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5-Dec-2005	#1
BrendanMc bonsaiTALK Craftsman Join Date: Apr-2005 Location: Brighton, Melbourne Country: Australia Posts: 95	First Bonsaied Wollemi Pine I found this article in a metro Melbourne Newspaper - so i'd thought i'd share!! BONSAI PINE IS NO SMALL INVESTMENT Thorsten and Thor Beowulf shape their unique bonsai Wollemi pine. Thor, a Sydney gallery owner, as created the worlds first bonsai of the rare ancient Australian Pine and will show the pint sized tree at his bonsai and art gallery. He created the bonsai from nine plants he brought at the worlds first public auction of Wollemi pines last month. He would not say how much he paid, but one bidder handed over more than $150,000 for a lot of 20 trees

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5-Dec-2005

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5-Dec-2005	#3
pootsie The Cat's Apprentice *MODERATOR GROUP* Join Date: May-2004 Location: Columbus o-HI-o Country: USofA USDA Zone: 6 AHS Heat Zone: 5 Posts: 3,065	Well, I guess I'm not going to make it into the books for that record Thanks for sharing, Brendan. I'm very keen on this idea, enough to be jealous of not being the first to produce a bonsai of one. pootsie __________________ p.s. My cat is a bonsaiTALK Master. Columbus Bonsai Society

5-Dec-2005	#4
taipan(deceased) Nudist Bonsai Farmer Join Date: May-2005 Location: Daintree Rainforest & Great Barrier Reef Country: Australia USDA Zone: 6tropical AHS Heat Zone: humid Posts: 565	Hey Brendos! I saw this a little while ago...The man who made it has a website but the tree itself is not yet posted. http://www.beowulfgalleries.com.au/ The Asian erotic art section may be a little too hot to handle for some... It looks as though the tree has a fantastic nebari from what i can tell by the photo...and they're just cuttings! I can't wait to get my shipment of trees... Happy growing mate Tai

5-Dec-2005	#5
pootsie The Cat's Apprentice *MODERATOR GROUP* Join Date: May-2004 Location: Columbus o-HI-o Country: USofA USDA Zone: 6 AHS Heat Zone: 5 Posts: 3,065	And the tree: Wollemi Pine Bonsai by the Beowulfs meow! pootsie __________________ p.s. My cat is a bonsaiTALK Master. Columbus Bonsai Society

5-Dec-2005	#6
soonami bonsaiTALK Master Chief Join Date: Oct-2005 Location: Philadelphia Country: USA USDA Zone: 7 AHS Heat Zone: 6 Posts: 1,044	I mean that's a nationally significant tree for you Aussies, but are those really bonsai? If someone had entered that tree in the latest styling contest, I doubt it would get higher than a score of 4.

5-Dec-2005	#7
Joanie Enthusiast *MODERATOR GROUP* Join Date: Feb-2005 Location: Carlsbad, California..coastal desert Country: United States USDA Zone: 11 AHS Heat Zone: 2 Posts: 5,576	If they had put it on show and tell here, someone would say "Plant it in the ground and leave it for five years!" Joanie __________________ Dogs are just children who eat off the floor

5-Dec-2005	#8
BrendanMc bonsaiTALK Craftsman Join Date: Apr-2005 Location: Brighton, Melbourne Country: Australia Posts: 95	Nah they would have said - give it to the club for a raffle prize All the trees for auction were around the 6 ft mark, so its an initial styling. Obviously come back and have a look in 3 years time and you will see something else. Give it a chance to develop. I mean Obviously if u had spent $150,000 for a nursery stock tree i dont think u would go the way of threatening to crack the trunk would u

5-Dec-2005	#9
shibu Enthusiast Join Date: Nov-2005 Country: Australia USDA Zone: 10 AHS Heat Zone: 8-9 Posts: 321	Hard work. The leaf structure on these is pretty primitive, similar to the other members of the Araucariaceae family (Monkey Puzzle Trees, Hoop and Norfolk Pines) and the Agathis family (Kauri Pines). They have quite large leaves, so they're always going to look scruffy, unless they're very big bonsai. __________________ Vidi, vici, veni...

6-Dec-2005

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Originally Posted by soonami

I mean that's a nationally significant tree for you Aussies, but are those really bonsai?

IMHO, it's internationally significant for all of us!

My personal opinion is that sometimes the worth of a tree as a bonsai includes more than its simple outward appearance. After all, the Yamaki pine is not the most stunning white pine I've ever seen in visual terms, but the history associated with it makes it far more valuable in my eyes than many of the more visually interesting white pines.

I've been drooling for a wollemi to grow since I heard of them 4 years ago! styling be damned, the fact that you have a fossil growing in your pot is amazing!!!

pootsie

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