Melaleuca Rhaphiophylla

This is a photo of my Melaleuca that I purchased from an Australian native bonsai legend in November 2011. It was transported from Perth Western Australia to me, south of Sydney N.S.W. It spent 6 days in a box with no light or water (thank god for sphagnum moss). It has spent the last 4 months acclimatising and is now ready for some work. I gave it a hard prune the other day but don't have any pictures yet to share.
Just wanted to show you some of our great Aussie styled trees.

Regards

Steve W

Hello Steve,
That tree shows some impressive taper, movement and aged bark.
Must be fun to work with this.
Sunip

Hello Sunip,

Being a paperbark the bark is ever changing. Smalll pieces come away quite regularly. I cannot take the credit for the taper as the tree was developed by the original owner (collected from a swamp in 2004). I have only just begun to work it, so time will tell.

Regards

Steve W