styling of a pinion pine

bonsaishane

This is a Pinion Pine collected by a friend, in feb/april 2005. The work took about 2 hours for myself and a second year student to complete, while I worked with other classmembers.

Since the tree was collected with entire root ball from a rock creavice and being potted in a large growing container it has grown quite well this year. In order to preserve the existing buds and foliage the tree was shaped this weekend.

The branches on this pine are very flexible which make for good compaction in design. Only 3 large branches were removed and all of the remaining branches have been shorten through wiring alone leaving terminal growth on remaining branches.

The foliage is wonderful very short 3/4 to 1 inch needles. All of the foliage was wired upright to strengthen buds. in the short time that it has been in bonsai training the tree has began budding back quite well. There are many new buds emerging from 2-3 year old stems.

The bark and deadwood on Pinion Pine is very desirable, in my opinion equally as good as yamadori pine bonsai commonly used in Japan. The shari is very closely grained twisting wood. The jins and shari are very dense. With regards to limesuphur treatment, they should be treated but aged well before display. I personally feel white shari is nice on juniper but very distracting on pines.

I have not seen and I have not ever worked Pinion Pine extensively. I am very anxious to see how the tree responds to the work, if my theories are correct, and how many wirings it will take for branches to set.

Shane

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pootsie

That tree looks absolutely fabulous.

Where does pinioin pine grow?

I'd love to see some more larger pictures and close up of the deadwood

pootsie

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Bonsai Barry

The pinion pine is a two needled pine that grows on the east side of the Sierra and in the Great Basion environment. It is the tree from which the native people (and others) collected "pine nuts."

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bonsaishane

I will try to get close up for you, but I am having dome problems getting photo quality converted into the bt file sizes. Any suggestions on posting photos would be appreciated?
Shane

EarthgirlOK

I'm planning a dig trip to New Mexico for a couple of our club members this year for Pinions. They grow there like the "nuisance" virginiana junipers do here. Usually, ranchers are happy to be rid of them if asked.

I'm excited. I have always loved pinions, they hold sentimental value for me, and I have always been convinced that they would lend themselves well to bonsai for the very reasons you mentioned.

Shane, Thank you so much for posting this thread!!! Did you find that generally the root systems are shallow, or does that tend to apply only for those growing in/on rock beds?

Also, did you use a highly gritty soil?

Thanks, Michelle

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pootsie

Shane:

Here's a thread on photo resizing.

Generally, you can reduce the file size by adjusting the "comperession" or "quality" setting when you "save as." That way, you can have a smaller file size but the picture can be bigger on the screen. If you tell us what photo software you use, we can give you specific answers. With trees like this, I'm will ing to help a little to see more!

pootsie

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JTriptow

Shane,

As usual, your work is divine. Are you coming to visit us at the Dallas club anytime soon?

Jennifer

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bonsaikc

Shane, I am very impressed by the wiring your student has done. She should be proud!

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OKbonsai

Shane,
Did you find any on your last collecting trip that are that nice? Hope my live and turn out that nice. Once again Big S, good job.
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