|
|
|||||||
| Register | FAQ | Members List | Calendar | Mark Forums Read |
| Forum | Gallery | Weather | Journals | Links | Webring | Wiki | NEW:Shop |
| Articles | Opinion | T.O.D. | NEW:Radio | Contests | Humor | NEW: Auctions! | Donate |
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes | ||
|
| ||||
21-Jan-2002
|
#1 |
|
Please Correct Your Email Address
Join Date: Dec-2001
Posts: 55
|
What the Fukubonsai?
I'm sure some you gents have seen this stuff before. I vaguely remember TV commercials for this type of stuff as a kid. There are some pretty gnarly looking jungle trees. Is this the indoor alternative to bonsai?
Any scoop on this stuff? *These guys for real? Looks like some cool houseplant type stuff ($if you bought a tiny one$) but what's the word? The web site: http://www.fukubonsai.com/ [img:5c94edd3f4]http://www.fukubonsai.com/images2/GiftList2001AllDwfScheffDavid.jpg[/img:5c94edd3f4] Banyan Tree [img:5c94edd3f4]http://www.fukubonsai.com/images2/GalleryCBMikeRobertWillie.jpg[/img:5c94edd3f4] |
|
|
|
Sponsor Message
|
What the Fukubonsai? |
|
Forum Sponsor
|
|
|
21-Jan-2002
|
#2 |
|
Please Correct Your Email Address
Join Date: Dec-2001
Posts: 55
|
Close up of Banyan:
An extreme close-up of the above Banyan reveals interesting branch structure [img:fc6d46281c]http://www.theunholytrinity.org/cracks_smileys/contrib/ruinkai/shinner.gif[/img:fc6d46281c] [img:fc6d46281c]http://www.3dpcgame.com/cwm/s/contrib/blackeye/hihi.gif[/IMG]:
[img]http://www.123spot.com/images/sloth/threetoed.jpg[/img:fc6d46281c] |
|
|
|
|
21-Jan-2002
|
#3 |
|
YOU CAN NOT RUSH TIME
 
|
Re: What the Fukubonsai?
Checked out the site, must say they feel they have a real good product. I feel they have a fukubonsai. If you like this site, get back to me. I have some real NY snow and ice perfect for watering your Bonsai (not guaranteed to arrive solid, may melt in transit). I can ship to you for a fraction of the cost of your coming here............Jay
__________________
A Bonsai student living with his trees at N 44.37 W 77.49... Think before you act... then think again... no good comes from rushing |
|
|
|
|
22-Jan-2002
|
#4 |
|
bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman
|
Re: What the Fukubonsai?
Hmmm..... [ hold onto you're wallet during this procedure] If you tilt your head slightly to the right and squint with your left eye a couple of those guys almost look Japanese.
|
|
|
|
|
22-Jan-2002
|
#5 |
|
bonsaiTALK Expert
Join Date: Sep-2001
Posts: 169
|
Re: What the Fukubonsai?
I bought a couple of their small scheffleras when we were in Hawaii a couple of years ago. They were pricey but no worse that some of the other nurserys here on the mainland. It looks like they have expanded their line to include larger stuff.
|
|
|
|
|
22-Jan-2002
|
#6 |
|
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
Re: What the Fukubonsai?
I have two of their Scheffs and am very happy with the plants. I would be curious to know what you feel is the major downfall of the website or the product. If you take the time to read the site, Dave Fukumoto is very involved in the art, heart and purpose of bonsai. I think that his product is a very good alternative to the dying juniper "mallsai" that we all may start with. I also think that the dwarf shefflera makes a very nice tropical bonsai. But that is just me and I am not a purist, just a jive rookie. It's like the wine I drink. I drink it because I like it, not because of what it is. Same with bonsai, I am still new enough to this to not know why the Fuku-Bonsai is not "real"
 Jess |
|
|
|
22-Jan-2002
|
#7 |
|
Carrier of Bonsai Fever
 Join Date: Oct-2001
Location: So-Cal, US of A
Country: America The Beautiful
USDA Zone: Zone 9-10
Posts: 1,833
|
Re: What the Fukubonsai?
Guys,
I have no douby that David Fukumoto has good intentions and good skills. The thing that is, Well we use the SCHEFFLERA as a house plant around here . You can buy them in the local supermarket. They tout them as being the super dutiest of all time tropical bonsai. Its just marketing I think. What you have for sale is the best thing in the world, dont you think?
__________________
Keep growing,---'Nut Lethal Use of Farce |
|
|
|
|
22-Jan-2002
|
#8 |
|
bonsaiTALK Expert
Join Date: Sep-2001
Posts: 169
|
Re: What the Fukubonsai?
Yeah, I have several scheff houseplants as well as my scheff bonsai. Our big attraction was that we could grow these in lower light than normal (i.e. indoor bonsai). These things are what got me started in bonsai.
|
|
|
|
|
26-Feb-2004
|
#9 |
|
bonsaiTALK Master Chief
Join Date: Jan-2004
Location: South Texas
Country: U.S.A.
USDA Zone: 9-10
AHS Heat Zone: 11
Posts: 1,193
|
people have to make a living.........fukubonsai is a very educational site if you look past the commercial part...i don't know the man but he seems dedicated to the art of bonsai and has figured out a way to live it....hawian schefflera as bonsai?...i don't know.........
andy Last edited by agraham : 26-Feb-2004 at 02:35 PM. |
|
|
|
|
26-Feb-2004
|
#10 |
|
Trogdor!!!
|
Seems like a pretty interesting tangent to traditional bonsai concepts. I thought that the website was a little unorganized and sometimes hard to navigate throught. I never did see a page that listed the different types of plants or "bonsait" that they were offering or at least fit the requirements of "true indoor bonsai." Considering at this point in my life I can't dedicate as much time as i think would be necessary for a regular outdoor bonsai I would have liked to see a list of appropriate indoor species.
__________________
<------------ Thomas Newton Do not be afraid to go out on a limb ... That's where the fruit is. - Anonymous |
|
|
|
Linear Mode
