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I'll try to summarize as briefly as I can. Got this as a gift 3 years ago. It has not exactly been smooth sailing. There have been times when the tree nearly lost all its leaves, other times looking quite good - with the usual white flowers. It has been moved around to different houses several times a year due to our travel schedule. Sometimes has not responded well to that. The past few months, however, it has dropped all the leaves. Has never been repotted so I did that a few weeks ago. Roots did not look real good nor the soil. So I carefully repotted with new soil, wired it back in. The tree has had many buds on it but none are opening. They appear to be drying up at this point. What little growth there has been over the past few months I'd have to describe as a sort of 'emerge and purge' pattern - new leaves come out, but then quickly shrivel up and fall off, then a repeat of that cycle. I'm unfortunately no longer seeing green underneath when I scratch at the bark, and yet the (at least smaller) branches bend rather than seeming brittle and snap off.

Any thoughts on trying to save it or likely too late? I didn't know if the repotting is enough to set it back several weeks or longer before seeing any improvement and/or new growth? I have added some fertilizer - the real small round pellet kind mixed in to the new soil when I repotted. It resides in a south-facing sunroom with ample light on all except the north side. The room has many other plants so there should be a decent amount of ambient humidity. Thermostat is set in the mid-60s. During the summer months, the temp out there can get really high. I generally have watered every few days - sometimes misted as well. It sits in a pot with stones with a 1/4" or so of water on the bottom. I think I pretty well covered everything. Let me know any thoughts on it. Thanks.

Picture?

a picture would help enormously , but it's probably dying
because.... - trees belong outside ( there is no such thing as an indoor tree. Btw, the letters that make up this sentence are worn off on my keyboard...)
- yes it was labelled indoor tree/bonsai
- all tropical species labelled "indoor" struggle in our indoors because humidity is waaaaaay to low ( and lots of people tend to set it on a windowsill above a radiator where air is even drier...)
- fertilizer is not good for an already weak plant ( strange how people think fertilizer is food, which it is absolutely not)
-..................
Sorry if this sounds harsh but we get these same questions so many times a week...
( but a thumbs up for keeping it "alive" for 3 years, most dont even last half a year)

Auk wrote: Picture?

No leaves = no sap flow = no transport of nutrients... so why would you feed it?

lucR wrote: there is no such thing as an indoor tree.
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lucR....Assume you mean for the average houseplant grower. Otherwise, take a look at the indoor bonsai trees that Longwood Gardens has (Kennett Square, PA). They have been inside for decades.

three4rd wrote: lucR....Assume you mean for the average houseplant grower. Otherwise, take a look at the indoor bonsai trees that Longwood Gardens has (Kennett Square, PA). They have been inside for decades.

Yes, Most of the time when talking about indoor growing People mean growing in dry living room temperature. If you call growing in temperature and humidity controlled greenhouse indoor growing, then you are right. Then it is possible to grow bonsai indoors successfully.

Thanks to all who replied. I appreciate it. A few pics...

three4rd wrote: lucR....Assume you mean for the average houseplant grower. Otherwise, take a look at the indoor bonsai trees that Longwood Gardens has (Kennett Square, PA). They have been inside for decades.

That too are not indoor bonsai trees, but bonsai that are kept in a greenhouse, where the climate will meet the requirement of the trees.

There is a bit of a difference between a greenhouse and a room in a house.

There is such an incredible amount of mallsai dying indoors, that - even if there are a few exceptions - it is realistic to say that trees do not do well indoors.

three4rd wrote: Thanks to all who replied. I appreciate it. A few pics...

Did you want to know if it is dead, or how long it has been dead?