The method of making Bauhinia bonsai: the material selection and modeling method of Bauhinia bonsai

Bauhinia, also known as Red Bauhinia, is a deciduous shrub or small tree of the genus Bauhinia Leguminosae. The plant is erect and clustered, 3 to 4 meters high, the trunk is grayish brown, the old bark is longitudinally split, and the young branches are smooth. Simple leaves alternate, suborbicular, 6 cm to 14 cm long, apex pointed, base deeply cordate, entire or leaf margin with transparent stratum corneum, both sides glabrous, veins 5-veined. Flowers bloom before leaves, 4 to 10 gather on old branches or in short racemes, Corolla butterfly, purplish red, blooming in April. The pod is long, flat, 5 cm to 14 cm long, with 2 to 8 seeds, suborbicular, flattened, dark brown.

(1) Botanical knowledge

Belongs to the sapphire family, Bauhinia. Small deciduous trees, usually shrubby, with tufted branches, 2-3 m tall. The young bark is smooth, but when it is old, it is fragmented. Leaves alternate, cordate or suborbicular, entire, smooth glabrous. Blooming in the middle of April, the flowers are false butterfly-shaped, purplish red, 5-8 flowers are clustered on the old branches, the first leaves open, flowers are full of branches, bright and graceful. The pods are red-purple and mature in October. For a good ornamental tree species.

Accessory species

1. Weeping silk bauhinia, leaves subleathery, broadly ovate, abaxially pubescent. Pollen red, pedicel pendulous, overhanging raceme, 4-10 cm long. Pods purple, 6-10 cm long. Produced in western Hubei and Sichuan three Gorges area.

two。 Huangshan Bauhinia, also known as Zhejiang-Anhui Bauhinia. Leaves subleathery, ovoid or cordate, dorsally smooth and glabrous. The first leaves blossom and the flowers cluster on the old branches. Pods thick leathery, without narrow wings along ventral suture. The fruit is ripe in October, red and purple.

Produced in Huangshan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places. There is a cultivated variety of bauhinia: White bauhinia is pure white, clustered on old branches. Other homologous species. Bauhinia is widely distributed in North, East, Southwest and South China. Ornamental flowers and trees commonly cultivated in gardens all over the country.

Like light, more hardy, like fertile and well-drained soil, not resistant to waterlogging. Strong sprouting and resistant to pruning.

(2) material selection and cultivation measures

Artificial breeding: mainly to sow and raise seedlings, but also can be divided into plants and striped culture. The seeds were collected by sowing method in October, the pods were dried and threshed, the sundries of pods were removed, and stored in bags. Sow the seeds from February to March of the following year. Soak the seeds in 40 ℃ warm water for one day and night before sowing (natural cooling), then soak them in clean water for another 4 days. Change the water once a day. After the seeds are fully expanded, they are wrapped in wet gauze and germinated at room temperature of 15 ℃. Wait for the seed to germinate before sowing, it can promote the germination quickly and neatly. The seedbed soil should choose fertile and loose sandy loam, the row spacing of strip sowing is 20 cm, the depth of sowing ditch is 2 cm, the thickness of fine soil after sowing is about 1 cm, then cover straw, and water thoroughly with fine hole spray pot. The seedlings can emerge after about 2 weeks, uncover the grass in time and set up a shed for shade. Strengthening management at seedling stage can promote the healthy growth of seedlings. Leave the bed to cultivate, 1-2 years can be planted in the pot. Ramet culture should be carried out in October, dig up the tufted mother plant from the root, then split it with the root, fasten the root with a rope, dip it with mud and then plant it. It is easy to survive if it is dug out from February to March of the following spring. Strip culture can be carried out in the spring growing season, the branches will be pressed into the soil for ring peeling, deep into the xylem, pressed into the soil, covered with thick soil. Generally, the strips are pressed in spring, and the mother is cut off in autumn, and the seedlings are planted in the early spring of next year.

Mountain mining: wild bauhinia is mostly born under mountain trees or at the edge of stream ditches. The old root piles with short growth and dense branches and leaves can be selected for digging. After embryo cultivation, the root system is restored, and then moved into the basin for cultivation and processing.

(3) the process of potting.

Select basin: Bauhinia generally choose deeper glazed pottery basin or purple sand pottery basin, square, round and oval are more common, and sometimes shallow rectangular basins are used. The color of the basin is light yellow or cyan, to set off full branches of purplish red flowers.

