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Who can tell what bonsai this is?
Posted: October 14th, 2009, 7:18 pm
by Grant Bowie
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.
Re: Who can tell what bonsai this is?
Posted: October 14th, 2009, 7:21 pm
by aaron_tas
at first glance, tridets
or are you asking which tree, and where they are now
Re: Who can tell what bonsai this is?
Posted: October 14th, 2009, 7:23 pm
by Bretts
trident maple!
Re: Who can tell what bonsai this is?
Posted: October 14th, 2009, 7:26 pm
by Bretts
Dam you Aaron I was first to get it wrong
Re: Who can tell what bonsai this is?
Posted: October 14th, 2009, 7:29 pm
by andrewn
It looks like Acer rubrum (red colour leave) and that my best guess.
andrew
Re: Who can tell what bonsai this is?
Posted: October 14th, 2009, 7:30 pm
by Grant Bowie
All wrong so far
Re: Who can tell what bonsai this is?
Posted: October 14th, 2009, 7:31 pm
by Grant Bowie
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.
Re: Who can tell what bonsai this is?
Posted: October 14th, 2009, 7:33 pm
by MasonC
are they liquidambers? I have a few. AWESOME colour in autumn!
Re: Who can tell what bonsai this is?
Posted: October 14th, 2009, 7:36 pm
by Grant Bowie
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
Re: Who can tell what bonsai this is?
Posted: October 14th, 2009, 7:39 pm
by MasonC
YAY!!! I love liquidambers! Frank Condello from Yatte Yattah has a few really big ones that are about 40 years old! AMAZING plants!
Re: Who can tell what bonsai this is?
Posted: October 14th, 2009, 8:00 pm
by Grant Bowie
and who says you couldn't grow them as minis.
Re: Who can tell what bonsai this is?
Posted: October 14th, 2009, 8:02 pm
by anttal63
you da man mase spot on!
Re: Who can tell what bonsai this is?
Posted: October 14th, 2009, 8:03 pm
by Jamie
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
Re: Who can tell what bonsai this is?
Posted: October 14th, 2009, 8:07 pm
by Grant Bowie
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.
Re: Who can tell what bonsai this is?
Posted: October 14th, 2009, 8:14 pm
by MasonC
hmmm....i have never defoliated my ones as they are quite large. interesting to see how they go after defoliation?