Bonzai - Gardening - Page 2

Frankie · 02-19-2008, 10:53 PM

Very nice. I always wanted to try my hand at this hobby.
I wonder if it is posible to do this to my mangrove? It is really starting to take off now.

sasquatch · 02-19-2008, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Frankie

Very nice. I always wanted to try my hand at this hobby.
I wonder if it is posible to do this to my mangrove? It is really starting to take off now.

Frankie if you could groom up some miniatures you could rule the nano scene lol

Frankie · 02-20-2008, 07:31 AM

I thought i did already? Compared to the ocean i have less then a pico already~
I need to buy up some books on bonzai, it looks very interesting.

Octoman · 02-20-2008, 07:58 AM

From the National Arboretum...

boozeman · 02-20-2008, 09:36 AM

that pic and description is misleading

that is a buttonwood and they make wonderfull bonsai and do grow in mangroves BUT... they are from the dry mangrove shoreline and their roots cannot remain submerged in salt water the way the true mangrove trees can. I have been on collecting expeditions to the swampy mangroves in PR.... beautiful and scary place at the same time. unfortunately true mangrove trees will not make good bonsai

Octoman · 02-20-2008, 09:40 AM

Wow, booze! I guess that goes to show you can't trust everything your government tells you!

boozeman · 02-20-2008, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Octoman

Wow, booze! I guess that goes to show you can't trust everything your government tells you!

that may be the understatement of the year

mps9506 · 02-20-2008, 06:07 PM

Buttonwood= White mangrove tree right?

Rhizophora sp is the red mangrove that is the intertidal species most folks associate with mangrove swamps and the huge roots that are submerged in saltwater.
Like booze said white mangroves grow well above the hide tide line.

(amazing the stuff you remember from one semester of benthic marine ecology)

Frankie · 02-21-2008, 10:42 PM

Well thats to bad. I guess i will need to build a separate tank for this thing one day.

02-19-2008, 10:53 PM	#16 (permalink)
Frankie Angel Girl's Daddy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The End Of The World Posts: 8,052 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Bonzai - Gardening Very nice. I always wanted to try my hand at this hobby. I wonder if it is posible to do this to my mangrove? It is really starting to take off now. __________________ Click here to visit my thread: New Horizons Text Is a Poor Form Of Communication! If we ignore the environment maybe it will just go away....

02-20-2008, 07:31 AM	#18 (permalink)
Frankie Angel Girl's Daddy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The End Of The World Posts: 8,052 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Bonzai - Gardening I thought i did already? Compared to the ocean i have less then a pico already~ I need to buy up some books on bonzai, it looks very interesting. __________________ Click here to visit my thread: New Horizons Text Is a Poor Form Of Communication! If we ignore the environment maybe it will just go away....

02-20-2008, 07:58 AM	#19 (permalink)
Octoman Majano Slayer Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 1,569 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Bonzai - Gardening From the National Arboretum... __________________ Mark My tank thread... http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-euphoria.html Tank build... http://55reef.blogspot.com/

02-20-2008, 09:36 AM	#20 (permalink)
boozeman The CodFather ~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: new york Posts: 8,800 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Bonzai - Gardening that pic and description is misleading that is a buttonwood and they make wonderfull bonsai and do grow in mangroves BUT... they are from the dry mangrove shoreline and their roots cannot remain submerged in salt water the way the true mangrove trees can. I have been on collecting expeditions to the swampy mangroves in PR.... beautiful and scary place at the same time. unfortunately true mangrove trees will not make good bonsai __________________ ...and when I'm old and wise little things mean little to me like autumn winds they'll blow right through me and someday, in the mist of time when they ask you if you knew me remember that you were a friend of mine

02-20-2008, 09:40 AM	#21 (permalink)
Octoman Majano Slayer Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 1,569 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Bonzai - Gardening Wow, booze! I guess that goes to show you can't trust everything your government tells you! __________________ Mark My tank thread... http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-euphoria.html Tank build... http://55reef.blogspot.com/

02-20-2008, 06:07 PM	#23 (permalink)
mps9506 They misunderestimated me Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 7,435 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Bonzai - Gardening Buttonwood= White mangrove tree right? Rhizophora sp is the red mangrove that is the intertidal species most folks associate with mangrove swamps and the huge roots that are submerged in saltwater. Like booze said white mangroves grow well above the hide tide line. (amazing the stuff you remember from one semester of benthic marine ecology) __________________ Mike "The Bandwith Bandit" Help Build Reefpedia Premium Membership Available! Support Reef Sanctuary Sponsors

02-21-2008, 10:42 PM	#24 (permalink)
Frankie Angel Girl's Daddy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The End Of The World Posts: 8,052 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Bonzai - Gardening Well thats to bad. I guess i will need to build a separate tank for this thing one day. __________________ Click here to visit my thread: New Horizons Text Is a Poor Form Of Communication! If we ignore the environment maybe it will just go away....

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