Delonix Regia Bonsai and Flowering

[brp7]

Does anyone have a Delonix Regia bonsai that flowers? What is the secret behind flowering? I am asking this because I saw two very old Delonix Regias with a bonsai enthusiast, one about 18 years old and the other 13 years old. Both are about 3 inches at the thickest portion of the trunk. Both of them are still to flower. Since I am a beginner, he advised me not to work on plants like Delonix Regia or Copperpod or Cassia fistula, but to choose other easy species such as figs, Chinese elm, Brazilian rain tree, etc.

I do have three of them. I have potted them in large pots and they have a pretty good growth with one of them having attained 1.1 inches in 4 1/2 months.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Fidur]

In my climate there are plenty of these. They are in streets, parks, gardens,.... There was a fever for them 40 years ago, and now you can find them almost everywhere. Here, they need about 10-15 years planted in the ground to begin their flowering. In a pot I guess they should need at least 30...... But I have never tried this species, so....

 

[SWfloirda]

I think they are worth working on as long as the flowers aren't your main goal. They also don't respond well to some bonsai techniques. If flowering bonsai is your goal Brazilian Rain Tree should bloom in your climate. Bougainvillea, barbados cherry and others would do well too.

 

[brp7]

I think they are worth working on as long as the flowers aren't your main goal. They also don't respond well to some bonsai techniques. If flowering bonsai is your goal Brazilian Rain Tree should bloom in your climate. Bougainvillea, barbados cherry and others would do well too.

Yeah. I have Barbados cherry. It is slowly growing with half an inch trunk in 9 months. I don't prefer Bougainvillea as it is so common around here. I have Crepe Myrtles which I hope would flower faster than the said trees. But they have a very big leaf size.
Thanks!

 

[Cajunrider]

Does anyone have a Delonix Regia bonsai that flowers? What is the secret behind flowering? I am asking this because I saw two very old Delonix Regias with a bonsai enthusiast, one about 18 years old and the other 13 years old. Both are about 3 inches at the thickest portion of the trunk. Both of them are still to flower. Since I am a beginner, he advised me not to work on plants like Delonix Regia or Copperpod or Cassia fistula, but to choose other easy species such as figs, Chinese elm, Brazilian rain tree, etc.

I do have three of them. I have potted them in large pots and they have a pretty good growth with one of them having attained 1.1 inches in 4 1/2 months.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Where I grew up Delonix Regia are every where. I now have one that I grew from seed for six years. They require long sustained hot weather to flower. In tropical climate, they usually flower in the summer of the 5th year. The flowers usually come from semi-hardened wood that has just formed in the spring. In temperate climate, by the time the wood in the spring has hardened, Autumn already is coming so the flowers never come.