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Live in FLA and am doing mostly native trees, Cypress, oak, some hollies, etc. I have a longleaf pine in a pot and can't find anyone that has used one for a bonsai specimen. anyone tried it?

Which species is longleaf?
Assuming the name reflects ont heneedles.. I suppose people willavoid it, as you want the needles to be very short, in order to create a convincing bonsai.

Which country is FLA? Never heard of this before.

I personally have never seen a bonsai specimen of Pinus palustris either. Suppose it could be done. Welcome to the forum Floridian.

Florida, the LL Pine is native to the area. I have been plucking long needles on it and the smaller ones are staying small. I just have never seen one done as a bonsai. I think its biggest drawback is that it doesn't like to be transplanted, so field collection would be difficult. I have one in a pot and have found seedlings of the slash pine in my yard and started a forest planting in a pot.

here's a couple pics, not much now, waiting to see what it does. Looks like it was damaged on the trunk before I got it and it is growing out around the scarred area. It was a mystery tree that showed up in the greenhouse at my last job and I took it home. I usually get trash trees from my old job and now I've gotten a few at my new one. Maple, Rubber Trees, Burford Holly, and I think a Sycamore

This is an old post but I was wondering if there was an update as I'm thinking of taking a stab at the longleaf pine too. Georgia, USA here.

Can be done if you make it big enough to have proportion.
As pines take a long time to grow, people use to bet on the Black Pine...
You know, if you gonna train it for years, might be good to bet on a good variation.

A have a long needle pine type (Slash Pine), and I have seen some nice ones made on that species, but I know it's kind of more challenging.

Thanks for the info Albas!