My Maba Bouxifolia...is it under pot?
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ogi uyehara
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Russell Coker
Gwyther
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Re: My Maba Bouxifolia...is it under pot?
hi Pavel,
thank you for your thought.
kind regards,
alex/ogie
thank you for your thought.
kind regards,
alex/ogie
ogie- Member
Re: My Maba Bouxifolia...is it under pot?
hi there Rudi,Rudi Guacena wrote:Hi Ogie,
Now I'm green with envy. Great looking tree!
thank you sir,i hope i will give justice to the tree.
kind regards,
alex
ogie- Member
Re: My Maba Bouxifolia...is it under pot?
Ogie,
Treasure your Bantolinao (Maba Buxifolia). It is a very good tree. I agree with Ogi (Angel) Uyehara about the proportions of the branches. Letting the structure grow will only better the quality of your tree.
For those who are unfamiliar with the species, let me tell you that Ogie (alex) has done a great job in keeping this tree in excellent health. The are tricky to grow. By the way, no shallow pots on these.
Below, a picture of the related species we have in our island. Unlike yours, the trunk is reddish, but the roots are pitch black. The fruit is also black when ripe. These grow along the sea shore and are very difficult to root. We plant them in 100% river or mountain sand. Some of them have impressive dead wood and twisted trunks. This one was collected two years ago and will soon be placed in a huge training pot. I think it is more similar to Kamagong.
Close up of the leaves
Kind regards,
Jose Luis
Treasure your Bantolinao (Maba Buxifolia). It is a very good tree. I agree with Ogi (Angel) Uyehara about the proportions of the branches. Letting the structure grow will only better the quality of your tree.
For those who are unfamiliar with the species, let me tell you that Ogie (alex) has done a great job in keeping this tree in excellent health. The are tricky to grow. By the way, no shallow pots on these.
Below, a picture of the related species we have in our island. Unlike yours, the trunk is reddish, but the roots are pitch black. The fruit is also black when ripe. These grow along the sea shore and are very difficult to root. We plant them in 100% river or mountain sand. Some of them have impressive dead wood and twisted trunks. This one was collected two years ago and will soon be placed in a huge training pot. I think it is more similar to Kamagong.
Close up of the leaves
Kind regards,
Jose Luis
jrodriguez- Member
Re: My Maba Bouxifolia...is it under pot?
Jose,
do you know the latin name for your plant ?
Any chance it begins with E ?
It looks familiar.
Khaimraj
do you know the latin name for your plant ?
Any chance it begins with E ?
It looks familiar.
Khaimraj
Khaimraj Seepersad- Member
Re: My Maba Bouxifolia...is it under pot?
Hello jose...i agree totally with you and ogi,a bit slow growing,i already in the process of the lower branches will soon repot it for here in our country,pots are difficult to get... :evil:im just being patience for its rarity. will keep you guys posted in the near future.thanks again for your added info,am really learning....
kind regards,
alex/ogie
kind regards,
alex/ogie
ogie- Member
Re: My Maba Bouxifolia...is it under pot?
Khaimraj,
Some people call this Diospyros Caribea, but i really don't know. Others refer to it as Eurya, but again, this might be wrong. All i know is that the fruit is definitely a Persimmon. Firth the fruit is green, then it turns orange and finally black. I also have an old Diospyros Montana in my collection. The trunk is black and has very small leaves. The only draw-back is that the leaves are not as shiny and lustrous as the native one.
Russel,
These trees are very slow growers and tend to have a weak root system. Some often suffer from root rot. Belive it or not, sometimes shallow pots retain more water than deep pots. I think this has t do with capillary action between soil particles. Ample space promotes a better root system. With such a powerful trunk and once the ramification is well proportioned, this tree can handle a deep pot very well. I never plant mine directly onto big pots. I use a larger than normal pot to establish the root column and then place it in an oversized pot.
Kind regards,
Jose
Some people call this Diospyros Caribea, but i really don't know. Others refer to it as Eurya, but again, this might be wrong. All i know is that the fruit is definitely a Persimmon. Firth the fruit is green, then it turns orange and finally black. I also have an old Diospyros Montana in my collection. The trunk is black and has very small leaves. The only draw-back is that the leaves are not as shiny and lustrous as the native one.
Russel,
These trees are very slow growers and tend to have a weak root system. Some often suffer from root rot. Belive it or not, sometimes shallow pots retain more water than deep pots. I think this has t do with capillary action between soil particles. Ample space promotes a better root system. With such a powerful trunk and once the ramification is well proportioned, this tree can handle a deep pot very well. I never plant mine directly onto big pots. I use a larger than normal pot to establish the root column and then place it in an oversized pot.
Kind regards,
Jose
jrodriguez- Member
Re: My Maba Bouxifolia...is it under pot?
Russell Coker wrote:Gwyther wrote:If you repot to a bigger pot it will de emphasise the size of the trunk.
I disagree completely. I think a wider, more shallow pot would actually better emphasize the size of the trunk, and give the entire composition more stability. But that's just my opinion.
Russell
I agree totally Russell a shallower pot would emphasise the trunk. But the original question was " is this tree under potted " so i was stating that a bigger pot that was the same depth would de emphasise the trunk. I presumed that Ogies friends were suggesting a bigger pot in length of either the same depth or deeper, by saying that it was under potted.
But i still think that the tree is not under potted.
Vic
Last edited by Gwyther on Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:55 am; edited 1 time in total
Gwyther- Member
Re: My Maba Bouxifolia...is it under pot?
Wonderful tree thank's for sharing. I too agree on a larger shallower pot but that may change once styled.
Seth Ellwood- Member
Re: My Maba Bouxifolia...is it under pot?
hello seth,
thank you for the comment,will wait for the lower canopy to grow more thicker.its a bit slow growing,still a long way
regards,
alex/ogie
thank you for the comment,will wait for the lower canopy to grow more thicker.its a bit slow growing,still a long way
regards,
alex/ogie
ogie- Member
Re: My Maba Bouxifolia...is it under pot?
Lovely tree Alex.
I also like the idea of a slightly shallower and slightly wider pot but if you do stick with this one I would suggest lowering the planting height slightly as this will give the visual impression of greater base stability and breadth.
I also like the idea of a slightly shallower and slightly wider pot but if you do stick with this one I would suggest lowering the planting height slightly as this will give the visual impression of greater base stability and breadth.
Justin Hervey- Member
Re: My Maba Bouxifolia...is it under pot?
hello Justin,Justin Hervey wrote:Lovely tree Alex.
I also like the idea of a slightly shallower and slightly wider pot but if you do stick with this one I would suggest lowering the planting height slightly as this will give the visual impression of greater base stability and breadth.
well taken and thanks for your advice and appreciation,
regards & keep well,
alex
ogie- Member
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