Bonsai Tree Index Website

robingfx

Hello everybody,

I’ve been thinking lately about putting together a website with an index of bonsai trees, or trees in general, with pictures of leaves, flowers, fruits, trunks, and different styles for every tree. My vision is a database of pictures so that people can identify what trees they have and then learn something about them. I was thinking about having pictures of tree diseases, pests and other disorders as well so that people can diagnose their plants. There is a lot of potential for a site like this I think.

I’ve been looking around at bonsaitalk.com to see if there is something like this already. There are a lot of websites out there already, but I don’t feel they are very extensive or well made. There are usually only a couple of pictures or no pictures at all. Most of the sites only describe certain types of trees.

I feel ambitious right now, and I know that it may pour out in the sand, but if I get a lot of support this is something I would like to do. I feel I could learn a lot by just collecting the data.

Questions to you:

Has this been done already?
Is it worth spending the time putting together a site like this?
Would you use it?
Any suggestions or ideas?


Thanks,
Robin

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D3rutat

Yes, there is already a site about tree id. But it's general tree not specific bonsai information. I think that a website with specific information would be nice.

http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/products/tree/index.html this is the site with general tree info

http://bonsai-bci.com/species/indexgen.html this is the website with information but with no photos.

I think it is worth the while. I find myself asking in the nature what tree is that and if it can be bonsai'd so......

Try to go to something like the first site, i mean identify by ....

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robingfx

Yeah that first site is pretty awesome, but I want to take it a step further...and maybe with bonsais as a focus. It would be nice to see what the trees look like if they grow big too.

I like that first site, it will give me ideas of how to do mine (if I do it).

Thank you so much D3rutat,
Robin

carmi

Hi Robin,
Check this site.

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robingfx

Carmi,

Thanks for that site. It's almost what I had envisioned. You guys are going to make my unemployment very boring. I was almost hoping there were no sites out there so that I could spend my summer indoors programming a bonsai site :)

A combination of D3rutat's http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/products/tree/index.html and your http://www.thebonsaiguide.com would be perfect.

Thanks again Carmi,
Robin