Cryptic Culture Gear/ Luminous Soul Designs: My Frenchie Tank! Lookin fly as always
Cryptic Culture Gear/ Luminous Soul Designs: The Left photo is when I first rescued this tree from a nursery. The trunk is amazing, but it was living in spongy mud, was infested with white flies, lost most of its leaves and was about to grow though the pot! Photo on the right was taken today. About
Cryptic Culture Gear/ Luminous Soul Designs: Top photo is when I pulled this monster out of my Mini Cooper. (Don't ask). Bottom photo taken today. 4 week progression. Second potting and second styling. This guy grows like crazy!
Cryptic Culture Gear/ Luminous Soul Designs: Pic taken today after our first potting into a bonsai pot. Cut it back pretty hard so we can start getting the branching it needs!
Cryptic Culture Gear/ Luminous Soul Designs: Green Island Ficus- second wiring of these branches. 4 weeks of growth in Feb. and the wire was already too tight! Crazy Ficus...
Cryptic Culture Gear/ Luminous Soul Designs: Photo taken today. I'm getting a lot of new growth already! I'm going to let it grow out for a bit and work on getting some nice back budding.
Cryptic Culture Gear/ Luminous Soul Designs: This is a cutting from the big Bougie. In another month I'll pot it in a bonsai pot.
Cryptic Culture Gear/ Luminous Soul Designs: This twisted Ficus was very sick when I got it. It's taken almost 4 months for it to put out new growth. Now that we are getting back into the growing season, I will begin lowering the canopy!
Cryptic Culture Gear/ Luminous Soul Designs: There were some pretty impressive roots under the soil!
Cryptic Culture Gear/ Luminous Soul Designs: This is a jumbo yellow and green variegated pixie bougainvillea. We took it from this nursery pot straight into a shallow bonsai pot. Initial potting was in early February.
Cryptic Culture Gear/ Luminous Soul Designs: Pixie bougainvillea progression. 3 weeks. Left photo- before initial styling.
Cryptic Culture Gear/ Luminous Soul Designs: Pixie Bougainvillea Progression. 3 weeks