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title: "This is The Doctor. Grown from seed and in a homemade bonsai pot.…"
description: "This is The Doctor. Grown from seed and in a homemade bonsai pot. Can’t wait to see this tree in its full beauty once it flowers! 🌺"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/yR2GIgHs5gAvdREaav4CuR"
community: "Bonsai Matters"
author: "iBenchbuses"
published: "2025-10-08T10:28:18.557167Z"
language: "en"
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# This is The Doctor. Grown from seed and in a homemade bonsai pot.…

_Posted by iBenchbuses on 2025-10-08_

This is The Doctor. Grown from seed and in a homemade bonsai pot. Can’t wait to see this tree in its full beauty once it flowers! 🌺

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## 11 comments

### Tracy Lee commented on 2025-10-08

What kind of tree is he? He’s breathtaking!! Good job!

#### iBenchbuses replied on 2025-10-08

Sorry I’ll add more info. It’s a Delonix Regia. 😊

### Bb commented on 2025-10-08

Amazing! I love every element of this project!

#### iBenchbuses replied on 2025-10-08

Tysm. I even had a little Cristal’s rock I was able to add as a little boulder for it. 🖤🥹

#### Bb replied on 2025-10-08

That’s so gorgeous!! I can’t wait to start mine! Have you got any favourite sources of info for learning about bonsai? I’m also planning to start from seed :)

#### iBenchbuses replied on 2025-10-09

A mix of stuff tbh. Some bonsai books, YouTube channels, and my own trial and error ( with Plantas help ofc 😅). Starting from seed is fun and rewarding but has tons of stagnant periods before you will ever see a flower Years may pass before you ever see one. But it also makes them that much more rewarding. This plant has been my favorite to propitiate from seed since in order to get high success rate of germination, you gotta sand the shell on root side of the seed or else it’ll never germinate or will take like 5x longer (I experimented lol). Good luck and sorry for the whole paragraph!

#### Bb replied on 2025-10-09

That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing your experience!

#### Bb replied on 2025-10-09

I should add I’m planting to attemp to start a jacaranda from seed. Crossing my fingers!!

### Tracy Lee commented on 2025-10-09

Reminds me of a Royal poinciana that I grew from seed and my cat destroyed it when it was only about six months old. So gorgeous!!

#### iBenchbuses replied on 2025-10-09

That’s what it is! My cat also loves to go crazy on our plants and did with a few of The Doctors cousins 🙃. I’m sorry to hear. I hope you do it again some time!!

#### Tracy Lee replied on 2025-10-11

Okay!! I kind of lost my mind in the two years since then. Fell in love with plants and now have over 200 in the house. Not smart when you’re also learning. I have grown a jacaranda from seed and messed up the timing so that he is six feet now! Not much of a bonsai but he’s gorgeous. Also growing a wisteria that’s is finally doing well. There is definitely going to be another royal poinciana in my future though!! 🥰🥰

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