Strangler Fig Bonsai

It can be grown indoors and outdoors with beautiful pads and great aerial roots.

Strangler fig bonsai. The common name strangler fig actually refers to several unrelated ficus species. A young eppiphytic fig growing on the left side of the palm tree trunk. Ficus likes full partial sun and moderate water and fertilizer. Natalensis a dwarf strangler fig the leave is slightly smaller.

Grows well between 59 and 75 degrees. Strangler fig ficus natalensis strangler fig also called strangler many species of tropical figs genus ficus named for their pattern of growth upon host trees which often results in the host s death. The two i have to work on are the dwarf african strangler fig ficus natalensis and the native florida strangler fig ficus aurea i m not sure why they call the f. The banyan style can be accomplished in bonsai with the appropriate tree materials.

Long leathery spatula shaped leaves. Ficus natalensis also known as the natal fig tree. These are called strangler or epiphytic figs. Multiple trunks fig or ficus is a very hardy tree that is particularly great for banyan style bonsai.

Epiphytic or terrestrial shrub or tree if epiphytic sometimes becoming a strangler. 20 h 7 nebari 12 plastic pot. Strangler figs and other strangler species are common in tropical forests throughout the world. In favorable conditions can reach heights of 90 feet tall.

Ficus schefflera and brassaia will spontaneously form a banyan type grove.