Bursera Microphylla Bonsai

Seed grown plants can develop thick trunks at a young age.

Bursera microphylla bonsai. For those of us not living in the arid desert of southwestern united states this plant still proves valuable as a potted plant. Euphorbia capsaintemariensis exotic madagascar bonsai caudex cacti seed 10 seeds. This item can not be combined shipping will require its own box. It has several contorted trunks up to 30 cm in diameter and reddish branches which are swollen with water storage tissue and covered with whitish sheets of thin peeling bark.

There are several species that are worth searching out and growing including bursera fagaroides bursera microphylla bursera oderata bursera schlechtendalii bursera hindsiana and bursera epinata. A desert shrub with a gnarly succulent trunk and small pinnate foliage distributed mainly in the sonoran desert in baja california and sonora mexico. The braches seem flexible enough for wiring. Bursera microphylla succulent tree bonsai.

The trunk and main branches are of a grey green coloration and are covered with a smooth bark which peels off in parchment like sheets. If anyone has experience with their bonsai potential and growing habits i would love to hear them. English deutsch español français. It produces a very thick short trunk topped with a few main branches which typically spread horizontally.

Bursera microphylla bonsai succulent plant cactus cacti. Bursera s have large thick trunks which make them great candidates for succulent bonsai. Bursera microphylla is an odd glabrous pachycaul shrub or low branched tree 2 6 8 m tall. I purchased a plant several years ago from the henry shaw cactus society plant show at missouri botanical garden as a small sapling.

Bursera microphylla is a north american species of tree in the frankincense family in the soapwood order. Currently in a 5inchpot. Bursera member of the frankincense family. This month s plant of the month bursera fagaroides is a fine example of a pachycaul plant.

Bursera microphylla is a small tree in the burseraceae torchwood family known by the common name elephant tree. It grows into a distinctive sculptural form with a thickened water storing or caudiciform trunk. This tree is native to northern mexico states of baja california baja california sur sinaloa sonora and zacatecas and the southwestern united states southern california and arizona exclusively in desert regions.