Thread: Bonsai. Split from 'Question about camellia oil'

Well Zenshaver, I'm sure you will be very excited to hear that the 100yr old bonsai is none other than... Drum-roll please (dum da da dum dum da).

Prunus Mume; Omoinomama. Can't tell you the species name though, I have searched and searched and searched but to na avail.

This is a tree that you own? WOW. My mume is maybe 10 years old.That is great.I am getting myself hooked again on bonsai. I can't wait till spring when I can get some more going.There is nothing like the smell of fresh bonsai soil.

No no no, that's my sensei's bonsai. Crap I bet that would be worth more than Lynn's entire straight razor and accessory collection.

I got back my Komurasakishikibu trees that I got from the inlaw's place, theres practically nothing left, but new leaf buds are forming, which is interesting given its autumn now, but he thinks they will die over winter, then new ones will come again in spring. However I have been given a task, to see if I can get them to survive the winter. I'll snap some pics for you tomorrow. It will be great to watch the development of them, though I don't have before pics.

The Shirosh.itan probably won't survive as it only basically had a tap root and no firbrous ones. Quite funny coz sensei was still going on and on that it was the wrong time of year to have dug them out, but as I had told him, and my inlaws had too, they were an obsticle and were going to be removed no matter what.
If it dies then it dies, there is no loss, if lives well then thats one more bonsai for my ridiculously large collection. I am now damn near officially right out of space for any more.

I am curious how it progresses.

OK so here they are, my battery died yesterday and by the time I got it charged, the light had gone.

The other pics are of the Muresuzume and the tree which is still unknown. Its leaves are falling off now, damn autumn. I like evergreens personally.

Yea I know they are not much to look at ATM but they will be eventually.

Actually they will do better than the Shirosh.itan, coz even if it lives, sensei says its not bonsai material. Basically it will be a tree in a pot. I didn't take pics of that one.

EDIT: I forgot to tell you the most important news. I decided to count my bonsai today, boy did I get a bloody shock. I have 34 bonsai and of course next month is my sensei's bonsai group exhibition, and there will be bonsai on sale there. I'll be sure to take many hundreds of photo's.

I like the budding. I hope it makes it. It could turn out to be a nice bonsai. The trunk looks nice already. The one you have trained in a semi cascade style looks nice too. I am envious.Is that moss you have them planted in?

Nah the moss is just a little on the surface to keep moisture in, since they got a little dehydrated.

Very nice. Now I really can't wait for spring.

Originally Posted by zenshaver

Very nice. Now I really can't wait for spring.

Ditto, it's going to be a great spring next year.

Man saying it like that makes it sound even longer.