Iris Cohen wrote:

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So the poor guy asks a perfectly serious question, and everyone makes fun of
him.
There are tropical bonsai you can use. However, I suggest you get several trees
and rotate them between the bathroom and a growing area, so they will be kept
healthy. A flowering and fruiting bonsai will need more light, as you have
surmised. They will need to be kept outdoors all summer, but you can rotate
them in your bathroom, say a week at a time.
First thing you need to do is get one or more books. Start with something like
the Sunset Bonsai book. If there is a bonsai club anywhere near you, join it.
Suggested species:
Pomegranate (persimmon-red flowers & fruit).
Serissa (white flowers)
Ficus (probably no fruit, but the easiest)

However, if you just want a finished bonsai and you are not interested in
growing or caring for it, you can rent them.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)


How about a schefflera? It sounds like it would be a good environment to grow
aerial roots, and it doesn't demand high light.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

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On Friday, September 24, 2004, at 07:21 AM, Craig Cowing wrote:

How about a schefflera? It sounds like it would be a good environment
to grow
aerial roots, and it doesn't demand high light.

I have grown a schefflera in my kitchen which has only one window above
the sink. the schefflera is on the other side of the room. It has ben
there 365 days a year for 4 years, Stays very green and grows very slow.

I am wondering if Flordia is a good place to grow bonsai, strong winds,
too much wind, too hot etc...;(


Bob Seele

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad
judgment...Will Rogers

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