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ya I finished quite late yesterday. Thinking to shoot today but woke up high fever.
Maybe the tree trying to tell me something.

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Wow!! Nice black pine! Any place selling around Klang Valley?

My poor cucur atap. Hopefully it'll survive. As for the deadwood I plan to harden it & if the tree survive ill incorporate back to the it.

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Ramification ... That's all missing from my plants :lol
My cucur atap had been unhealthy for a while. That's y I decided to dig right up to the root. The soil did not have much drainage I guess which causes the bottom to rot. Didn't have much roots actually. I hope it'll survive.

Oh you guys go Melaka often? How much actually Sg Buloh selling? I was there at the kusta side last Saturday, didn't notice any. But I had a quick one.

Ya I bought from sanFong. If its sand probably the drainage would be fine right? When I took it off it's kind of like black soil but muddy wet. I guess over the last few months there has been more rain than sunlight. B4 the rainy season since probably Oct last year it was still growing fine. My first cucur atap & I failed to notice it's not in good health. Not sure it can survive as all the leaves starting to dry out.

Wow! I would love to join in if the timing is right. Do u guys normally go on a weekday or weekend?

Thanks for the invitation zabel8484! But weekends a bit hard for me.
Any location maps? I can try to sneak in during weekdays if I'm there.