(jaw on floor) Thanks for showing me something new today, Jeff! Me: "So... I'm looking for a bonsai shaped like an elephant...?..." Guy in Bali: "How many you want?" Gill, thanks for including your link, those are hilarious! I'd take the big lizard for sure. Suiseki, now there's a hobby I don't have time for. I can just see myself scrutinizing every rock I come across, no matter where I go, for the rest of my life. Pretty awesome though. Maybe I'll just make one... (ominous music)

To everyone......I have to thank CactusMcHarris actually for prompting me to contact Gweb direct following on from my comment in an earlier thread saying that I wished for an Adenium forum. Soooooo, on behalf of us all, 'A VERY BIG THANK YOU JEFF' for nudging me into action! I had truly forgotten that fact so I cannnot just sit here and take credit for this. I see the garden gremlins have been banished to the compost heap till later, so we may get to hear something in a day or so. Watch this space folks as we are now up to 46. Gill from the UK.

Yes, I'm super excited. I've had feeler's out all over town (the country for that matter) for almost a year. I wont stop using Pine bark, because of coarse it functions in a very different, and beneficial way, as does Fir bark. Here's a pic of one of the bags. (Keep in mind; they're mislabeled.) They're marked w/ spray paint to be identified correctly. (Sequoia Brand 1/8x1/4 Fir Bark fine grade) The opened bag I have is labeled differently from this one, and there is still one bag at my parent's house. Al - I'm going to build a Bonsai bench to fit my balcony. 10' long w/ two levels, similar to this one... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVNzSDLwogA Laura - No cinder block designs for me. I don't care for that look, plus I don't want that much extra weight on the outer edge of my balcony. Rob

i saw a picture of a huge adenium in a large pot and then there were little pots all around it for the smaller outer roots... it was pretty cool.