Raft Bonsai Link

Going Rafting on Sinuous Roots

Source : bonsaibark.com

Raft Bonsai Style - Video

Source : Pampanga Talents

Raft Style

Tree species : White Lead Tree (Leucaena Leucocephala / Su-babul)
Collected on : mid Sept, 2015

I found this sapling growing like a bent coconut tree, with few leaves at the tip and nothing else. It was easily uprooted from a heap of sand, the roots pruned and the leaves at the tip removed completely but slowly over 1-2 weeks. This led to sufficient back branching. A small weight is added at the tip to keep the main trunk horizontal. This will be grown in a raft style. It is not a cascade style, though it might be mistaken for it, at present.

Peepal Tree

Tree species : Ficus Religiosa (Peepal tree)
Collected on : Oct 1, 2015 

I got 2 stem cuttings from this single plant, growing on the side of a road divider. The roots were below the road and the top of the 2 trunks went into the side wall. I suspect it formed roots there. The only way to extract this was to cut the top & bottom with a hacksaw blade.