# Brazillian Rain Tree design - change potting angle?
**URL:** https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/brazillian-rain-tree-design-change-potting-angle/1301
**Category:** Design
**Created:** [July 12, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/brazillian-rain-tree-design-change-potting-angle/1301 "2018-07-12T17:36:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@keegan](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/keegan)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/brazillian-rain-tree-design-change-potting-angle/1301/1 "2018-07-12T17:36:02Z")
Hey there!
I did a trim on my Brazillian Rain Tree, and it struck me that maybe the planting angle needs to be changed. What do you think?
I put the notebook in front to simulate a straight pot rim to help visualize.
Keegan
   
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### Author:  [@moon](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/moon)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/brazillian-rain-tree-design-change-potting-angle/1301/2 "2018-07-12T17:47:31Z")
Good looking BRT…I love them.
I’m a fan of the new angle.
The tilted angle and a little more negative space will really make that twisting trunk shine I think.
How does it look tilted the opposite direction?
Very nice tree. 👍
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### Author:  [@CoffeeCherry](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/CoffeeCherry)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/brazillian-rain-tree-design-change-potting-angle/1301/3 "2018-07-12T18:55:56Z")
I would love to see it tilted to the left. For some reason that came to my mind as first thing seeing top two pictures only. ?
Wonderful trunk there!!! 😍
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### Author:  [@keegan](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/keegan)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/brazillian-rain-tree-design-change-potting-angle/1301/4 "2018-07-14T01:47:42Z")
Tilted the opposite way yields a very upright overall design which I’m not really a fan of, but I think I like the new angle too. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@mm1313](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/mm1313)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/brazillian-rain-tree-design-change-potting-angle/1301/5 "2018-07-14T04:22:40Z")
@keegan, have you become set on this being the front? Maybe changing the front could make a new potential angle… I would be curious to see this tree from other “fronts”.
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### Author:  [@Fletch\_173](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Fletch_173)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/brazillian-rain-tree-design-change-potting-angle/1301/6 "2018-07-15T15:16:09Z")
@keegan I like the angle change, brings out some more interest to the twisted base and slightly more movement in the vertical section in the upper trunk.
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### Author:  [@el\_cheezer](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/el_cheezer)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/brazillian-rain-tree-design-change-potting-angle/1301/7 "2018-07-15T17:29:16Z")
To keep it short, I like the new angle. The branches will need to come move to match the new angle, but it makes the movement much more interesting.
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### Author:  [@keegan](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/keegan)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/brazillian-rain-tree-design-change-potting-angle/1301/8 "2018-07-15T21:34:05Z")
Agreed @el_cheezer, I’ll need to adjust some of the branches.
Here are some more pics of the current “back,” with and without tilt, and a side shot. Gotta get some more depth going as well. Sort of two-dimensional at this point.
Amazing that in two days the shoots have elongated this much! This thing is pushing like hell–it loves the high 90s!
  
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### Author:  [@KurtP](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/KurtP)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/brazillian-rain-tree-design-change-potting-angle/1301/9 "2024-05-19T00:58:15Z")
Hi. How did this BRT change do?
My only problem is the straight verticle section in the upper third…
KP
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### Author:  [@keegan](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/keegan)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/brazillian-rain-tree-design-change-potting-angle/1301/10 "2024-05-20T13:53:56Z")
Great! The tree is one of my favorites. Here’s a look at it April 2023. [M. Keegan Uhl on Instagram: "This Brazilian rain tree is about to pop new leaves, so I defoliated the few remaining leaves and did a light trim. This might be my favorite tree, and it’s incredible how far it’s come! The youngest photo is when I purchased the tree in 2018. #bonsai #raintree #raintreebonsai"](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqqt1FvvCsU/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)