I live in Puerto Rico. I don't think there's any clubs around here. I haven't seen any. There are 3 plan related places around here though, I'll make sure I check there and ask the employees if they know any places like those. Thank you so much. There's avocados, pomegranate, papayas, bananas, lemon, pana, coconut...those are some of the trees I could get my hands on around my house/neighborhood. Don't worry. I ain't rushing :)

All the trees you mentioned are fruit ones (tho' don't know what pana is), but bonsai is all about miniaturization, and while leaves, branches, etc. can be reduced on trees, fruit and flowers cannot, which is why people up here in the cold grow e.g. crabapples, cherries, almond bonsai... after all think of a 10" tall tree growing full size bananas or pomegranates! Some can be grown and then when fruit starts to develop you simply take it off before it grows... so you're going to be growing the tree, not the fruit, something to think about if you planned on a harvest! You need to ask around at nurseries, the phone book, local online FB pages, etc. for clubs... they're unlikely to have signs outside as they meet monthly at places like the Y, etc... nothing public about them.

Pana is also a fruit, or a vegetable. We have flamboyan here. That's just a flower tree. There are others but I don't know them by name. That's what I hate about P.R. There's nothing here. Not even a decent library. I tried my college library and all the books on plants are from the early 90's. And the "libraries" don't even have anything.

If you're on FB or Twitter, etc... you could ask around, but there are excellent forums online too, like (the oldest)

http://ibonsaiclub.forumotion.com/f7-bonsai-questions

and http://www.bonsai4me.com/

Thank you!!! :D

Hey, I live in Puerto Rico too. I think a Ficus, Bougainvillea(or Trinitaria as we say here), Jade or Flamboyán are your best bets. Some people here also grow Fukien Teas. Also, there's actually a Bonsai Association here and they do demos around the island. Search for Pedro Morales, he's a very famous bonsai grower from here. Besides that, there are a lot of independent bonsai growers scattered around. I got my Fukien Tea from one of them. Good luck! :D

Thank you, I'll try that! What part of PR are you from? I'll look him up. I have flamboyan next door, it should be easy to get my hands on that

I'm from Yauco.

Oh. I'm from Camuy.

Wilmer & Marly, I'm in Arecibo (close to Hatillo, InterAmericana, Plaza del Atlantico). Please check out my profile. Maybe we can do a trade. I love cacti & succulents and have recently fallen in love with the Desert Rose.

Adenium (Desert Rose) is an excellent starter bonsai. I just started purchasing mixed seed on ebay (so I get different flowers). I tried a few US sellers and had luck germinating seeds sold by Greenstuffs in NYC. Germination was 7 out of 10. Seeds purchased overseas were a waste of time with poor germination, 3 out of 10. Our climate is great for Adenium seed germination and for growing this plant.

If you know of other forum members in PR, please invite them to contact me. I would love to start a PR Gardenweb group.

I live in Costa Rica, which is probably not too different than PR.

I recomend ficus, bouganvilla (veranera in spanish) and pom.

Normally for bonsai we look for trees with small leaves that can backbud from old growth. And fat trunks with surface roots.

Espero que eso te ayuda..