This sweet little shohin bonsai with its unusual flowers and great little Japanese pot is a type of Ixora that belongs to Pedro Morales' cousin Carlos C. Morales.
Trying to catch a couple days at the shore, so rather than go to the trouble to put together a new post, we’ll dip into our archives. This one originally appeared July 12, 2012. I updated the piece about the weather and made a few other changes.
You don’t have to live in the tropics to grow tropical bonsai, but it helps. This summer we might as well be in the tropics. Night before last it rained so hard that torrentially is an understatement and so far July has been remarkably hot for northern Vermont. Still, it’s nothing like the tropics, where you can grow tropical bonsai year round, rather than eight months indoors and a four month recovery period outdoors.
All the photos shown here belong to Pedro Morales. You can visit Pedro on facebook or on his website).
From Pedro's facebook photos. All it says is: "Display Ganador (winning display) VIVA PUERTO RICO!!!!!"
Pedro's Tropical Bonsai book. It's the only one we know of in English. Available at Stone Lantern.
This cascade is from Pedro's website. My apologies for cutting off the base of the stand (it's a long story).
Pedro's tropical style tokonoma. Tokonoma is a Japanese word that means 'display alcove.'
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