bonsai

So I think it may be possible to grow sarrs and vfts completely outdoors here after all, the only problem is the wind. The hot dry wind tends to dessicate and break plants on bad days. I'm just looking for ideas on how to create a wind block. My idea after reading an article for bonsai it to...

Hi guys, Found a very nice new truncata pitcher hidden away in the tank. Firstly, this is the common one I see...peristome folded back... on most of the seedlings. However, the second seedlings pitchers always hang and they show a very nice peristome. Infact, if I may say so...looks like a...

VFTs: Typical (5) 'Blood Red' 'Yellow' 'Akai Ryu' 'Dente' Sundews: D. capensis (typical) (2) D. nidiformis D. spatulata (+ ½ dozen seedlings) D. filiformis filiformis D. filiformis tracyi D. dichotoma 'red' D. 'Marston Dragon' Pings: P. primuliflora (2) P. moctezuma P. medusina P...

I haven't seen this answered here or in FAQs I've found. So, silly question, when talking about mixing soils, all ratios are given by volume, right? Not by weight? Everything else from houseplants to bonsai, ratios are by dry volume, so I just wanted to make sure.

Just starting out with CPs here. I've done indoor bonsai for maybe ten years, the odd fly trap here and there. Currently I've a 10g terrarium (72W T5 HO) and ExoTerra Nano (8"x8"x12", 26W PC). Nothing really spectacular, VFTs, S. purpurea, S. psittacina, common Drosera, Pinguicula, and...

Sarracenia purpurea divsions for trade: CLOSED Hi all I just finished doing some dividing of this big guy..pics are from last summer,it's just coming out of dormancy now so it's leaves are dry at the tops, but those will soon be replaced by new ones. praying nmantis not included :) I have...

S.Flava and flowers S.Rubra and flowers from western Georgia S. Leaucophylla and flowers S. Alata stocky S. P. Burkeii with white flower S. Minor X S. P. Burkeii S. Flava Ornata S. R. Alabamensis with flowers S. Flava flowers S. leaucophylla Juniper bonsai 50 years old Gingko bonsai...

Hi everyone i have finnaly got my own greenhouse and i have lots of questions so first here are the pics. http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa363/eou812/Picture518.jpg http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa363/eou812/Picture519.jpg...

I have more of these than I need So I thought I'd pass them along to someone who might like them Free For Postage But I'm Always Happy To Trade No Need To Send Bubble Envelopes Or Flat Rate Boxes I'll Cover Those Just Put Your Name On The List & PM Me For My Address DC ***Sorry US Shipping...

Long post, but thought I'd put it all out there since I was at it Since the weather has been Really Nice lately I decided to move the plants that I brought indoors for the winter back out to the greenhouse & realised I need a bigger GH / LOL I need to trim a few Neps back to make room I know...

desert rose and angel wing begonia <a href="http://s1104.photobucket.com/albums/h337/rball0406/other%20plants/?action=view&current=desertrose.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h337/rball0406/other%20plants/desertrose.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> cactus...

Hi Everyone, I've been wanting to get into bonsai for a while, and I've done some research. Many websites offer a lot of information about care, shaping, pruning etc. But I've found that they tend to be vague about choosing a specimen, this is what is holding me back. I have no idea which...

Thought I'd post these pics of some quick snapshots of my meager but growing collection of 'outdoor' CP's my friend took. Melody- you're famous! Wide angle: Pictured are S. Minor, VFT typical 'green', VFT 'red piranha', D. rotundifolia (in the gray pot), D. capensis typical, D. capensis...

I have the following non-cps avaliable: Garlic bubils, hard neck giants, 2 avalaible for SASE 1. 2. Rooted hardy rosemary cuttings, will survive year round as far north as zone 5. both large and small, the smaller ones might benefit from a winter indoors if you live below zone 8. Fantastic...

I took a drive to the Tonkadale nursery today and picked up a handful of new plants and a few for my new terrariums, here's some of the terrarium choices: Leptinella squalida a neat little 2" leaf ferny ground cover, appears the bronze is in bright sun and the green is in shade, that's how I...

Utricularia reniformis - larger form - seedgrown plant. In December of 2008, I received a number of very small U. reniformis seedlings from a friend. As usual, I repotted the plants into assorted media. Up for auction is the plant I placed into 100% live LFS. While the plant has grown...

I had to repot and unpot and deflask and reflask some of my plants and since I had them all misplaced, I took some pictures. Hope you like them:-) drosera affinis a'la bonsai drosera roraimae 'Gran Sabana,Venezuela' drosera roraimae 'Cerro Adua, Estado Bolivar, Venezuela' drosera...

just prun it and any tree can become a bonsai? is that the trick here? Thinking about getting my bonsai on

Though I have been doing bonsai for about 13 or 14 yrs, this is my first attempt at chrysanthemum bonsai. Mums were used in penjing by the Chinese before the art was refined as bonsai by the Japanese. Mid October is the time of Kiku Matsuri, the mum festival, in Japan. I know the flowers of...

Cephalotus, inducing stress for faster growth.... I'm curious if anybody has an opinion about possibly speeding growth of Cephalotus with induced stress (please keep reading). Originally, I purchased three plants. I had grown this plant with great success for about fifteen years. Therefore...