The use of soil: the demand for soil quality is not high, slightly acidic or slightly alkaline soil can adapt. Potted plants should be cultivated with fertile, loose and permeable rotten leaf soil or Tanghe mud mixed with sandy soil and rice chaff ash.

Planting: usually planted between February and March in spring. When planting, the main root and overlong root system should be truncated, and the branches should be cut short properly, leaving only 3-4-year-old branches as backbone branches.

(4) Positioning techniques

Processing: Bauhinia mostly adopts the processing modeling method of shearing as the main and tie as the auxiliary. Generally speaking, it is only necessary to properly climb the main stem into the required posture, and the wire climbing is more convenient and comfortable, and it is better to carry out it in the post-flowering plum rain season. The branch is modeled by pruning combined with climbing, and it is also better to process it after flowering.

Tree shape: Bauhinia bonsai models are mainly oblique dry type, curved dry type, hanging branch type, jungle type and so on. The natural shape is also good, full of purple flowers, very beautiful.

Production of Bauhinia bonsai

(1) Botanical knowledge

Belongs to the sapphire family, Bauhinia. Small deciduous trees, usually shrubby, with tufted branches, 2-3 m tall. The young bark is smooth, but when it is old, it is fragmented. Leaves alternate, cordate or suborbicular, entire, smooth glabrous. Blooming in the middle of April, the flowers are false butterfly-shaped, purplish red, 5-8 flowers are clustered on the old branches, the first leaves open, flowers are full of branches, bright and graceful. The pods are red-purple and mature in October. For a good ornamental tree species.

Accessory species

1. Weeping Bauhinia, leaves subleathery, broadly ovate, abaxially pubescent. Pollen red, pedicel pendulous, overhanging raceme, 4-10 cm long. Pods purple, 6-10 cm long. Produced in western Hubei and Sichuan three Gorges area.

2. Huangshan Bauhinia, also known as Zhejiang-Anhui Bauhinia. Leaves subleathery, ovoid or cordate, dorsally smooth and glabrous. The first leaves blossom and the flowers cluster on the old branches. Pods thick leathery, without narrow wings along ventral suture. The fruit is ripe in October, red and purple.

Produced in Huangshan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places. There is a cultivated variety of bauhinia: White bauhinia is pure white, clustered on old branches. Other homologous species. Bauhinia is widely distributed in North, East, Southwest and South China. Ornamental flowers and trees commonly cultivated in gardens all over the country.

Like light, more hardy, like fertile and well-drained soil, not resistant to waterlogging. Strong sprouting and resistant to pruning.

(2) material selection and cultivation measures

Artificial propagation: mainly by sowing and raising seedlings, but also can be divided into plants and striped propagation. The seeds were collected by sowing method in October, the pods were dried and threshed, the sundries of pods were removed, and stored in bags. Sow the seeds from February to March of the following year. Soak the seeds in 40 ℃ warm water for one day and night before sowing (natural cooling), then soak them in clean water for another 4 days. Change the water once a day. After the seeds are fully expanded, they are wrapped in wet gauze and germinated at room temperature of 15 ℃. Wait for the seed to germinate before sowing, it can promote the germination quickly and neatly. The seedbed soil should choose fertile and loose sandy loam, the row spacing of strip sowing is 20 cm, the depth of sowing ditch is 2 cm, the thickness of fine soil after sowing is about 1 cm, then cover straw, and water thoroughly with fine hole spray pot. The seedlings can emerge after about 2 weeks, uncover the grass in time and set up a shed for shade. Strengthening management at seedling stage can promote the healthy growth of seedlings. Leave the bed to cultivate, 1-2 years can be planted in the pot. Ramet propagation should be carried out in October, the tufted mother plant should be dug up by the root, and then split with the root. After the root is fastened with a rope, it is digged and planted with mud, and it is easy to survive from February to March of the following spring. Striping propagation can be carried out in the spring growing season, the branches will be pressed into the soil for ring peeling, deep into the xylem, pressed into the soil, covered with thick soil. Generally, the strips are pressed in spring, and the mother is cut off in autumn, and the seedlings are planted in the early spring of next year.

Mountain mining: wild bauhinia is mostly born under mountain trees or at the edge of stream ditches. The old root piles with short growth and dense branches and leaves can be selected for digging. After embryo cultivation, the root system is restored, and then moved into the basin for cultivation and processing.

(3) the process of potting.

Select basin: Bauhinia generally choose deeper glazed pottery basin or purple sand pottery basin, square, round and oval are more common, and sometimes shallow rectangular basins are used. The color of the basin is light yellow or cyan, to set off full branches of purplish red flowers.

