Frogboy

Let's go the other way, though. I have already seen all of those pictures in my search for the true, old ginkgo shape. Yes those trees are multi-trunked, but they don't have that candle-flame shape that seems to be accepted. I'm not asking about Ginkgo in general as bonsai, as I have found many specimens that are trained to look more like trees. I am specifically asking why the candle-flame is an accepted, if not even preferred, form for bonsai.

As an example, I am including pics from the gallery and the internet. These are examples of what I am talking about. The proportions just seem to be completely off.

I am including a simple drawing of what I am talking about. All of the photos of adult ginkgo trees have trunk:foliage ratios much more like the top image. All of these bonsai have trunk;foliage ratios like the bottom image.

http://web.mawebcenters.com/hollowc...s/03gispec1.jpg

http://web.mawebcenters.com/hollowc...s/03gispec2.jpg

http://pictures.bonsaitalk.com/data...4coolpix150.jpg

http://pictures.bonsaitalk.com/data/538/5smdscf4888.jpg

http://pictures.bonsaitalk.com/data...246417adjsm.jpg

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