Erythrina Caffra Bonsai
I got the tree in 2008 as a gift from my father.
Erythrina caffra bonsai. The leaves on this deciduous tree are large and trifoliate compound leaf with 3 leaflets. Height is 32 cm. The trees are found in various soil types from wet well drained humus rich soils to dry clayey soils. I do not think that the pot that it is currently in is the right one.
Erythrina caffra is a subtropical tree that occurs in the warm and frost free to light frost coastal regions of the eastern cape and northern kwazulu natal. How the branches relate to each other the shape of the trunk and the root flair or nebari in bonsai circles as well as the silhouette of the tree as a whole are all fascinating to me. Winter pruning of the coastal coral tree erythrina caffra ever since i began my journey studying the art of bonsai i have been obsessed with harmonious tree patterns. I think that a shallower pot will be better.
January 16 2015 10 52 am there were quite a few blooming at the san diego zoo when i was there wednesday afternoon. Another one of my bonsai that i would like to show. Coral tree erythrina caffra reply 19 on. This is a coral tree erythrina caffra i believe the age to be about 25 years old.
The leaf size of the terminal or central leaflet is slightly larger and up to 16 x 18cm. The broadly ovate to elliptic leaflets taper towards the apex.