Adenium 'Bonsai' .....Training Techniques
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Comments (4)Well, because of it's nature, it won't ever look like... a maple tree in the same sense of being a tree, but if you take care of it properly, and go to this website - www.bonsai-bci.com/species/adenium.html for general information, you should be able to eventually make it look less like a potato and more like a tree. Certainly you can enjoy the flowers!...See MoreInteresting New to Me Adenium "Bonsai"
Comments (28)Hi heather , I love the look of it now. If it were mine, I would leave the branch that is lower. That branch makes the three point look to a bonsai .. Heaven( sky) Earth and Man . Three different levels and or points to a bonsai look. Just a thought. ;-) Another thought is to trim all the branches in the spring after it gets used to its new home . When and if you do trim ( which I probably would. ) I would trim to suit the look of the total tree. I mean for example .. If you want a more rounded tree with the canopy being fuller, you would trim down about two inches on each stem before it hits the main stem. This will encourage branching and it will have a fuller head. Or you could trim a little in the spring if you are. Nervous about cutting to much off. I would cut at least the branches in the middle. This would give a nice healthy look instead of lanky looking branches. IMO of course!! ;-) It looks awesome now!! Love it!!! I trimmed one close and I will post for you tonight. A few years ago, I was terrified to trim until a good friend told me to more or less. " get going... ". Well. It was kind of like that!! Lol Again.. Awesome job!!!! What ever and how ever you choose to trim, it will be beautiful!! Take care , Laura This post was edited by loveplants2 on Mon, Sep 23, 13 at 17:00...See More'Creating' Adenium-Bonsai ....How??
Comments (2)Frank - For my adenium 'bonsai', I start with a plant that possesses and interesting trunk and base...then I will prune and train the branches with wire as I would with any bonsai. That said, pruning branches on an adenium is obviously much different than pruning/pinching on an elm or maple. I find that I am most often pruning branches back shorter to maintain the compact look I want, else they will tend to get leggy and out of proportion with the rest of the plant. Most adenium tend to really thicken up in the trunk (some almost round) and get gnarly around the roots - a look I like, but may not fit into your desired baobab look. For that, I think you may want to start with certain adenium varieties that are more likely to form taller trunks, then keep most of your branch growth at the very top. I think you will also find it easier to develop your plant if you are not totally focused on flowering which, of course, you may need to sacrifice with pruning. As you know, watch out for that sap... What I don't recommend you do is try to grow an adenium bonsai from seeds or seedlings. Maybe I am impatient, but adenium are affordable enough to start with something nice and thick and work it from there. There used to be a poster (Randy?) who frequented this forum in the past with some nice plants and advice, but I have not seen him in a while. Maybe you can search for his posts on this forum. Also, the link below is to a site that I recall having some information on adenium bonsai... hope that helps. Tom Here is a link that might be useful: siam adenium...See MoreBonsai Traning adeniums.
Comments (4)good luck. I'm going to wait a while before I start slicing and dicing my seedlings. maybe after I do a big sow in late winter, early spring. I do however like the anaconda techniques I found on you tube. I might try that one first. here are some seedlings I sowed on the Sept 26th. pictures taken Oct 2. my first sow of adenium arabicum. or any adeniums for that matter. sowed 50, 20 came up as of now. I don't really expect anymore to come up but we will see. I think I am going to sow several hundred come Jan or feb. I would like to try some bonsai techniques and get some grafting stock going. as well as all natural. I seem to lean more towards arabicum, somalenses, and multiflorum. I have a few of each right now. I really want to get some socotranum going though. saw some real beautiful ones on the forum. that's the planting media I used and I topped them with fine vermiculite. I've been doing a lot of seeds like that lately....See Morebronxfigs: New York City/7b
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