Ficus Obliqua Bonsai

Fill a small planting pot with coarse sand or orchid bark.
Ficus obliqua bonsai. The ficus genus belongs to the family of mulberry plants moraceae and is the most popular indoor tree species for beginners at bonsai. Ficus propagation from cuttings is a simple process. You may find that as a bonsai however fruiting is not very common. Ficus obliqua is pollinated by two species of fig wasp pleistodontes greenwoodi and p.
Each year since it was fed and let grow then pruned back heavily. Normal trees are able to extend their root system looking for nutrients. In january 2003 it was cut back from over 2 meters tall to a stump of only 30 to 40cm high root pruned and repotted into a large nursery pot. Many species of bird including pigeons parrots and various passerines eat the fruit.
Ficus is one of the most popular trees for indoor bonsai. They tolerate low light and humidity of a heated or air conditioned house. The range is along the east coast from queensland through new south wales in rainforest savanna woodland sclerophyll forest and gallery forest. Columnaris from lord howe island.
There is differing information about the number of existing ficus species there may be between 800 and 2000. This condition is caused by sucking pests usually caused mealybugs and or scale. Bonsai however are planted in rather small pots and need to be fertilized in order to replenish the soil s nutritional content. Use a pencil or other pointed object to create a 2 inch planting hole in the soil.
Mealybugs look like small cottony clusters and scale look like bumpy white or black spots on the stems and body of the tree. It is an excellent tree for beginners and pros alike. What is not common is single huge aerial root the same thickness as the trunk except maybe in ficus macrophylla var. Fertilizing regularly during the growth season is crucial for your bonsai to survive.
The banyan style roots are commonly trained in a root over rock style. Perfect specimen for bonsai or container plant. Hailing from northern australia the queensland small leafed fig is a plant very suited to bonsai. Thickening above a column of aerial roots is particularly common in coastal vine scrub ficus microcarpa and ficus obliqua and in ficus virens.