{"id":1124,"date":"2019-06-28T21:50:36","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T21:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bonsaihunk.us\/public_html\/?p=1124"},"modified":"2026-11-02T17:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T17:30:13","slug":"ficus-burkei-puberula-can-grow-roots-up-from-the-soil-and-into-the-air-and-then-back-into-the-soil-why-they-do-this-is-a-mystery-to-me-but-it-also-occurs-with-other-ficus-species-in-this-case-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suspicious-pike.51-195-201-14.plesk.page\/ficus-burkei-puberula-can-grow-roots-up-from-the-soil-and-into-the-air-and-then-back-into-the-soil-why-they-do-this-is-a-mystery-to-me-but-it-also-occurs-with-other-ficus-species-in-this-case-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Ficus burkei &#8216;puberula&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"906\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/suspicious-pike.51-195-201-14.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Roots.jpg?resize=906%2C302&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/suspicious-pike.51-195-201-14.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Roots.jpg?resize=906%2C302&amp;ssl=1 906w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/suspicious-pike.51-195-201-14.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Roots.jpg?resize=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/suspicious-pike.51-195-201-14.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Roots.jpg?resize=768%2C256&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/suspicious-pike.51-195-201-14.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Roots.jpg?resize=624%2C208&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/suspicious-pike.51-195-201-14.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Roots.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>The mother tree on the left and the two roots that were removed.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ficus burkei &#8216;puberula&#8217; can grow roots up from the soil and into the air and then back into the soil. Why they do this is a mystery to me but it also occurs with other Ficus species. In this case I removed the two roots and they sprouted foliage from the cut end. They will be styled out as bonsai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ficus burkei &#8216;puberula&#8217; can grow roots up from the soil and into the air and then back into the soil. Why they do this is a mystery to me but it also occurs with other Ficus species. In this case I removed the two roots and they sprouted foliage from the cut end. They will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[198],"tags":[311,315,314],"class_list":["post-1124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ficus","tag-ficus-burkei-puberula","tag-root-cuttings","tag-roots-in-the-air"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/suspicious-pike.51-195-201-14.plesk.page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/suspicious-pike.51-195-201-14.plesk.page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/suspicious-pike.51-195-201-14.plesk.page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suspicious-pike.51-195-201-14.plesk.page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suspicious-pike.51-195-201-14.plesk.page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1124"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/suspicious-pike.51-195-201-14.plesk.page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1950,"href":"https:\/\/suspicious-pike.51-195-201-14.plesk.page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124\/revisions\/1950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/suspicious-pike.51-195-201-14.plesk.page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suspicious-pike.51-195-201-14.plesk.page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suspicious-pike.51-195-201-14.plesk.page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}