Nothofagus from Chile

Hello everybody:

I would like to show all of you one of my Ñirres (Nothofagus antarctica) in training for 4 years. Ñirres are very good material but it is very dificult to found a good speciment.
It is 12 cms hight from de rim of the pot and 19 cm long

Your comments are welcome.

Regards

Gabriel
Patagonia / Chile

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Gabriel.... that's a fantastic small tree in only 4 years well done...

Tony

Gabriel:
Interesting tree you´ve got there. Thanks for posting.
Saludos desde El Salvador.

Alfredo Espino

I love Nothofagus antactica. Its bark is especially attractive. Nice little tree.

Many thanks for your comments.
I´m trying to do my best with it.

Here another tree from my personal collection. Same speciment with 15 cms. (height).

Hope you like it.

Gabriel

(July, 2005)

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(Yesterday)

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Lovely, but I'd get the moss off the trunk, unless you are leaving it on to age the bark?

Kev.
Your are right. The moss on the trunk is for trying to give more age on the bark. Here, in southern Chile, winters and rains are very long (8 months aprox.) and that makes that moss grows all around the tree and on its bark to. That´s a graet idea to give some "patagonian-naturalitic" look to my little Notho...
Next repoting I will clean de bark.

Thanks for your comment.

Gabriel

I am quickly becoming a fan of southern species.

On a recent trip to Chile I was very impressed with the Nothofagus. It has great bark, small leaves and branches that have natural movement. In many ways it reminds me of the Korean Hornbeam.
Nicely done.
Jerry
www.bonsaihunk.us

Hola Compañero
Felicitaciones se ven muy buenos....
Saludos
Shito