The use of soil: the demand for soil quality is not high, slightly acidic or slightly alkaline soil can adapt. Potted plants should be cultivated with fertile, loose and permeable rotten leaf soil or Tanghe mud mixed with sandy soil and rice chaff ash.

Planting: usually planted between February and March in spring. When planting, the main root and overlong root system should be truncated, and the branches should be cut short properly, leaving only 3-4-year-old branches as backbone branches.

(4) Positioning techniques

Processing: Bauhinia mostly adopts the processing modeling method of shearing as the main and tie as the auxiliary. Generally speaking, it is only necessary to properly climb the main stem into the required posture, and the wire climbing is more convenient and comfortable, and it is better to carry out it in the post-flowering plum rain season. The branch is modeled by pruning combined with climbing, and it is also better to process it after flowering.

Tree shape: Bauhinia bonsai models are mainly oblique dry type, curved dry type, hanging branch type, jungle type and so on. The natural shape is also good, full of purple flowers, very beautiful. The detailed steps of making Bauhinia bonsai are introduced in the summary.

Bauhinia is a common plant material that can be used to make bonsai. It has beautiful design and color and has high ornamental value. Bonsai of Bauhinia can also be used to decorate living room, study and office. So, do you know the methods, skills and points for attention in the production of Bauhinia bonsai? Today, the editor will give you a detailed introduction.

Material selection and cultivation measures

Artificial propagation: mainly by sowing and raising seedlings, but also can be divided into plants and striped propagation. The seeds were collected by sowing method in October, the pods were dried and threshed, the sundries of pods were removed, and stored in bags. Sow the seeds from February to March of the following year. Soak the seeds in 40 ℃ warm water for one day and night before sowing (natural cooling), then soak them in clean water for another 4 days. Change the water once a day. After the seeds are fully expanded, they are wrapped in wet gauze and germinated at room temperature of 15 ℃. Wait for the seed to germinate before sowing, it can promote the germination quickly and neatly. The seedbed soil should choose fertile and loose sandy loam, the row spacing of strip sowing is 20 cm, the depth of sowing ditch is 2 cm, the thickness of fine soil after sowing is about 1 cm, then cover straw, and water thoroughly with fine hole spray pot. The seedlings can emerge after about 2 weeks, uncover the grass in time and set up a shed for shade. Strengthening management at seedling stage can promote the healthy growth of seedlings. Leave the bed to cultivate, 1-2 years can be planted in the pot. Ramet propagation should be carried out in October, the tufted mother plant should be dug up by the root, and then split with the root. After the root is fastened with a rope, it is digged and planted with mud, and it is easy to survive from February to March of the following spring. Striping propagation can be carried out in the spring growing season, the branches will be pressed into the soil for ring peeling, deep into the xylem, pressed into the soil, covered with thick soil. Generally, the strips are pressed in spring, and the mother is cut off in autumn, and the seedlings are planted in the early spring of next year.

Mountain mining: wild bauhinia is mostly born under mountain trees or at the edge of stream ditches. The old root piles with short growth and dense branches and leaves can be selected for digging. After embryo cultivation, the root system is restored, and then moved into the basin for cultivation and processing.

Pot-up process

Select basin: Bauhinia generally choose deeper glazed pottery basin or purple sand pottery basin, square, round and oval are more common, and sometimes shallow rectangular basins are used. The color of the basin is light yellow or cyan, to set off full branches of purplish red flowers.

The use of soil: the demand for soil quality is not high, slightly acidic or slightly alkaline soil can adapt. Potted plants should be cultivated with fertile, loose and permeable rotten leaf soil or Tanghe mud mixed with sandy soil and rice chaff ash.

Planting: usually planted between February and March in spring. When planting, the main root and overlong root system should be truncated, and the branches should be cut short properly, leaving only 3-4-year-old branches as backbone branches.

Pose shaping technique

Processing: Bauhinia mostly adopts the processing modeling method of shearing as the main and tie as the auxiliary. Generally speaking, it is only necessary to properly climb the main stem into the required posture, and the wire climbing is more convenient and comfortable, and it is better to carry out it in the post-flowering plum rain season. The branch is modeled by pruning combined with climbing, and it is also better to process it after flowering.

Tree shape: Bauhinia bonsai models are mainly oblique dry type, curved dry type, hanging branch type, jungle type and so on. The natural shape is also good, full of purple flowers, very beautiful.

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