Who can tell what bonsai this is?

Grant Bowie · Post by **Grant Bowie** » October 14th, 2009, 7:18 pm

Small trees circa 1975.jpg

Hi everyone,

Here are two very small bonsai of mine from about 1975. Color photography hadn't been invented yet.
Both are the same type of tree and they were only about 1 1/2 inches high, about 32mm (not including pot).

Who can tell what they are? Two or three could fit in my hand.

One guess per customer only.

aaron_tas · Post by **aaron_tas** » October 14th, 2009, 7:21 pm

at first glance, tridets

or are you asking which tree, and where they are now

Bretts · Post by **Bretts** » October 14th, 2009, 7:23 pm

trident maple!

Bretts · Post by **Bretts** » October 14th, 2009, 7:26 pm

Dam you Aaron I was first to get it wrong

andrewn · Post by **andrewn** » October 14th, 2009, 7:29 pm

It looks like Acer rubrum (red colour leave) and that my best guess.

andrew

Grant Bowie · Post by **Grant Bowie** » October 14th, 2009, 7:30 pm

All wrong so far

Grant Bowie · Post by **Grant Bowie** » October 14th, 2009, 7:31 pm

aaron_tas wrote:at first glance, tridets

or are you asking which tree, and where they are now

Where are they now would be good as well. Extra points.

MasonC · Post by **MasonC** » October 14th, 2009, 7:33 pm

are they liquidambers? I have a few. AWESOME colour in autumn!

Grant Bowie · Post by **Grant Bowie** » October 14th, 2009, 7:36 pm

MasonC wrote:are they liquidambers? I have a few. AWESOME colour in autumn!

CORRECT! Started as seedlings and kept them for about 20 years although they got up to about 6 inches or 150mm.

There were about 5 of them

MasonC · Post by **MasonC** » October 14th, 2009, 7:39 pm

YAY!!! I love liquidambers! Frank Condello from Yatte Yattah has a few really big ones that are about 40 years old! AMAZING plants!

Grant Bowie · Post by **Grant Bowie** » October 14th, 2009, 8:00 pm

and who says you couldn't grow them as minis.

anttal63 · Post by **anttal63** » October 14th, 2009, 8:02 pm

you da man mase spot on!

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » October 14th, 2009, 8:03 pm

thats a good point grant, how did you go about reducing the foliage to bring them in to perspective with the tree only being 3cm high?

regards jamie

Grant Bowie · Post by **Grant Bowie** » October 14th, 2009, 8:07 pm

jamie111 wrote:thats a good point grant, how did you go about reducing the foliage to bring them in to perspective with the tree only being 3cm high?

regards jamie

Nothing, just stuck them in a small pot and repotted most years for health. I don't think I had heard of defoliation back then.

Maybe I should start again?

Eventually when they got a bit bigger I did defoliate but with Liquidambers you have to do them by mid December or they came back only hit and miss.

MasonC · Post by **MasonC** » October 14th, 2009, 8:14 pm

hmmm....i have never defoliated my ones as they are quite large. interesting to see how they go after defoliation?

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